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Android Programming for Beginners - Second Edition

By : John Horton
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Android Programming for Beginners - Second Edition

By: John Horton

Overview of this book

Are you trying to start a career in programming, but haven't found the right way in? Do you have a great idea for an app, but don't know how to make it a reality? Or maybe you're just frustrated that in order to learn Android, you must know Java. If so, then this book is for you. This new and expanded second edition of Android Programming for Beginners will be your companion to create Android Pie applications from scratch. We will introduce you to all the fundamental concepts of programming in an Android context, from the basics of Java to working with the Android API. All examples use the up-to-date API classes, and are created from within Android Studio, the official Android development environment that helps supercharge your application development process. After this crash course, we'll dive deeper into Android programming and you'll learn how to create applications with a professional-standard UI through fragments and store your user's data with SQLite. In addition, you'll see how to make your apps multilingual, draw to the screen with a finger, and work with graphics, sound, and animations too. By the end of this book, you'll be ready to start building your own custom applications in Android and Java.
Table of Contents (35 chapters)
Android Programming for Beginners - Second Edition
Contributors
Preface
Other Books You May Enjoy
Index

Contributors

About the author

John Horton is a programming and gaming enthusiast based in the UK. He has a passion for writing apps, games, books, and blog articles. He is the founder of Game Code School.

About the reviewers

Natarajan Raman has close to 15 years' experience in software design and development. He is a Google-certified Nano degree holder on Android development and was invited by Google as a guest for the I/O 2017. His Android App Idea for special children got selected as one of the top SIX ideas out of roughly 80, and was also featured by Google on its "Code it possible" program. He works for Patterns as Principal Architect and is also the managing trustee of Dream India—dreamindia.org

Natarajan is co-author of the book entitled "Learning Kotlin by building Android Applications". He holds a B.Tech degree from NIT, Jaipur. He is a design coach and public speaker. Dream India is a part-time NGO run by his team of friends since 2003.

Ashok Kumar S has been working in the mobile development domain for about six years. He is a Google-certified engineer, a speaker at global scale conferences, and he also runs a YouTube channel called AndroidABCD for Android developers. He is a computer science and engineering graduate who is passionate about innovation in technology. He contributes to open source heavily to improve his e-karma. He has also written books on Wear OS programming and Mastering Firebase Toolchain.

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