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Android Programming for Beginners - Third Edition

By : John Horton
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Android Programming for Beginners - Third Edition

By: John Horton

Overview of this book

Do you want to make a career in programming but don’t know where to start? Do you have a great idea for an app but don't know how to make it a reality? Or are you worried that you’ll have to learn Java programming to become an Android developer? Look no further! This new and expanded third edition of Android Programming for Beginners will be your guide to creating Android applications from scratch. The book starts by introducing you to all the fundamental concepts of programming in an Android context, from the basics of Java to working with the Android API. You’ll learn with the help of examples that use up-to-date API classes and are created within Android Studio, the official Android development environment that helps supercharge your mobile application development process. After a crash course on the key programming concepts, you’ll explore Android programming and get to grips with creating applications with a professional-standard UI using fragments and storing user data with SQLite. This Android Java book also shows you how you can make your apps multilingual, draw on the screen with a finger, and work with graphics, sound, and animations. By the end of this Android programming book, you'll be ready to start building your own custom applications in Android and Java.
Table of Contents (30 chapters)

Chapter 26: Advanced UI with Navigation Drawer and Fragment

In this chapter, we will see what is (arguably) the most advanced UI. The NavigationView widget or navigation drawer, because of the way it slides out its contents, can be created simply by choosing it as a template when you create a new project. We will do just that and then we will examine the autogenerated code and learn how to interact with it. Then we will use all we know about Fragment to populate each of the "drawers" with different behavior and views. Then in the next chapter, we will learn about databases to add some new functionality to each Fragment.

And here is what we will be doing in this chapter:

  • Introducing NavigationView
  • Getting started with the simple database app
  • Implementing a NavigationView project based on the autogenerated Android Studio template
  • Adding multiple Fragments and layouts to NavigationView

Let's take a look at this extremely cool UI pattern.

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