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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)

Creating a tablet emulator

We will often want to test our apps on multiple different devices. Fortunately, Android Studio makes it easy to create as many different emulators as we like. Follow these next steps to make a tablet emulator.

Select Tools | AVD Manager and then click the Create Virtual Device… button on the Your Virtual Devices window. You will see the Select Hardware window pictured next:

Figure 5.14 – The Select Hardware window

Select the Tablet option from the Category list, and then highlight the Pixel C tablet from the choice of available tablets.

Tip

If you are reading this sometime in the future, the Pixel C option might have been updated. The choice of tablet is less important than practicing this process of creating a tablet emulator and then testing our apps.

Click the Next button. On the System Image window that follows, just click Next because this will select the default system image. It is possible that choosing...