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Android App Development

Name: Android App Development
Author: Hervé J. Franceschi
ISBN: 9781284092134

by Hervé J. Franceschi

December 2016

Intermediate to advanced

682 pages

17h 24m

English

Jones & Bartlett Learning

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Cover Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication Page
Table of Contents
Preface
1 Basics of Android, First App: HelloAndroid
1.1 Smartphones and Their Operating Systems1.1.1 Smartphones1.1.2 Android Phones1.1.3 Apps and Google Play1.2 Development Environment for Android Apps1.3 Our First App: HelloAndroid1.3.1 Skeleton App1.3.2 GUI Preview1.3.3 XML Files: activity_main.xml, colors.xml, styles.xml, strings.xml, dimens.xml1.3.4 The MainActivity Class1.4 Running the App Inside the Emulator1.5 Debugging the App with Logcat1.6 Using the Debugger1.7 Testing the App on an Actual Device1.8 The App Manifest and the Gradle Build System1.8.1 The AndroidManifest.xml File: App Icon and Device Orientation1.8.2 The Gradle Build System
2 Model View Controller, GUI Components, Events
2.1 Model-View-Controller Architecture2.2 The Model2.3 GUI Components2.4 RelativeLayout, TextView, EditText, and Button: Tip Calculator, Version 02.5 GUI Components and More XML Attributes: Tip Calculator, Version 12.6 Styles and Themes: Tip Calculator, Version 22.7 Events and Simple Event Handling: Coding the Controller, Tip Calculator, Version 32.8 More Event Handling: Tip Calculator, Version 4
3 Coding the GUI Programmatically, Layout Managers
3.1 Model View Controller Architecture3.2 The Model3.3 Creating the GUI Programmatically, TicTacToe, Version 03.4 Event Handling: TicTacToe, Version 13.5 Integrating the Model to Enable Game Play: TicTacToe, Version 23.6 Inner Classes3.7 Layout Parameters: TicTacToe, Version 33.8 Alert Dialogs: TicTacToe, Version 43.9 Splitting the View and the Controller: TicTacToe, Version 5
4 Multiple Activities, Passing Data between Activities, Transitions, Persistent Data
4.1 Model: The Mortgage Class4.2 Using a TableLayout for the Front Screen GUI: Mortgage Calculator App, Version 04.3 Using a RelativeLayout for the Second Screen GUI4.4 Connecting Two Activities: Mortgage Calculator App, Version 14.5 The Life Cycle of an Activity4.6 Sharing Data between Activities: Mortgage Calculator App, Version 24.7 Transitions between Activities: Mortgage Calculator App, Version 34.8 Handling Persistent Data: Mortgage Calculator App, Version 4

5 Menus, SQLite
5.1 Menus and Menu Items: Candy Store App, Version 05.2 Icon Items, Candy Store App, Version 15.3 SQLite: Creating a Database, a Table, and Inserting Data: Candy Store App, Version 25.4 Deleting Data: Candy Store App, Version 35.5 Updating Data: Candy Store App, Version 45.6 Running the Cash Register: Candy Store App, Version 5
6 Managing the Device Orientation
6.1 The Configuration Class6.2 Capturing a Device Rotation Event6.3 Strategy 1: One Layout XML File per Orientation6.4 Strategy 2: One Layout XML File for Both Orientations, Modify the Layout by Code6.5 Strategy 3: Manage Layout and Orientation 100% by Code
7 Touches and Swipes
7.1 Detecting a Touch Event7.2 Handling a Swipe Event: Moving a TextView7.3 The Model7.4 The View: Setting Up the GUI, Puzzle App, Version 07.5 Moving the Pieces, Puzzle App, Version 17.6 Solving the Puzzle, Puzzle App, Version 27.7 Gesture and Tap Detection and Handling7.8 Detecting a Double Tap, Puzzle App, Version 37.9 Making the App Device Independent, Puzzle App, Version 4
8 Graphics, Animations, Sounds, and Gaming
8.1 Graphics8.2 Making a Custom View, Drawing, Duck Hunting App, Version 08.3 The Model8.4 Animating an Object: Flying the Duck, Duck Hunting App, Version 18.5 Handling Touch Events: Moving the Cannon and Shooting, Duck Hunting App, Version 28.6 Playing a Sound: Shooting, Collision Detection, Duck Hunting App, Version 3
9 Fragments
9.1 The Model9.2 Fragments9.3 Defining and Adding a Fragment to an Activity Using a Layout XML File, Hangman, App Version 09.4 Adding GUI Components, Styles, Strings, and Colors, Hangman, App Version 19.5 Defining a Fragment Using a Layout XML File and Adding the Fragment to an Activity by Code, Hangman, App Version 29.6 Defining and Adding a Fragment to an Activity by Code, Hangman, App Version 39.7 Communication between Fragments and Their Activity: Enabling Play, Hangman, App Version 49.8 Using an Invisible Fragment, Hangman, App Version 59.9 Making a Fragment Reusable, Hangman, App Version 69.10 Improving the GUI: Processing the Keyboard Input Directly, Hangman, App Version 7
10 Using Libraries and Their APIs: Speech Recognition and Maps
10.1 Voice Recognition10.2 Voice Recognition Part A, App Version 010.3 Using the Google Maps Activity Template, App Version 110.4 Adding Annotations to the Map, App Version 210.5 The Model10.6 Displaying a Map Based on Speech Input, App Version 310.7 Controlling Speech Input, App Version 410.8 Voice Recognition Part B, Moving the Map with Voice Once, App Version 510.9 Voice Recognition Part C, Moving the Map with Voice Continuously, App Version 6
11 Using the GPS and Location Services
11.1 Accessing Google Play Services, GPS App, Version 011.2 Using the GPS to Retrieve Our Location, GPS App, Version 111.3 Model for Distance and Time to Destination11.4 Distance and Time to Destination, GPS App, Version 211.5 Updating Distance and Time to Destination, GPS App, Version 3
12 Using Another App within the App: Taking a Photo, Graying It, and Sending an Email
12.1 Accessing the Camera App and Taking a Picture, Photo App, Version 012.2 The Model: Graying the Picture, Photo App, Version 112.3 Defining Shades of Gray Using SeekBars, Photo App, Version 212.4 Improving the User Interface, Photo App, Version 312.5 Storing the Picture, Photo App, Version 412.6 Using the Email App: Sending the Grayed Picture to a Friend, Photo App, Version 5
13 XML and Content Apps
13.1 Parsing XML, DOM, and SAX Parsers, Web Content App, Version 013.2 Parsing XML into a List, Web Content App, Version 113.3 Parsing a Remote XML Document, Web Content App, Version 213.4 Displaying the Results in a ListView, Web Content App, Version 313.5 Opening a Web Browser Inside the App, Web Content App, Version 4
14 Making an Android Widget
14.1 Steps in Making a Widget, Temperature Widget, Version 014.2 Styling the Widget, Temperature Widget, Version 114.3 Updating the Data in the Widget, Temperature Widget, Version 214.4 Updating the Data in the Widget by Clicking on It, Temperature Widget, Version 314.5 Retrieving the Temperature Data from a Remote Source, Temperature Widget, Version 414.6 Using an Activity to Customize the Widget, Temperature Widget, Version 514.7 Hosting the Widget in the Lock Screen, Temperature Widget, Version 6
15 In App Advertising
15.1 The View, Stopwatch App, Version 015.2 The Controller: Running the Stopwatch App, Version 115.3 Improving the Stopwatch App, Version 215.4 Placing the Ad, Stopwatch App, Version 315.5 Placing the Ad in a Fragment, Stopwatch App, Version 415.6 Managing the Life Cycle of the AdView, Stopwatch App, Version 5
16 Security and Encryption
16.1 Symmetric and Asymmetric Encryption16.2 Symmetric Encryption: The Model (AES), Encryption App, Version 016.3 Symmetric Encryption: Adding a View, Encryption App, Version 116.4 Asymmetric Encryption: Adding RSA to the Model, Encryption App, Version 216.5 Symmetric and Asymmetric Encryption: Modifying the View, Encryption App, Version 3
APPENDIX A Retrieving the Height of the Status Bar and the Action Bar Dynamically
APPENDIX B Setting the Font Size of a TextView Dynamically
APPENDIX C How to Download and Install Google Play Services, Use Maps
APPENDIX D The AsyncTask Class
INDEX

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