TABLE OF CONTENTS

Preface

1   Basics of Android, First App: HelloAndroid

1.1 Smartphones and Their Operating Systems

1.1.1 Smartphones

1.1.2 Android Phones

1.1.3 Apps and Google Play

1.2 Development Environment for Android Apps

1.3 Our First App: HelloAndroid

1.3.1 Skeleton App

1.3.2 GUI Preview

1.3.3 XML Files: activity_main.xml, colors.xml, styles.xml, strings.xml, dimens.xml

1.3.4 The MainActivity Class

1.4 Running the App Inside the Emulator

1.5 Debugging the App with Logcat

1.6 Using the Debugger

1.7 Testing the App on an Actual Device

1.8 The App Manifest and the Gradle Build System

1.8.1 The AndroidManifest.xml File: App Icon and Device Orientation

1.8.2 The Gradle Build System

2   Model View Controller, GUI Components, Events

2.1

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