This chapter will tackle two topics. First, we’ll take a look at XML from a beginner’s perspective, for those of you who have never had to work with XML nor drill into its patterns of use, quirks, strengths, and issues. The second part of the chapter will cover the three main areas in Android development where you will commonly dip in to read, writing and editing XML:
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The application manifest, which we have already introduced
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Resource definitions, in particular constants like strings and so on
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Activity layouts, which are a huge topic but one that can be approached in a stepwise ...
