Android in Practice

Table of Contents

Copyright

Brief Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

About this Book

About the Cover Illustration

1. Background and fundamentals

Chapter 1. Introducing Android

1.1. Android in a nutshell

1.1.1. Defining Android

1.1.2. What sets Android apart

1.1.3. Key platform components

1.2. Hello Android!

1.2.1. Getting the SDK and Eclipse

1.2.2. Creating an Android project with Eclipse

1.2.3. Project structure

1.2.4. Introducing the Activity class

1.2.5. Setting the Activity layout

1.2.6. Referring to resources

1.2.7. Project wiring: the manifest

1.2.8. Running and debugging Hello Android

1.3. Java, but not Java Java

1.3.1. Built on Harmony

1.3.2. Packages and libraries included

1.3.3. The Dalvik virtual ...