Chapter 1. Beginning Android and Java
Welcome to Android Programming for Beginners, Second Edition. In this first chapter, we won't waste any time in getting started developing Android apps.
We will look at what is so great about Android, what exactly Android and Java are, how they work and complement each other, and what that means to us as future developers.
Moving quickly on, we will set up the required software so we can build and deploy a simple first app.
By the end of this chapter, we will have have achieved the following:
- Discovered what is new in this second edition
- Learned how Java and Android work together
- Set up our development environment, Android Studio, which takes care of all the components involved in building Android apps that we ...
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