How Java and Android work together
Before we start our Android quest, we need to understand how Android and Java work together. After we write a program in Java for Android, we click a button and our code is transformed into another form, the form that is understood by Android. This other form is called Dalvik Executable, or DEX code, and the transformation process is called compiling.
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We will see this process in action right after we set up our development environment later in the chapter.
Android is a complex system, but you do not need to understand it in depth to be able to make amazing apps.
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Full understanding will come after using and interacting with it over time.
To get started, we only need to understand the basics. The part of the ...
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