Key Features of Android How to Program, 2/e
• Android SDK 4.3 and 4.4. We cover various new Android Software Development Kit (SDK) 4.3 and 4.4 features. [Note: The apps in this book are configured to run on Android devices with Android 4.3 and higher; however, most apps will work in 4.0 and higher by changing their minimum required SDK.]
• Fragments. Starting with Chapter 5, we use Fragment
s to create and manage portions of each app’s GUI. You can combine several fragments to create user interfaces that take advantage of tablet screen sizes. You also can easily interchange fragments to make your GUIs more dynamic, as you’ll do in Chapter 8.
• Support for multiple screen sizes and resolutions. Throughout the app chapters we demonstrate how to ...
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