GUI Design for Android Apps

Table of contents

1. Cover
2. Title
3. Copyright
4. About ApressOpen
5. Contents at a Glance
6. Contents
7. About the Lead Project Editor
8. About the Lead Contributing Author
9. About the Technical Reviewer
10. Introduction
11. Chapter 1: GUI Design for Android Apps, Part 1: General Overview
    1. Overview of GUIs for Embedded Applications
       1. Characteristics of Interaction Modalities of Android Devices
    2. UI Design Principles for Embedded Systems
       1. Considerations of Screen Size
       2. Size of Application Windows
       3. Considerations Arising from Touch Screens and Styluses
       4. Keyboard Input Problems
       5. Software Distribution and Copyright Protection Problems
    3. Android Application Overview
       1. Application File Framework
       2. Component Structure of Applications
       3. Content Provider
       4. Android Emulator
       5. Introducing Android Runtime (ART)
    4. Summary
12. Chapter 2: GUI Design for Android Apps, Part 2: The Android-Specific GUI
    1. State Transitions of Activities
       1. Activity States
       2. Important Functions of Activities
    2. The Context Class
    3. Introduction to Intent
       1. The Main Roles of Intent
       2. Intent Resolution
    4. The Relationship between Applications and Activities
    5. The Basic Android Application Interface
       1. GuiExam Application Code Analysis
       2. Using Layouts as Interfaces
       3. Using the View Directly as an Interface
       4. Component ID
    6. Buttons and Events
       1. Inner Class Listener
       2. Using ImageView
       3. Exit Activities and Application
    7. Summary
13. Chapter 3: GUI Design for Android Apps, Part 3: Designing Complex Applications
    1. Applications with Multiple Activities
       1. Triggering an Explicit Match of Activities with No Parameters
       2. Triggering Explicit Matching of an Activity with Parameters of Different Applications
       3. Implicit Matching of Built-In Activities
       4. Implicit Match that Uses a Custom Activity
14. Chapter 4: GUI Design for Android Apps, Part 4: Graphic Interface and Touchscreen Input
    1. Display Output Framework
    2. Drawing Framework for Responding to Touchscreen Input
    3. Multi-Touch Code Framework
    4. Responding to Keyboard Input
    5. Dialog Boxes in Android
       1. Using an Activity’s Dialog Theme
       2. Using a Specific Dialog Class
       3. Using Toast Reminders
       4. Dialog Box Example
    6. Application Property Settings
15. Index