Video Description
Ready to launch your dream app on Android? In this video course, Java consultant Ken Kousen walks you through the Android Studio wizard for creating a new app. You’ll learn the basics in developing for Android devices, and where to find the tools and technologies you need. The Android Developer website offers dashboards, version numbers, and market distributions. You’ll also find design guidelines, a review of available tutorials, and API docs.
With this video, you’ll learn how to:
- Use the basic XML layout and activity class generated by the Android Studio wizard
- Work with the default multi-project Gradle build files
- Create and configure an emulator, using the AVD Manager
- Increase functionality by changing themes and adding widgets
- Understand Android’s activity lifecycle by charting callback methods associated with activities
- Learn how to save and restore state variables in activities
- Add alternative layouts by using qualifiers on the "res" directory
- Learn about internal and external storage for managing persistent data
- Use the SQLite database available to every Android application
- Access a RESTful Web Service to deal with asynchronous tasks
Ken Kousen, president of Kousen IT, Inc., is a technical trainer, mentor, and consultant in all areas related to Java, specializing in Android, Spring, Hibernate/JPA, Groovy, and Grails. He is the author of Making Java Groovy (Manning) and the upcoming O’Reilly book, Gradle for Android.
Table of Contents
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Welcome
- Course Overview 00:02:37
- The Android Developer Web Site 00:07:06
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Tools and Technologies
- Android Design Guidelines and Developer Docs 00:09:40
- Android Studio 00:04:05
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A "Hello, World" Application
- Starting a New Android Application 00:11:08
- A Blank Activity And Associated Layout 00:09:07
- Gradle Build Files for Android 00:11:16
- The Manifest, Layout, and String Resources 00:09:38
- The AVD Manager 00:09:09
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Adding Functionality
- Changing Themes and Adding Widgets 00:10:47
- Updating our Activity Subclass 00:13:35
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Understanding Activities
- The Activity Lifecycle 00:17:02
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Providing Alternative Resources
- The "res" Directories 00:21:01
- Changing Keyboards 00:09:11
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Intents and Saving State
- Intents 00:19:12
- Removing Hard-Coded Strings from Java 00:05:37
- Saving Activity State 00:08:10
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Working with Persistent Data
- Storage Options 00:12:39
- Using SQLite 00:21:47
- List Adapters 00:09:50
- Responding to Clicks and the Android Debug Bridge 00:08:18
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Accessing a RESTful Web Service
- Asynchronous Tasks 00:17:22
- Spring for Android 00:12:31
- Accessing the Service 00:14:17
- Action Bar 00:11:57
- Preferences 00:11:31
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Summary
- Course Review 00:03:46