Android Programming With Android Studio for Beginners

(android)/ISBN:978-1-61691-982-5

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The Beginning Android Programming With Android Studio course and lab is designed for Android developers who want to start developing applications using Google's Android SDK. The lab can be mapped to any course, textbook, or training, therefore, adding value and a hands-on component to training. The Android Programming course covers the necessary topics to help you understand the underlying architecture of the SDK and to appreciate why things are done in certain ways.

Lessons

14+ Lessons | 60+ Quizzes | 79+ Flashcards | 79+ Glossary of terms

TestPrep

30+ Pre Assessment Questions | 30+ Post Assessment Questions |

Hand on lab

61+ LiveLab | 63+ Video tutorials | 29+ Minutes

Video Lessons

31+ Videos | 04:22+ Hours

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Lessons 1: Introduction

Who This Book Is For
What This Book Covers
How This Book Is Structured
What You Need to Use This Book
Conventions

Lessons 2: Getting Started with Android Programming

What Is Android?
Obtaining the Required Tools
Launching Your First Android Application
Summary

Lessons 3: Using Android Studio for Android Development

Exploring the IDE
Using Code Completion
Debugging Your Application
Publishing Your Application
Summary

Lessons 4: Activities, Fragments, and Intents

Understanding Activities
Linking Activities Using Intents
Fragments
Displaying Notifications
Summary

Lessons 5: Getting to Know the Android User Interface

Understanding the Components of a Screen
Adapting to Display Orientation
Managing Changes to Screen Orientation
Utilizing the Action Bar
Creating the User Interface Programmatically
Listening for UI Notifications
Summary

Lessons 6: Designing Your User Interface with Views

Using Basic Views
Using Picker Views
Using List Views to Display Long Lists
Understanding Specialized Fragments
Summary

Lessons 7: Displaying Pictures and Menus with Views

Using Image Views to Display Pictures
Using Menus with Views
Using WebView
Summary

Lessons 8: Data Persistence

Saving and Loading User Preferences
Persisting Data to Files
Creating and Using Databases
Summary

Lessons 9: Content Providers

Sharing Data in Android
Using a Content Provider
Creating Your Own Content Providers
Using the Content Provider
Summary

Lessons 10: Messaging

SMS Messaging
Sending Email
Summary

Lessons 11: Location-Based Services

Displaying Maps
Getting Location Data
Monitoring a Location
Summary

Lessons 12: Networking

Consuming Web Services Using HTTP
Consuming JSON Services
Summary

Lessons 13: Developing Android Services

Creating Your Own Services
Establishing Communication Between a Service and an Activity
Binding Activities to Services
Understanding Threading
Summary

Lessons 14: Video Tutorials

Getting Started with an Android Phone
Brief Introduction to an Android Phone
Android Screen
Using Stylus with an Android Phone
Android Camera
Using Gestures to Interact with an Android Phone
Using Keypad to Interact with an Android Phone
Contacts in an Android Phone
Messaging in an Android Phone
Getting Connected to the Internet
Getting Started with an Email Application in an Android Phone
Music App
WrapUp

Hands-on LAB Activities

Getting Started with Android Programming

Using Android Studio to Create an Android Virtual Device
Installing the Android SDK
Creating and Launching Android Virtual Devices (AVDs)
Creating and Running an Android App

Using Android Studio for Android Development

Using the Code Completion Tool
Debugging an Application
Publishing an Application

Activities, Fragments, and Intents

Understanding the Life Cycle of an Activity
Applying Styles and Themes to an Activity
Hiding the Activity Title
Displaying a Dialog Window
Displaying a Progress Dialog Window
Passing Data Using an Intent Object
Linking Activities Using Intents
Returning Results from an Intent
Using Fragments
Adding Fragments During Runtime
Understanding the Life Cycle of a Fragment
Communicating Between Fragments
Understanding the Intent Object
Displaying Notifications on the Status Bar

Getting to Know the Android User Interface

Placing a TextView Within a FrameLayout
Using TableLayout
Using RelativeLayout
Using FrameLayout
Using ScrollView
Adapting to Display Orientation
Anchoring Views in the Android App
Understanding the Activity Behavior When Orientation Changes
Showing and Hiding the Action Bar
Adding Action Items to the Action Bar
Creating the UI Via Code

Designing Your User Interface with Views

Handling View Events
Using the ProgressBar View
Using the AutoCompleteTextView
Using the TimePicker View
Using a Dialog to Display the TimePicker View
Using the DatePicker View
Displaying a Long List of Items Using the ListView
Enabling Filtering and Multi-Item Support in the ListView
Storing Items in the strings.xml File
Checking Which Items Are Selected
Using the SpinnerView to Display One Item at a Time
Creating and Using a List Fragment
Creating and Using a Preference Fragment
Creating and Using a Dialog Fragment

Displaying Pictures and Menus with Views

Using the Image View
Using the ImageSwitcher View
Using the GridView View
Creating the Menu Helper Methods
Displaying an Options Menu
Displaying a Context Menu
Using the WebView View

Data Persistence

Saving Data to Internal Storage
Saving Data to External Storage
Creating the DBAdapter Helper Class
Adding Contacts to a Table
Retrieving All Contacts from a Table
Retrieving a Contact from a Table
Updating a Contact in a Table
Deleting a Contact from a Table