Android Apps for Absolute Beginners

✍ Scribed by Wallace Jackson (auth.)

• Publisher: Apress
• Year: 2012
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 391
• Edition: 2
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Anybody can start building simple apps for the Android platform, and this book will show you how! Recently updated to include Android Jelly Bean, Android Apps for Absolute Beginners, Second Edition takes you through the process of getting your first Android apps up and running using plain English and practical examples.

This book cuts through the fog of jargon and mystery that surrounds Android apps development, and gives you simple, step-by-step instructions to get you started.

• Teaches Android application development in language anyone can understand, giving you the best possible start in Android development
• Provides simple, step-by-step examples that make learning easy, allowing you to pick up the concepts without fuss
• Offers clear code descriptions and layout so that you can get your apps running as soon as possible

This book is Android Jelly Bean compliant, but is backwards compatible to most of the previous Android releases.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xxiii
Preliminary Information: Before We Get Started....Pages 1-11
What’s Next? Our Road Ahead....Pages 13-20
Setting Up Your Android Development Environment....Pages 21-51
Introducing the Android Software Development Platform....Pages 53-97
Android Framework Overview....Pages 99-123
Screen Layout Design: Views and Layouts....Pages 125-161
UI Design: Buttons, Menus, and Dialogs....Pages 163-208
An Introduction to Graphics Resources in Android....Pages 209-233
Adding Interactivity: Handling UI Events....Pages 235-276
Understanding Content Providers....Pages 277-304
Understanding Intents and Intent Filters....Pages 305-350
Advanced Android Topics....Pages 351-367
Back Matter....Pages 369-378

✦ Subjects

Computer Science, general