Learn Android Studio 4: Efficient Java-Based Android Apps Development

✍ Scribed by Ted Hagos

• Publisher: Apress
• Year: 2020
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 334
• Edition: 2
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

https://www.apress.com/gp/book/9781484259368

Build and deploy your Java-based Android apps using the popular and efficient Android Studio 4 suite of tools, an integrated development environment (IDE) for today's Android developers. With this book, you’ll learn the latest and most productive tools in the Android tools ecosystem, ensuring quick Android app development and minimal effort on your part.  

Among these tools, you'll use the new Android Studio 4 features, including an upgraded CPU profiler UI, a new build speed window, the multi-preview feature, and the live layout inspector. 

After reading and using this book, you'll be able to efficiently build complete Java-based Android apps that run on any Android smartphone, tablet, smart watch and more. You’ll also be able to publish those apps and sell them online and in the Google Play store.   

What You Will Learn

• Use Android Studio 4 to quickly and confidently build your first Android apps
• Build an Android user interface using activities and layouts, event handling, images, menus, and the action bar
• Work with new tools in Android Studio 4: Jetpack compose support, a smart editor for ProGuard rules, a new motion layout editor, a new Android Gradle plugin, and a fragment wizard with new fragment templates  
• Integrate data with data persistence 
• Access the cloud 

Who This Book Is For 

Those who may be new to Android Studio 4 or Android Studio in general. You may or may not be new to Android development. Some prior experience with Java is recommended.

✦ Table of Contents

Table of Contents
About the Author
About the Technical Reviewer
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter Overview
Chapter 1: Android Overview
History
The Operating System
Summary
Chapter 2: Android Studio
Setup
Configuring Android Studio
Hardware Acceleration
Summary
Chapter 3: Project Basics
Create a Project
Create an AVD
Summary
Chapter 4: Android Studio IDE
The IDE
Main Editor
Editing Layout Files
TODO Items
How to Get More Screen Space for Codes
Project Tool Window
Preferences/Settings
Summary
Chapter 5: Android Application Overview
What Makes Up an Android Project
Application Entry Point
Activities
Intents
Summary
Chapter 6: Activities and Layouts
Activity
Layout File
View and ViewGroup Objects
Containers
Activity Class
Hello World
Modifying Hello World
Summary
Chapter 7: Event Handling
Intro to Event Handling
Handling Long Clicks
Summary
Chapter 8: Intents
What Intents Are
Implicit Intents
Summary
Chapter 9: Fragments
Introduction to Fragments
Summary
Chapter 10: Navigation
Navigation Before Architecture Components
Navigation Components
Working with Jetpack Navigation
Summary
Chapter 11: Running in the Background
Basic Concepts
The UI Thread
Threads and Runnables
Summary
Chapter 12: Debugging
Types of Errors
Syntax Errors
Runtime Errors
Logic Errors
Debugger
Single Stepping
Summary
Chapter 13: Testing
Types of Testing
Unit Testing
JVM Test vs. Instrumented Test
A Simple Demo
Implementing the Test
Running a Unit Test
Instrumented Testing
Setting Up a Simple Test
Recording Espresso Tests
More on Espresso Matchers
Espresso Actions
Summary
Chapter 14: Working with Files
Internal and External Storage
Cache Directory
How to Work with Internal Storage
Summary
Chapter 15: BroadcastReceivers
Introduction to BroadcastReceivers
System Broadcast vs. Custom Broadcast
Two Ways to Register for Broadcast
Summary
Chapter 16: Jetpack, LiveData, ViewModel, and Room
Lifecycle Aware Components
ViewModel
LiveData
Room
Summary
Chapter 17: Distributing Apps
Prepare the App for Release
Prepare Material and Assets for Release
Configure the App for Release
Build a Release-Ready Application
Releasing the App
Summary
Chapter 18: Short Takes
Productivity Features
Importing Samples
Refactoring
Generate
Coding Styles
Live Templates
Important Keyboard Shortcuts
Summary
Appendix A: Java Refresher
A Brief History
Editions
Setup
Writing, Compiling, and Running
Syntax
A Typical Java Program
Compilation Unit
Comments
Statements
Keywords
Identifiers
Methods
Packages and Imports
Program Entry Point
Data Types
Overflow
Casting
Strongly and Statically Typed
Reference Types
Stack and Heap
Constants
Operators
Assignment
Arithmetic
Unary
Equality and Relational
Logical Operators
Loops and Branches
If and Switch Statements
Switch Statement
While Loop
For-Loop
Simple Application of Control Structures
Arrays
Array Creation
Managing Arrays
Using the Enhanced for-loop
More on Arrays
Reference Types
Classes
Inheritance
Constructors
Overloading
Overriding
Strings
String Creation
Strings Are Immutable
Why Can’t We Modify Strings
Comparing Strings
Common Usage
Exceptions
Index