What this book covers

Chapter 1, Beginning Android and Java, Welcome to Android Programming for Beginners, Second Edition: In this first chapter, we won't waste any time in getting started developing Android apps. We will look at what is so great about Android, what exactly Android and Java are, how they work and complement each other, and what that means to us as future developers. Moving quickly on, we will set up the required software so that we can build and deploy a simple first app.

Chapter 2, First Contact – Java, XML, and the UI Designer: By this stage, we have a working Android development environment and we have built and deployed our first app. It is obvious, however, that auto-generated code by Android Studio is not going to make ...

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