Book description
Android Programming: The Big Nerd Ranch Guide: is an introductory Android book for programmers with Java experience. Based on Big Nerd Ranch’s popular Android Bootcamp course, this guide will lead you through the wilderness using hands-on example apps combined with clear explanations of key concepts and APIs. This book focuses on practical techniques for developing apps compatible with all versions of Android widely used today (Android 2.2 - 4.2). Write and run code every step of the way – creating apps that catalog crime scenes, browse photos, track your jogging route, and more. Each chapter and app has been designed and tested to provide the knowledge and experience you need to get started in Android development.
Write and run code every step of the way — creating apps that catalog crime scenes, browse photos, track your jogging route, and more. Each chapter and app has been designed and tested to provide the knowledge and experience you need to get started in Android development.
"Big Nerd Ranch provided the training we needed to get hundreds of engineers building skillfully on Android. This book is a great distillation of that training and will be a huge help to anyone looking to ramp up as well." – Mike Shaver, Director of Mobile Engineering, Facebook
"…a must-have for the developer just starting in Android or ready for more advanced techniques. I was impressed with this book’s content and clarity of presentation. The authors explain simple and complex Android topics with equal ease." – James Steele, author of The Android Developer's Cookbook
Table of contents
- Title Page
- Dedication
- Acknowledgments
- Learning Android
- 1. Your First Android Application
- 2. Android and Model-View-Controller
- 3. The Activity Lifecycle
- 4. Debugging Android Apps
- 5. Your Second Activity
- 6. Android SDK Versions and Compatibility
- 7. UI Fragments and the Fragment Manager
- 8. Creating User Interfaces with Layouts and Widgets
- 9. Displaying Lists with ListFragment
- 10. Using Fragment Arguments
- 11. Using ViewPager
- 12. Dialogs
- 13. Audio Playback Using MediaPlayer
- 14. Retained Fragments
- 15. Localization
- 16. The Action Bar
- 17. Saving and Loading Local Files
- 18. Context Menus and Contextual Action Mode
- 19. Camera I: Viewfinder
- 20. Camera II: Taking Pictures and Handling Images
- 21. Implicit Intents
- 22. Two-Pane Master-Detail Interfaces
- 23. More About Intents and Tasks
- 24. Styles And Includes
- 25. XML Drawables And 9-Patches
- 26. HTTP & Background Tasks
- 27. Loopers, Handlers, and HandlerThread
- 28. Search
- 29. Background Services
- 30. Broadcast Intents
- 31. Browsing The Web & WebView
- 32. Custom Views and Touch Events
- 33. Tracking the Device’s Location
- 34. Local Databases with SQLite
- 35. Loading Asynchronous Data With Loaders
- 36. Using Maps
- 37. Afterword
- Index
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Product information
- Title: Android Programming: The Big Nerd Ranch Guide
- Author(s):
- Release date: March 2013
- Publisher(s): Big Nerd Ranch Guides
- ISBN: 9780132869126
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