Android™ Application Development All-in-One For Dummies®

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Table of Contents

Introduction

How to Use This Book

Conventions Used in This Book

What You Don’t Have to Read

Foolish Assumptions

How This Book Is Organized

Book I: Android Jump Start

Book II: Android Background Material

Book III: The Building Blocks

Book IV: Programming Cool Phone Features

Book V: The Job Isn’t Done Until . . .

Book VI: Alternative Android Development Techniques

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Icons Used in This Book

Where to Go from Here

Book I: Android Jump-Start

Book I: Chapter 1: All about Android

The Consumer Perspective

The Developer Perspective

Java

XML

Linux

The Business Perspective

Book I: Chapter 2: Installing the Software Tools

Installing the Java Development Kit

Java for Windows, Linux, and Solaris

Java for Macintosh

Installing the Android SDK Starter Package

Installing the Eclipse Development Environment

Downloading Eclipse

Installing Eclipse

Configuring Eclipse

Do I have the Eclipse Android Development Kit?

Dude, where’s my Android SDK?

Fattening Up the Android SDK

Installing platform tools

Creating an Android Virtual Device

Book I: Chapter 3: Creating an Android App

Creating Your First App

Starting Eclipse

Creating a project

Running your project

What if . . .

Testing Apps on a Real Device

Examining a Basic Android App

A project’s files

The src directory

The gen directory

The res directory

The assets directory

Other files ...