Chapter    2

Exploring Android App Development: The Lingo of Android and Building Your First Hello World App!

Because this book is geared toward readers already familiar with computer programming principles and work processes, everyone is familiar with the universal concept of the Hello World programming example, which is used to show us all the basics regarding how any given programming language and platform gets its basic code structure up and functioning.

Because I want to fast-track our readers to an intermediate level as rapidly as possible within this book, I am going to get the Hello World app up and running here in the second part of the chapter. First, I will discuss the terminology used in Android application development. We’ll then ...

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