B4A: Rapid Android App Development using BASIC

Book Description

Android is the world’s favorite mobile operating system and B4A is the easiest rapid app development tool, allowing complete beginners to create powerful Android apps using the easily learned BASIC language.

This book covers B4A version 8.30. It starts with step-by-step beginners’ guides explaining how to plan, design, develop, test, publish and make money from Android apps in the shortest possible time. It explains how to use B4A to create graphics and databases, to communicate with the user and to modify your app dynamically so it will look good on a wide range of devices.

It includes you a comprehensive reference guide to the B4A language, providing lists, explanations and illustrations of every keyword, object and core library.

This complete guide is suitable for intermediate and expert developers but will also be useful for beginners. It covers every aspect of B4A from installation and using the WYSIWYG visual editor through a comprehensive reference section to extending the tool using Additional Libraries supplied by other users. It will quickly repay its cost by the time saved in finding the information you need when you need it.

A trial version of B4A can be downloaded free from the web.

What readers said about the first edition

“This was a book that I now use as a constant reference and have found it a mine of information.”

“Brilliantly written and presented.”

“Excellent book. Just what I was looking for.”

“I will not now be able to think of developing an app without this book at my side.”

About B4A

B4A is widely recognised by professional developers as the simplest and most powerful Rapid App Development tool available for Android. For example they say:

“I’ve [made] more progress with B4A in 3 hours than I have in 3 months with other Android IDEs.” Morgan Matthews.

“I must say as a Visual Basic expert B4A is the best software purchase I’ve made in a long time. Within an hour of installing I had a fully functional application running on both my phone and tablet.” Dylan Palmer.

“This is the greatest product ever! After spending two months trying to learn Java, I stumbled upon you. I have been a VB programmer for 25 years, and I am in heaven now! Thank you!” Marc Mieher.

However it’s not always easy to find the information you want from the on-line help. That’s why developer Wyken Seagrave wrote this book.

Table of Contents

Part 1: Basics
1.1 Getting Started
1.2 The Integrated Development Environment
1.3 Docking
1.4 Upgrade to Full Version
Part 2: Creating Your App
2.1 The Project
2.2. Designing Your App
2.3 Communicating with your User
2.4 The Visual Designer
2.5 Designer Scripts Reference
2.6 Compiling, Debugging & Testing
2.7 Graphics and Drawing
2.8 Databases
2.9 Process and Activity Life Cycle
2.10 Modules
2.11 Publishing and Monetizing Your App
2.12 Getting More Help
Part 3: Language and Core Objects
3.1 B4A’s Language
3.2 VB6 versus B4A
3.3 Core Objects
3.4 Inline Code
Part 4: Libraries
4.1 Libraries
4.2 Standard Libraries included with Full Version
4.3 Additional Libraries and Modules

中文：

书名：B4A: Rapid Android App Development using BASIC

Android是世界上最受欢迎的移动操作系统，B4A是最简单的快速应用程序开发工具，允许完全初学者使用易于学习的BASIC语言创建功能强大的Android应用程序。

本书涵盖B4A版本8.30。它从循序渐进的初学者指南开始，解释如何在尽可能短的时间内规划、设计、开发、测试、发布Android应用程序并从中赚钱。它解释了如何使用B4A创建图形和数据库，与用户交流，以及动态修改您的应用程序，使其在各种设备上看起来都很好。

它包括一本全面的B4A语言参考指南，提供每个关键字、对象和核心库的列表、解释和插图。

这本完整的指南适合中级和专家开发人员，但对初学者也很有用。它涵盖了B4A的方方面面，从安装和使用WYSIWYG可视化编辑器到使用其他用户提供的其他库来扩展该工具。当您需要时，它将通过节省的时间找到您需要的信息，从而快速偿还成本。

B4A的试用版可以从网上免费下载。

读者对第一版的评价

这是一本我现在经常参考的书，我发现它是一座信息宝库。

&#8220；精彩的写作和呈现。

一本好书。这正是我要找的。

没有这本书在我身边，我现在无法想象开发一款应用程序。

About B4A

B4A被专业开发人员广泛认为是适用于Android的最简单、最强大的快速应用开发工具。例如，他们说：

“我用B4A在3个小时内取得的进展，比我用其他Android IDE在3个月内取得的进展还要多。”摩根·马修斯。

“我必须说，作为一名VB专家，B4A是我在很长一段时间内购买的最好的软件。在安装后的一个小时内，我就能在手机和平板电脑上运行一款功能齐全的应用程序。迪伦·帕尔默。

“这是有史以来最棒的产品！在花了两个月的时间努力学习Java之后，我偶然发现了你。我已经做了25年的VB程序员了，现在我简直就像在天堂一样！谢谢！“马克·米赫。

然而，从在线帮助中找到您想要的信息并不总是那么容易。这就是开发者Wyken Seagrave写这本书的原因。

Table of Contents

第1部分：基础知识
1.1 Getting Started
1.2综合开发环境
1.3对接
1.4升级到完整版
Part 2: Creating Your App
2.1 The Project
2.2.设计您的应用程序
2.3与您的用户通信
2.4视觉设计器
2.5设计器脚本参考
2.6 Compiling, Debugging & Testing
2.7图形和绘图
2.8个数据库
2.9流程和活动生命周期
2.10模块
2.11发布您的应用程序并从中获利
2.12获得更多帮助
第3部分：语言和核心对象
3.1 B4A的语言
3.2 VB6 versus B4A
3.3 Core Objects
3.4 Inline Code
Part 4: Libraries
4.1图书馆
4.2完整版附带的标准库
4.3 Additional Libraries and Modules