Learning Android Application Programming for the Kindle Fire

Book Description

Master Android™ App Development for Amazon’s Bestselling Kindle Fire™—Hands-On, Step-by-Step!

In this book, bestselling Android programming authors Lauren Darcey and Shane Conder teach you every skill and technique you need to write production-quality apps for Amazon Kindle Fire, the world’s hottest Android tablet. You’ll learn the very best way: by building a complete app from start to finish. Every chapter builds on what you’ve already learned, helping you construct, expand, and extend your working app as you move through the entire development lifecycle.

Packed with fully tested, reusable sample code, this book requires absolutely no previous Android or mobile development experience. If you’ve ever written any Java code, you can dive right in and get results fast. Darcey and Conder start with the absolute basics: installing Android development tools, structuring and configuring Kindle Fire apps, and applying crucial design principles associated with high-quality software. Next, building on this strong foundation, you’ll learn how to manage application resources and build application frameworks; integrate user interfaces, logic, and support for networking and web services; test your apps; and publish on the Amazon Appstore.

Coverage includes

• Establishing an efficient development environment and setting up your first project
• Mastering Android fundamentals and adapting them to the Kindle Fire
• Building reusable prototypes that define a framework for production projects
• Incorporating strings, graphics, styles, templates, and other app and system resources
• Developing screens, from splash screens and main menus to settings and help
• Displaying dialogs and collecting user input
• Controlling app state, saving settings, and launching specific activities
• Internationalizing Kindle Fire apps to reach wider markets
• Setting application identity and permissions
• Preparing your app for publication

中文：

书名：学习Kindle Fire的Android应用程序编程

掌握安卓™应用程序开发亚马逊最畅销的™-动手，一步一步！

在这本书中，畅销的Android编程作家Lauren Darcey和Shane Conder教你为亚马逊Kindle Fire编写生产质量的应用程序所需的所有技能和技巧，亚马逊Kindle Fire是世界上最热门的Android平板电脑。您将了解到最好的方法：从头到尾构建一个完整的应用程序。每一章都建立在您已经学到的基础上，帮助您在整个开发生命周期中构建、扩展和扩展您的工作应用程序。

这本书充满了经过充分测试、可重复使用的示例代码，完全不需要以前的Android或移动开发经验。如果您曾经编写过任何Java代码，那么您可以直接投入并快速获得结果。Darcey和Conder从绝对的基础开始：安装Android开发工具，构建和配置Kindle Fire应用程序，以及应用与高质量软件相关的关键设计原则。接下来，在这个坚实的基础上，您将学习如何管理应用程序资源和构建应用程序框架；集成用户界面、逻辑以及对网络和Web服务的支持；测试您的应用程序；以及在Amazon Appstore上发布。

覆盖范围包括

• 建立一个高效的开发环境并设置您的第一个项目
• 掌握Android基础知识并使其适应Kindle Fire
• 构建定义生产项目框架的可重用原型
• 整合字符串、图形、样式、模板以及其他应用程序和系统资源
• 开发屏幕，从闪屏和主菜单到设置和帮助
• Displaying dialogs and collecting user input
• 控制应用程序状态、保存设置和启动特定活动
• 将Kindle Fire应用程序国际化以进入更广泛的市场
• Setting application identity and permissions
• 准备您的应用程序以供发布