Pro Android 5

Book Description

Pro Android 5 shows you how to build real-world and fun mobile apps using the Android 5 SDK. This book updates the best-selling Pro Android and covers everything from the fundamentals of building apps for smartphones, tablets, and embedded devices to advanced concepts such as custom components, multi-tasking, sensors/augmented reality, better accessories support and much more.

• Using the tutorials and expert advice, you’ll quickly be able to build cool mobile apps and run them on dozens of Android-based smartphones.
• You’ll explore and use the Android APIs, including those for media and sensors.
• And you’ll check out what’s new in Android, including the improved user interface across all Android platforms, integration with services, and more.

By reading this definitive tutorial and reference, you’ll gain the knowledge and experience to create stunning, cutting-edge Android apps that can make you money, while keeping you agile enough to respond to changes in the future.

What you’ll learn

• How to use Android to build Java-based mobile apps for Android smartphones and tablets
• How to build irresistible user interfaces (UIs) and user experiences (UXs) across Android devices
• How to populate your application with data from data sources, using Content Providers
• How to build multimedia and game apps using Android’s media APIs
• How to use Android’s location-based services, network-based services, and security
• How to use key Android features, such as Fragments and the ActionBar

Who this book is for

This book is for professional software engineers and programmers looking to move their ideas and applications into the mobile space with Android. It assumes a passable understanding of Java, including how to write classes and handle basic inheritance structures.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Hello, World
Chapter 2 Introduction to Android Applications
Chapter 3 Basic User Interface Controls
Chapter 4 Adapters and List Controls
Chapter 5 Making Advanced UI Layouts
Chapter 6 Adding Menus and ActionBar
Chapter 7 Styles and Themes
Chapter 8 Fragments
Chapter 9 Responding to Configuration Changes
Chapter 10 Dialogs: Regular and Fragment
Chapter 11 Working with Preferences and Saving State
Chapter 12 Compatibility Library
Chapter 13 Exploring Packages, Processes, Components, Threads and Handlers
Chapter 14 Working with Services
Chapter 15 Advanced Async Task & Progress Dialogs
Chapter 16 Exploring Broadcast Receivers and Long Running Services
Chapter 17 Exploring the Alarm Manager
Chapter 18 Unveiling 2D Animation
Chapter 19 Exploring Maps and Location Services
Chapter 20 Understanding the Media Frameworks
Chapter 21 Home Screen Widgets
Chapter 22 Touchscreens
Chapter 23 Drag and Drop
Chapter 24 Using Sensors
Chapter 25 Understanding Content Providers
Chapter 26 Understanding the Contacts API
Chapter 27 Loaders
Chapter 28 Security and Permissions
Chapter 29 Google Cloud messaging and services
Chapter 30 Deploying Your Application: Google Play Store and Beyond

中文：

书名：Pro Android 5

Pro Android 5 向您展示如何使用Android 5 SDK构建真实有趣的移动应用程序。这本书更新了畅销书 Pro Android 涵盖了从为智能手机、平板电脑和嵌入式设备构建应用程序的基本原理到高级概念(如定制组件、多任务、传感器/增强现实、更好的附件支持等)的所有内容。

• 使用这些教程和专家建议，你很快就能开发出很酷的移动应用程序，并在数十款基于Android的智能手机上运行它们。
• You’ll explore and use the Android APIs, including those for media and sensors.
• 你还将了解Android的新特性，包括所有Android平台上改进的用户界面、与服务的集成等等。

通过阅读这一权威教程和参考，您将获得创建惊人的、尖端的Android应用程序的知识和经验，这些应用程序可以让您赚钱，同时保持足够的灵活性，以应对未来的变化。

What you’ll learn

• 如何使用Android为Android智能手机和平板电脑构建基于Java的移动应用
• 如何在Android设备上构建不可抗拒的用户界面(UI)和用户体验(UX)
• How to populate your application with data from data sources, using Content Providers
• How to build multimedia and game apps using Android’s media APIs
• 如何使用Android的基于位置的服务、基于网络的服务和安全
• 如何使用Android的关键功能，如片段和ActionBar

这本书是为谁而写的

这本书面向的是专业软件工程师和程序员，他们希望通过Android将他们的想法和应用程序应用到移动领域。本文假定您对Java的理解还过得去，包括如何编写类和处理基本的继承结构。

Table of Contents

第一章你好，世界
第2章Android应用程序简介
第三章基本用户界面控件
第4章适配器和列表控件
第5章制作高级用户界面布局
第6章添加菜单和动作栏
Chapter 7 Styles and Themes
Chapter 8 Fragments
第9章响应配置更改
Chapter 10 Dialogs: Regular and Fragment
第11章使用首选项和保存状态
第12章兼容性库
Chapter 13 Exploring Packages, Processes, Components, Threads and Handlers
第十四章使用服务
第15章高级异步任务进度对话框(&A)
第十六章探索广播接收器和长期运行服务
第17章探索报警管理器
第十八章揭开2D动画面纱
Chapter 19 Exploring Maps and Location Services
第20章了解媒体框架
第21章主屏幕小工具
第22章触摸屏
第二十三章拖放
第二十四章使用传感器
第25章了解内容提供商
Chapter 26 Understanding the Contacts API
Chapter 27 Loaders
第二十八章安全和权限
第29章Google云消息传递和服务
第30章部署您的应用程序：Google Play商店及以后