Beginning Android, 5th edition

Book Description

Get started in creating marketable apps for the burgeoning Android market. Begin your journey by learning the essentials of programming for phones and tables that are built around Google’s wildly-successful Android platform. Beginning Android, Fifth Edition is fresh with details on the latest iteration of the Android 5 and earlier versions.

Google’s Android operating-system has taken the industry by storm, going from its humble beginnings as a smartphone operating system to its current status as a platform for apps that run across a gamut of devices from phones to tablets to netbooks to televisions, and the list is sure to grow. Smart developers are not sitting idly by in the stands, but are jumping into the game of creating innovative and salable applications for this fast-growing, mobile- and consumer-device platform. If you’re not in the game yet, now is your chance!

Begin at the beginning by installing the tools and compiling a skeleton app. Move through creating layouts, employing widgets, taking user input, and giving back results. Soon you’ll be creating innovative applications involving multi-touch, multi-tasking, and more! You’ll be drawing data live from the Internet using web services and delighting your customers with life-enhancing apps. Not since the PC era first began has there been this much opportunity for the common developer. What are you waiting for? Grab your copy of Beginning Android and get started!

Table of Contents

Part I: Get Android and Get Coding!
Chapter 1: Welcome to Android
Chapter 2: Ready, Set, Code!
Chapter 3: Inside Your First Android Project
Chapter 4: Changing and Enhancing Your Project

Part II: Activities and the User Interface
Chapter 5: Working with Android Widgets
Chapter 6: Layouts and UI Design
Chapter 7: Building Layouts with Lists and Adapters
Chapter 8: Working with Input Methods, Menus and Dialogs
Chapter 9: Adopting the Action Bar
Chapter 10: The Life of an Activity

Part III: A World of Wonderful Devices and Screens
Chapter 11: Android Fragments
Chapter 12: Intents and Receivers
Chapter 13: Making Phone Calls
Chapter 14: Making Noise with Audio for Android
Chapter 15: Locations and Mapping with Android

Part IV: Working with Resources and Services
Chapter 16: Weaving the Web with Android
Chapter 17: Working with Files
Chapter 18: Managing Databases with Android
Chapter 19: Using Preferences
Chapter 20: Android Security and Permissions
Chapter 21: Incorporating External Libraries with Android
Chapter 22: Leveraging Android Services
Chapter 23: Communicating with Notifications

中文：

书名：Beginning Android, 5th edition

开始为蓬勃发展的Android市场开发适销对路的应用程序。从学习围绕谷歌大获成功的Android平台构建的手机和桌面编程的要领开始吧。 从Android开始，第五版 关于最新版本的Android 5和更早版本的详细信息。

谷歌的安卓操作系统已经席卷了整个行业，从一开始只是一个不起眼的智能手机操作系统，发展到现在作为一个应用程序平台的地位，这些应用程序可以运行在从手机到平板电脑到上网本到电视的各种设备上，而且这个名单肯定会越来越多。聪明的开发人员不是坐在看台上无所事事，而是投入到为这个快速增长的移动和消费设备平台创造创新和畅销应用的游戏中。如果你还没有进入游戏，现在就是你的机会！

从安装工具和编译框架应用程序开始。完成创建布局、使用小部件、获取用户输入和返回结果的过程。很快，您将创建涉及多点触摸、多任务等的创新应用程序！您将使用Web服务从互联网上实时获取数据，并通过改善生活的应用程序取悦您的客户。自从PC时代开始以来，普通开发人员还从未有过如此多的机会。你在等什么?拿起你的副本 开始安卓系统 开始吧！

目录表

Part I: Get Android and Get Coding!
Chapter 1: Welcome to Android
第二章：准备，设置，编码！
第3章：深入了解您的第一个Android项目
Chapter 4: Changing and Enhancing Your Project

Part II: Activities and the User Interface
Chapter 5: Working with Android Widgets
第6章：布局和用户界面设计
第7章：使用列表和适配器构建布局
第8章：使用输入法、菜单和对话框
Chapter 9: Adopting the Action Bar
Chapter 10: The Life of an Activity

第三部分：奇妙设备和屏幕的世界
第11章：Android片段
Chapter 12: Intents and Receivers
第13章：打电话
第14章：使用Android音频制造噪音
第15章：使用Android进行位置和地图绘制

第四部分：使用资源和服务
Chapter 16: Weaving the Web with Android
第17章：使用文件
第18章：使用Android管理数据库
第19章：使用首选项
第20章：Android安全和权限
第21章：将外部库与Android整合
Chapter 22: Leveraging Android Services
第23章：通过通知进行通信