Android for Programmers: An App-Driven Approach, 2nd Edition

Book Description

The professional programmer’s Deitel^® guide to smartphone and tablet app development using Android 4.3 and 4.4, the Eclipse-based Android Development Tools and the new Android Studio

Billions of apps have been downloaded from Google Play™! This book gives you everything you’ll need to start developing great Android apps quickly and getting them published on Google Play™. The book uses an app-driven approach–each new technology is discussed in the context of seven fully tested Android apps, complete with syntax coloring, code highlighting, code walkthroughs and sample outputs. Apps you’ll develop include:

• Welcome App
• Cannon Game
• Tip Calculator
• Doodlz
• Twitter^® Searches
• Address Book
• Flag Quiz

The first-generation Android phones were released in October 2008. By October 2013, a Strategy Analytics report showed that Android had 81.3% of the global smartphone market share, compared to 13.4% for Apple, 4.1% for Microsoft and 1% for Blackberry (bit.ly/1aqIZXf). Billions of apps have been downloaded from Google Play. There are now more than one billion activated Android devices worldwide and more than 1.5 million Android devices are being activated daily (venturebeat.com/2013/09/03/android-hits-1bactivations-and-will-be-called-kitkat-in-nextversion). The opportunities for Android app developers are enormous.

This book presents leading-edge computing technologies for professional software developers. At the heart of the book is the Deitel “app-driven approach”–concepts are presented in the context of complete working Android apps, rather than using code snippets. The introduction and app test drives at the beginning of each chapter show one or more sample executions. The book’s source code is available at www.deitel.com/books/androidfp2.

The apps in this book were carefully designed to introduce you to key Android features and APIs. You’ll quickly learn everything you need to start building Android apps–beginning with a testdrive of the Doodlz app in Chapter 1, then building your first app in Chapter 2. By the time you reach Chapter 9, you’ll be ready to create your own apps for submission to Google Play and other app marketplaces. You’ll master the Google Play submission process, including uploading your apps, deciding whether to sell your apps or offer them for free, and marketing them using in-app advertising, social media, Internet public relations and more.

Practical, example-rich coverage of:

• Android 4.3 and 4.4
• Android Development Tools, Android Studio
• Supporting Various Screen Sizes/Resolutions
• Accessibility, Internationalization, Graphics
• Activities, Fragments, Intents, Preferences
• GUIs, Layouts, Menus, Resource Files, Lists, Adapters, Events, Touch/Gesture Processing
• Immersive Mode, Printing Framework, PrintHelper
• Assets (Images, Audio), View Animation
• Threading, Collections, SQLite Database
• Social sharing via implicit intents
• Google Play™, App Publishing, Pricing, Monetization, Marketing, In-App Advertising, In-App Billing and more.

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The Deitel^® Developer Series is designed for professional programmers. The series presents focused treatments on a growing list of emerging and mature technologies, including Android™ app development, iOS^® app development, Java^™, C# and .NET, C++, C, JavaScript^®, Internet and web development and more. Each book in the series contains the same live-code teaching methodology used in the Deitels’ How to Program Series college textbooks–most concepts are presented in the context of completely coded, working apps.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1. Introduction to Android
Chapter 2. Welcome App
Chapter 3. Tip Calculator App
Chapter 4. Twitter® Searches App
Chapter 5. Flag Quiz App
Chapter 6. Cannon Game App
Chapter 7. Doodlz App
Chapter 8. Address Book App
Chapter 9. Google Play and App Business Issues

中文：

书名：Android for Programmers: An App-Driven Approach, 2nd Edition

专业程序员的Deitel^▁▁ 使用Android 4.3和4.4、基于Eclipse的Android开发工具和新的Android Studio的智能手机和平板电脑应用程序开发指南

从谷歌Play™下载了数以亿计的应用程序！这本书提供了你需要的一切，让你快速开始开发伟大的安卓应用程序，并将它们发布在谷歌Play™上。这本书使用了一种应用程序驱动的方法–每种新技术都是在七个经过充分测试的Android应用程序的背景下讨论的，包括语法着色、代码突出显示、代码演练和样例输出。您将开发的应用程序包括：

• Welcome App
• 大炮游戏
• Tip Calculator
• Doodlz
• 推特^▁▁ 搜索
• Address Book
• 国旗问答游戏

第一代Android手机于2008年10月发布。截至2013年10月，Strategy Analytics的一份报告显示，Android在全球智能手机市场的份额为81.3%，相比之下，苹果为13.4%，微软为4.1%，黑莓为1%(bit.ly/1aqIZXf)。从Google Play下载了数十亿个应用程序。目前，全球有10多亿台安卓设备被激活，每天有150多万台安卓设备在(venturebeat.com/2013/09/03/android-hits-1bactivations-and-will-be-called-kitkat-in-nextversion).上被激活Android应用程序开发者的机会是巨大的。

本书为专业软件开发人员提供前沿计算技术。这本书的核心是Deitel的“应用程序驱动的方法”–概念是在完整的可运行的Android应用程序的环境中呈现的，而不是使用代码片段。每一章开头的介绍和应用程序测试驱动程序显示了一个或多个执行示例。这本书的源代码可以在www.deitel.com/book/androidfp2上找到。

这本书中的应用程序是精心设计的，旨在向您介绍Android的关键功能和API。你将很快学会开始构建Android应用程序所需的一切–从第一章中的Doodlz应用程序的试驾开始，然后在第二章中构建你的第一个应用程序。当你读到第九章时，你将准备好创建自己的应用程序，提交给Google Play和其他应用程序市场。你将掌握Google Play的提交流程，包括上传你的应用程序，决定是出售你的应用程序还是免费提供它们，以及使用应用程序内广告、社交媒体、互联网公关等进行营销。

实用、示例丰富的报道内容：

• Android 4.3 and 4.4
• Android开发工具、Android Studio
• 支持各种屏幕尺寸/分辨率
• 可访问性、国际化、图形
• 活动、片段、意图、偏好
• 图形用户界面、布局、菜单、资源文件、列表、适配器、事件、触摸/手势处理
• 沉浸式模式、打印框架、PrintHelper
• 资源(图像、音频)、查看动画
• 线程、集合、SQLite数据库
• Social sharing via implicit intents
• 谷歌Play™，应用程序发布，定价，货币化，营销，应用内广告，应用内计费等。

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《Deitel》^▁▁ 开发人员系列是为专业程序员设计的。该系列重点介绍了越来越多的新兴和成熟技术，包括安卓™应用程序开发、iOS^▁▁ app development, Java^™、C#和.NET、C++、C、JavaScript^▁▁、互联网和网络发展等。该系列的每本书都包含Deitels的How to Program系列大学教科书中使用的相同的实时代码教学方法-大多数概念都是在完全编码的工作应用程序的背景下呈现的。

Table of Contents

Chapter 1. Introduction to Android
第2章：欢迎应用
第3章：小费计算器应用程序
Chapter 4. 推特Â▁▁ 搜索 App
第五章：FLAG问答应用
第六章：大炮游戏应用
Chapter 7. Doodlz App
第8章.通讯录应用程序
Chapter 9. Google Play and App Business Issues