Android Studio Cookbook

Book Description

Design, test, and debug your apps using Android Studio

About This Book

• See what Material design is about and how to apply it your apps
• Explore the possibilities to develop apps that works on any type of device
• A step-by-step practical guide that will help you build improved applications, change their look, and debug them

Who This Book Is For

This book is for developers that are already familiar with programming concepts and have already started creating apps for the Android platform, for example, by using the Eclipse IDE. It is for developers who intend to use Android Studio as their primary IDE or want to use Android Studio more efficiently.

What You Will Learn

• Develop Android Studio applications using Genymotion
• Apply the concepts of Material design to your applications
• Use memory monitoring tools to tweak performance
• Build applications for Android Wearable
• Capture images, video, or audio within your Android app
• Use content providers to display data
• Build apps with a cloud-based backend
• Create media-related apps that will run on phones, phablets, tablets, and TVs

In Detail

This book starts with an introduction of Android Studio and why you should use this IDE rather than Eclipse. Moving ahead, it teaches you to build a simple app that requires no backend setup but uses Google Cloud or Parse instead. After that, you will learn how to create an Android app that can send and receive text and images using Google Cloud or Parse as a backend. It explains the concepts of Material design and how to apply them to an Android app. Also, it shows you how to build an app that runs on an Android wear device.

Later, it explains how to build an app that takes advantage of the latest Android SDK while still supporting older Android versions. It also demonstrates how the performance of an app can be improved and how memory management tools that come with the Android Studio IDE can help you achieve this.

By the end of the book, you will be able to develop high quality apps with a minimum amount of effort using the Android Studio IDE.

Style and approach

This is a practical guide full of challenges and many real-world examples that demonstrate interesting development concepts. Besides smartphones and tablets, it also covers Android wearable devices and Android TV. Although strongly recommended, it is not necessary to own any Android device yourself.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Welcome to Android Studio
Chapter 2: Applications with a Cloud – Based Backend
Chapter 3: Material Design
Chapter 4: Android Wear
Chapter 5: Size Does Matter
Chapter 6: Capture and Share
Chapter 7: Content Providers and Observers
Chapter 8: Improving Quality
Chapter 9: Improving Performance
Chapter 10: Beta Testing Your Apps

中文：

书名：Android Studio Cookbook

使用Android Studio设计、测试和调试您的应用程序

About This Book

• 了解材料设计是关于什么以及如何将其应用于您的应用程序
• 探索开发可在任何类型的设备上运行的应用程序的可能性
• 这是一个循序渐进的实用指南，将帮助您构建改进的应用程序、更改其外观并对其进行调试

这本书是为谁写的

这本书的目标读者是已经熟悉编程概念并且已经开始为Android平台创建应用程序的开发人员，例如，通过使用Eclipse IDE。它是为那些打算使用Android Studio作为他们的主要IDE或想要更高效地使用Android Studio的开发人员编写的。

你将学到什么

• 使用GenyMotion开发Android Studio应用程序
• 将材料设计的概念应用到您的应用中
• 使用内存监控工具调整性能
• 为Android可穿戴设备构建应用程序
• 在您的Android应用程序中捕获图像、视频或音频
• 使用内容提供商显示数据
• Build apps with a cloud-based backend
• 创建可在手机、平板电脑、平板电脑和电视上运行的媒体相关应用程序

In Detail

这本书从Android Studio的介绍开始，以及为什么您应该使用这个IDE而不是Eclipse。接下来，它将教你构建一个简单的应用程序，它不需要后端设置，而是使用Google Cloud或Parse。之后，您将学习如何使用Google Cloud或Parse作为后端创建一个Android应用程序，该应用程序可以发送和接收文本和图像。它解释了材料设计的概念，以及如何将它们应用到Android应用程序中。此外，它还向你展示了如何构建一款在安卓穿戴设备上运行的应用程序。

后来，它解释了如何构建一个应用程序，在利用最新的Android SDK的同时，仍然支持较旧的Android版本。它还演示了如何提高应用程序的性能，以及Android Studio IDE附带的内存管理工具如何帮助您实现这一点。

到本书结束时，您将能够使用Android Studio IDE以最低的工作量开发高质量的应用程序。

风格和方法

这是一本充满挑战的实践指南和许多展示有趣发展概念的现实世界例子。除了智能手机和平板电脑，它还包括Android可穿戴设备和Android电视。尽管强烈推荐，但并不一定要自己拥有任何Android设备。

Table of Contents

第一章：欢迎来到Android Studio
第2章：具有基于云的后端的应用程序
第三章：材料设计
第4章：安卓穿戴
Chapter 5: Size Does Matter
第6章：捕获和共享
第7章：内容提供商和观察者
第八章：提高质量
第9章：提高绩效
第10章：测试版测试您的应用程序