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Android apps for absolute beginners / Wallace Jackson.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Berkeley, CA : Apress, 2014.Edition: 3rd edDescription: xxx, 677 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 1484200209
  • 9781484200209
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 005.437 JAC 22
Contents:
Setting up your Android app development -- Configuring your Android app development -- An introduction to the Android application development platform -- Introduction to XML: defining an Android app, its design, and constants -- Introduction to Java: objects, methods, classes, and interfaces -- Android screen design: writing to the display using activity and view -- Making apps interactive: intents, event handling, and menus -- Android UI design: Using advanced ViewGroup layout containers -- Android graphic design: making your UI designs visual -- Android animation: making your UI designs move -- Digital video: streaming video, MediaPlayer, and MediaController classes -- Digital audio: providing aural feedback for UI designs using SoundPool -- Android service class and threads: background processing -- Android content providers: providing data to applications -- Developing for Android wearable devices -- The future of android: the 64-bit Android 5.0 OS -- Audio concepts, terminology, and Codecs.
Summary: Anybody can start building multimedia apps for the Android platform, and this book will show you how! Now updated to include both Android 4.4 and the new Android L, [this book] takes you through the process of getting your first Android apps up and running using plain English and practical examples. If you have a great idea for an Android app, but have never programmed before, then this book is for you. This book cuts through the fog of jargon and mystery that surrounds Android apps development, and gives you simple, step-by-step instructions to get you started ; teaches Android application development in language anyone can understand, giving you the best possible start in Android development ; provides simple, step-by-step examples that make learning easy, allowing you to pick up the concepts without fuss ; offers clear code descriptions and layout so that you can get your apps running as soon as possible. This book covers both Android 4.4 (KitKat) and Android L, but is also backwards compatible to cover the previous Android releases since Android 1.5.
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"Includes Android L (5.0)"--Cover.

"Get started with building your very own Android apps"--Cover.

Includes index.

Setting up your Android app development -- Configuring your Android app development -- An introduction to the Android application development platform -- Introduction to XML: defining an Android app, its design, and constants -- Introduction to Java: objects, methods, classes, and interfaces -- Android screen design: writing to the display using activity and view -- Making apps interactive: intents, event handling, and menus -- Android UI design: Using advanced ViewGroup layout containers -- Android graphic design: making your UI designs visual -- Android animation: making your UI designs move -- Digital video: streaming video, MediaPlayer, and MediaController classes -- Digital audio: providing aural feedback for UI designs using SoundPool -- Android service class and threads: background processing -- Android content providers: providing data to applications -- Developing for Android wearable devices -- The future of android: the 64-bit Android 5.0 OS -- Audio concepts, terminology, and Codecs.

Anybody can start building multimedia apps for the Android platform, and this book will show you how! Now updated to include both Android 4.4 and the new Android L, [this book] takes you through the process of getting your first Android apps up and running using plain English and practical examples. If you have a great idea for an Android app, but have never programmed before, then this book is for you. This book cuts through the fog of jargon and mystery that surrounds Android apps development, and gives you simple, step-by-step instructions to get you started ; teaches Android application development in language anyone can understand, giving you the best possible start in Android development ; provides simple, step-by-step examples that make learning easy, allowing you to pick up the concepts without fuss ; offers clear code descriptions and layout so that you can get your apps running as soon as possible. This book covers both Android 4.4 (KitKat) and Android L, but is also backwards compatible to cover the previous Android releases since Android 1.5.

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