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Index
Cover
Contents
Chapter 1: Getting Started With Android Programming
What is Android?
Obtaining the Required Tools
Creating Your First Android Application
Anatomy of an Android Application
Summary
Chapter 2: Activities, Fragments, and Intents
Understanding Activities
Linking Activities Using Intents
Fragments
Calling Built-In Applications Using Intents
Displaying Notifications
Summary
Chapter 3: Getting To Know The Android User Interface
Understanding the Components of a Screen
Adapting to Display Orientation
Managing Changes to Screen Orientation
Utilizing the Action Bar
Creating the User Interface Programmatically
Listening for UI Notifications
Summary
Chapter 4: Designing Your User Interface With Views
Using Basic Views
Using Picker Views
Using List Views to Display Long Lists
Understanding Specialized Fragments
Summary
Chapter 5: Displaying Pictures and Menus With Views
Using Image Views to Display Pictures
Using Menus with Views
Some Additional Views
Summary
Chapter 6: Data Persistence
Saving and Loading User Preferences
Persisting Data to Files
Creating and Using Databases
Summary
Chapter 7: Content Providers
Sharing Data in Android
Using a Content Provider
Creating Your Own Content Providers
Using the Content Provider
Summary
Chapter 8: Messaging
SMS Messaging
Sending E-mail
Summary
Chapter 9: Location-Based Services
Displaying Maps
Getting Location Data
Monitoring a Location
Project — Building a Location Tracker
Summary
Chapter 10: Networking
Consuming Web Services Using HTTP
Consuming JSON Services
Sockets Programming
Summary
Chapter 11: Developing Android Services
Creating Your Own Services
Establishing Communication between a Service and an Activity
Binding Activities to Services
Understanding Threading
Summary
Chapter 12: Publishing Android Applications
Preparing for Publishing
Deploying APK Files
Summary
Appendix A: Using Eclipse For Android Development
Appendix B: Using The Android Emulator
Appendix C: Answers To Exercises
Introduction
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