Android Best Practices by Nolan, Godfrey -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Title Copyright Contents at a Glance Contents About the Authors About the Technical Reviewers Chapter 1: Before You Start

Introduction to Android Who Should Read This Book? What You Need Before You Begin

An Actual Android Application A Working Development Environment All the Bells and Whistles Source Code for the Sample Application

What’s in This Book

Chapter 2: Android Patterns

UI Design Patterns Holo

ActionBarSherlock Navigation Designing for Different Devices Fragments

Architectural Design Patterns

Classic Android MVC MVVM Dependency Injection

Summary

Chapter 3: Performance

History Performance Tips

Android Performance Java Performance SQLite Performance Web Services Performance Optimized Code

Tools

DDMS Traceview Lint Hierarchy Viewer Unix Tools

Summary

Chapter 4: Agile Android

Benefits

Benefits to the Business Benefits to the Developer

The Sweet Spot Elements of Agile

Goals Roll Call Putting It All Together

Summary

Chapter 5: Native Development

Deciding Where to Use Native Code

Where Not to Use Native Code Where to Use Native Code

Java Native Interface

Difficulties Writing Native Code Using JNI Generate the Code Using a Tool Minimize the Number of JNI API Calls Memory Usage Caching Classes, Method and Field IDs Threading

Troubleshooting

Extended JNI Check Always Check for Java Exceptions Always Check JNI Return Values Always Add Log Lines While Developing

Native Code Reuse Using Modules Benefit from Compiler Vectorization Summary

Chapter 6: Security

The State of Android Security Secure Coding Practices Industry Standard Lists

PCI List OWASP Google Security Tips Our Top 10 Secure Coding Recommendations

Best Practices in Action

Security Policy Enforcer Version 1 Settings.java Version 2 Settings.java

Summary

Chapter 7: Device Testing

Choosing a Strategy Emulators

Install Intel x86 Atom System Image Create Your Own Device Downloading Manufacturer’s AVDs Automating Emulator Testing with Jenkins

Hardware Testing

Third-Party Testing Service Borrow Devices from Manufacturers Crowd Testing

Summary

Chapter 8: Web Services

Web Service Types

REST or SOAP? The Richardson Maturity Model

Consuming Web Services

XML or JSON HTTP Status Codes Reading and Sending Data

Performance

Services and the AsyncTask Class Dealing with Long-Running Calls Optimizations

Security

Dos and Don’ts for Web Services Authentication

Create Your Own Web Service

Sample Web Services Google App Engine Load Balancing

Summary

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