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Building Hybrid Android Apps with Java and JavaScript Building Hybrid Android Apps with Java and JavaScript

Nizamettin Gok Nitin Khanna Preface Conventions Used in This Book

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Using Code Examples Safari® Books Online How to Contact Us Acknowledgments

Nizamettin Gok Nitin Khanna About the Technical Reviewer

Dedication Special Upgrade Offer Chapter 1. What Is Android? Android Applications What Is a Hybrid Application? Categories of Applications

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Key Characteristics of Hybrid Apps

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Why Developing Hybrid Apps Makes Sense

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Hybrid Application Architecture How Do Hybrid Apps Work on the Android Platform? Chapter 2. Setting Up Your Android Development Environment

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Installing Eclipse on Mac OS X Installing Android Development Tools

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Creating Your First Hybrid Android Project Using Eclipse IDE Android Development Using the Command Line

Setting PATH Environment Variables

What Is ADB (Android Debug Bridge)?

Connecting an Android Device to the Development Host Note Connecting to an Android Device Over WiFi

Using Apache Ant to Automate Building Android Applications

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Understanding the Android Build Process

Resource Precompilation Service Interface Precompilation Java Compilation DEX Generation Resource Packaging Creation of the APK File Alignment

CSS Preprocessors

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Installing SASS

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JSLint Framework and Strict Coding Conventions Process HTML Templates Minifying CSS and JavaScript Files Using YUI Compressor Using Safari and Chrome Browsers for Faster JavaScript Debugging and UI Changes Chapter 3. Android Fundamentals Android Application Architecture Key Android Components

Dalvik Virtual Machine (DVM) View Activity Fragment Intent Services Content Providers Broadcast Receiver

Security Model in Android Resources

String Resources Layout Resources

Compiled and Uncompiled Android Resources Assets Structure of an Android App

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Application Manifest

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Activity Intents Intent Resolution Intent Filter Services

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Broadcast Receiver

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Specifying Compatible Device Configuration Declaring Needed Device Features

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Permissions SDK Version

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Hands-on Coding: Hybrid Hello World! Application Chapter 4. WebView, WebKit, and WebSettings The WebView as a Web Browser

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So What Is WebKit?

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Requesting Internet Permission from Android Manifest Instantiating and Accessing the WebView Control Loading a Web Page

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Loading HTML into WebView

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WebViewClient

WebChromeClient

Loading Local Files into the WebView

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Load Flash Files into the WebView Reading Files from the res/raw Directory Triggering JavaScript Functions from the Java Layer Opening a WebView in Fullscreen Mode

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Enabling a Resize Event in JavaScript While Your Application Is Fullscreen Binding Java Objects to WebView Using the addJavaScriptInterface() Method

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Security Considerations for Hybrid Applications HttpOnly Cookies and the Secure Flag

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Domain Whitelisting

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Configuring WebView Settings with WebSettings Preventing Local Files from Being Loaded in the WebView Enabling JavaScript

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Setting Default Font Size Zoom Controls Hardware Acceleration

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Chapter 5. Inter-workings of the JavaScript and Java Layers Architecture of a Hybrid Application Calling Java Methods from JavaScript Synchronous APIs Asynchronous APIs Calling JavaScript Methods from Java Routing Data to the Correct JavaScript Receiver Deferred Object Pattern Register Success Callback Using deferred.done() Register Failure Callback Using deferred.fail() Register Progress Callback Using deferred.progress() Simpler Callback registration with .then() Synchronizing Multiple Asynchronous Events with $.when() Resolve a Deferred Object Reject a Deferred Object Use of Promise Use of deferred.progress() Cache Manager for Handling Multiple Deferred Objects Thread Safety Chapter 6. HTML Architecture for Hybrid Applications Architecture of a Web Application Single Page Applications (SPA) Key Design Considerations for Single Page Applications The Libraries and Frameworks for Your Hybrid Apps Backbone.js for MVC Framework Underscore.js for Utility Support iScroll.js for scrolling iScroll Caveats jQuery.js for JavaScript application

Preload Images Within the CSS Files Note

CSS Reset Avoids Browser Inconsistencies Your Home index.html

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Viewport Meta Tag Viewport Width Viewport Scaling with the Content Attribute Responsive Design and Media Queries EM or Percent (%) unit for scalable interface

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CSS3 Introduces rem Unit Opacity or RGBA: What Is the Difference? Event Pooling

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Chapter 7. CSS, DOM, and JavaScript: Optimization Tips and Useful Snippets Chapter 8. Publishing Apps for Android

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Digitally Signing Applications Protecting Your Application with ProGuard Google Play Registering as a Publisher Developer Console

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Uploading an Application Amazon App Store Self-Signing and the Amazon App Store Amazon App Store Sign Up Process

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Uploading an Application

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Understanding the Application Approval Process About the Authors Colophon Special Upgrade Offer

Building Hybrid Android Apps with Java and JavaScript

Nizamettin Gok Nitin Khanna

Editor

Simon St. Laurent

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