CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER 1: GETTING STARTED WITH ANDROID PROGRAMMING
What Is Android?
Android Versions
Features of Android
Architecture of Android
Android Devices in the Market
The Android Market
The Android Developer Community
Obtaining the Required Tools
Android SDK
Installing the Android SDK Tools
Conguring the Android SDK Manager
Eclipse
Android Development Tools (ADT)
Creating Android Virtual Devices (AVDs)
Creating Your First Android Application
Anatomy of an Android Application
Summary
CHAPTER 2: ACTIVITIES, FRAGMENTS, AND INTENTS
Understanding Activities
Applying Styles and Themes to an Activity
Hiding the Activity Title
Displaying a Dialog Window
Displaying a Progress Dialog
Displaying a More Sophisticated Progress Dialog
Linking Activities Using Intents
Resolving Intent Filter Collision
Returning Results from an Intent
Passing Data Using an Intent Object
Fragments
Adding Fragments Dynamically
Life Cycle of a Fragment
Interactions between Fragments
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Calling Built-In Applications Using Intents
Understanding the Intent Object
Using Intent Filters
Adding Categories
Displaying Notications
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CHAPTER 3: GETTING TO KNOW THE ANDROID USER INTERFACE
Understanding the Components of a Screen
Views and ViewGroups
LinearLayout
AbsoluteLayout
TableLayout
RelativeLayout
FrameLayout
ScrollView
Adapting to Display Orientation
Anchoring Views
Resizing and Repositioning
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Managing Changes to Screen Orientation
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Persisting State Information during Changes
in Conguration
Detecting Orientation Changes
Controlling the Orientation of the Activity
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Utilizing the Action Bar
Adding Action Items to the Action Bar
Customizing the Action Items and Application Icon
Creating the User Interface Programmatically
Listening for UI Notications
Overriding Methods Dened in an Activity
Registering Events for Views
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CHAPTER 4: DESIGNING YOUR USER INTERFACE WITH VIEWS
Using Basic Views
TextView View
Button, ImageButton, EditText, CheckBox,
ToggleButton, RadioButton, and RadioGroup Views
ProgressBar View
AutoCompleteTextView View
Using Picker Views
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TimePicker View
DatePicker View
Using List Views to Display Long Lists
ListView View
Using the Spinner View
Understanding Specialized Fragments
Using a ListFragment
Using a DialogFragment
Using a PreferenceFragment
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CHAPTER 5: DISPLAYING PICTURES AND MENUS WITH VIEWS
Using Image Views to Display Pictures
Gallery and ImageView Views
ImageSwitcher
GridView
Using Menus with Views
Creating the Helper Methods
Options Menu
Context Menu
Some Additional Views
AnalogClock and DigitalClock Views
WebView
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CHAPTER 6: DATA PERSISTENCE
Saving and Loading User Preferences
Accessing Preferences Using an Activity
Programmatically Retrieving and Modifying
the Preferences Values
Changing the Default Name of the Preferences File
Persisting Data to Files
Saving to Internal Storage
Saving to External Storage (SD Card)
Choosing the Best Storage Option
Using Static Resources
Creating and Using Databases
Creating the DBAdapter Helper Class
Using the Database Programmatically
Pre-Creating the Database
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CHAPTER 7: CONTENT PROVIDERS
Sharing Data in Android
Using a Content Provider
Predened Query String Constants
Projections
Filtering
Sorting
Creating Your Own Content Providers
Using the Content Provider
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CHAPTER 8: MESSAGING
SMS Messaging
Sending SMS Messages Programmatically
Getting Feedback after Sending a Message
Sending SMS Messages Using Intent
Receiving SMS Messages
Caveats and Warnings
Sending E-mail
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CHAPTER 9: LOCATION-BASED SERVICES
Displaying Maps
Creating the Project
Obtaining the Maps API Key
Displaying the Map
Displaying the Zoom Control
Changing Views
Navigating to a Specic Location
Adding Markers
Getting the Location That Was Touched
Geocoding and Reverse Geocoding
Getting Location Data
Monitoring a Location
Project Building a Location Tracker
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CHAPTER 10: NETWORKING
Consuming Web Services Using HTTP
Downloading Binary Data
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Downloading Text Content
Accessing Web Services Using the GET Method
Consuming JSON Services
Sockets Programming
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CHAPTER 11: DEVELOPING ANDROID SERVICES
Creating Your Own Services
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Performing Long-Running Tasks in a Service
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Performing Repeated Tasks in a Service
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Executing Asynchronous Tasks on Separate Threads Using IntentService 442
Establishing Communication between a Service
and an Activity
Binding Activities to Services
Understanding Threading
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CHAPTER 12: PUBLISHING ANDROID APPLICATIONS
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Preparing for Publishing
Versioning Your Application
Digitally Signing Your Android Applications
Deploying APK Files
Using the adb.exe Tool
Using a Web Server
Publishing on the Android Market
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APPENDIX A: USING ECLIPSE FOR ANDROID DEVELOPMENT
Getting Around in Eclipse
Workspaces
Package Explorer
Using Projects from Other Workspaces
Using Editors within Eclipse
Understanding Eclipse Perspectives
Automatically Importing Packages
Using the Code Completion Feature
Refactoring
Debugging your Application
Setting Breakpoints
Dealing with Exceptions
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APPENDIX B: USING THE ANDROID EMULATOR
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Uses of the Android Emulator
Creating Snapshots
SD Card Emulation
Emulating Devices with Different Screen Sizes
Emulating Physical Capabilities
Sending SMS Messages to the Emulator
Making Phone Calls
Transferring Files into and out of the Emulator
Resetting the Emulator
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APPENDIX C: ANSWERS TO EXERCISES
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