Fundamentals Of Android App Development

TAGLINE: Android, SQLite, Google Firebase and Unity (Game Development) KEY FEATURES - Uncover the basics of Android App Development. - Get to know more about the Database Structure of SQLite (Android database). - A quick start guide that will help beginners understand the structure of Android Development (Programming). DESCRIPTION This hands-on book will teach you how to structure your android app, design flexible and interactive interfaces. It will help you develop your app on various platforms such as smartphones and tablets. The book uses SQLite as it is a very lightweight database, with no installation required, zero-configuration, and no server required. SQLite is widely used as a database of choice in mobile apps, cameras, home electronic devices, and other embedded systems. Then you will see how to work with Google Firebase, Google’s mobile platform, which helps you quickly develop high-quality apps. You will see how it supports a real-time database for your apps. It will also show how to use Unity, a cross-platform game engine. It will help you develop 3D games with high quality as per your requirement. WHAT WILL YOU LEARN - Get familiar with the fundamentals of Android App Development - Use SQLite Database in Android development - Learn how to use Google Firebase Services - Understand how to work with Unity for Android Game Development - Create an Android Project towards the end of the book WHO THIS BOOK IS FOR This book is more beneficial for young college students, Java Developer, any software engineer who is interested in android programming or mobile app development. This book is also for a person who wants to learn android programming. TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Android Basic 2. SQL Lite 3. Firebase 4. Unity 5. Project

Teaching you how to structure your android app and design flexible and interactive interfaces, this hands-on book will help you develop your app on various platforms such as smartphones and tablets. --

Bonus KitKat material is available for download at www.informit.com/title/9780321940261 What Every AndroidTM App Developer Should Know Today: Android Tools, App/UI Design, Testing, Publishing, And More This fully reworked edition of a proven title is the most useful real-world guide to building robust, commercial-grade AndroidTM apps. The content is revised and updated for the latest Android 4.3 SDK and the newest development best practices. Introduction to AndroidTM Application Development: Android Essentials, Fourth Edition, covers all you need to quickly start developing professional apps for today’s Android devices. Three expert developers guide you through setting up your development environment, designing user interfaces, developing for diverse devices, and optimizing your entire app-development process–from design through publication. Updated throughout, this title includes extensive coverage of the most useful new Android tools and utilities. It adds an all-new chapter on planning an amazing Android app user experience, plus extensive new coverage of unit testing, dialogs, preferences, and app publishing. Throughout, key concepts are taught through clear, up-to-date example code. This edition offers Fully updated introductions to the latest Android 4.3 APIs, tools, utilities, and best practices Up-to-date strategies for leveraging new Android capabilities while preserving compatibility Navigation patterns and code samples for delivering more intuitive user experiences Example-based explanations of ActionBars, DialogFragments, and other key concepts Expert automated testing techniques to quickly improve code quality New Google Play Developer Console app publishing techniques that also offer more control For Android developers at all levels of experience, this reference is now more valuable than ever. Students, instructors, and self-learners will especially appreciate new chapter-ending questions and exercises, carefully designed to test knowledge and deepen mastery. Annuzzi has released new source code samples for use with Android Studio. The code updates are posted to the associated blog site: http://introductiontoandroid.blogspot.com/ Note: This revamped, newly titled edition is a complete update of AndroidTM Wireless Application Development, Volume I: Android Essentials, Third Edition

Your all-encompassing guide to learning Android app development If you're an aspiring or beginning programmer interested in creating apps for the Android market—which grows in size and downloads every day—this is your comprehensive, one-stop guide. Android Application Development All-in-One For Dummies covers the information you absolutely need to get started developing apps for Android. Inside, you'll quickly get up to speed on Android programming concepts and put your new knowledge to use to manage data, program cool phone features, refine your applications, navigate confidently around the Android native development kit, and add important finishing touches to your apps. Covering the latest features and enhancements to the Android Software Developer's Kit, this friendly, hands-on guide walks you through Android programming basics, shares techniques for developing great Android applications, reviews Android hardware, and much more. All programming examples, including the sample application, are available for download from the book's website Information is carefully organized and presented in an easy-to-follow format 800+ pages of content make this an invaluable resource at an unbeatable price Written by an expert Java educator, Barry Burd, who authors the bestselling Java For Dummies Go from Android newbie to master programmer in no time with the help of Android Application Development All-in-One For Dummies!

This book covers Android app design fundamentals in Android Studio using Java programming language.The author assumes you have no experience in app development. The book starts with the installation of the required development environment and setting up the emulators. Then, the simplest "Hello World" app is developed step by step. In the next chapter, basics of the Java programming language are given with practical examples. Screenshots and code snippets are clearly given in the book to guide the reader. After the Java lecture, 6 complete Android apps are developed again by step by step instructions.Each code line is explained. As the reader follows the development of the example apps, he/she will learn designing user interfaces, connecting interface objects to code, developing efficient Java code and testing the app on emulators and real devices.The sample apps developed in this book are as follows:1. Headlight app: Learn the basics of app development and use buttons in your code.2. Body mass index (BMI) calculator app: Using input boxes, performing calculations and displaying the results on the screen.3. Simple dice roller app: Using random number generator functions, including images in your project, displaying images on the screen and changing the displayed image programmatically.4. The compass app: Accessing the magnetic field sensor, setting required permissions, extracting the direction angle and animating a compass figure.5. Show my location app: Creating a map project, setting required permissions, accessing GPS device and showing real time location on the map.6. S.O.S. sender app: Adding SMS functionality, setting required permissions and sending real time location using SMS.This book includes 146 figures and 114 code snippets that are used to explain app development concepts clearly. Full resolution colour figures and project files can be viewed and downloaded from the the book's website: www.android-java.website.

Learn Android App Development is a hands-on tutorial and useful reference. You'll quickly get up to speed and master the Android SDK and the Java that you need for your Android Apps. The Android SDK offers powerful features, and this book is the fastest path to mastering them—and the rest of the Andorid SDK—for programmers with some experience who are new to Android smartphone and tablet apps development. Many books introduce the Android SDK, but very few explain how to develop apps optimally. This book teaches both core Java language concepts and how to wisely but rapidly employ the design patterns and logic using the Android SDK, which is based on Java APIs. You'll also learn best practices that ensure your code will be efficient and perform well. Get an accelerated but complete enough treatment of the fundamentals of Java necessary to get you started. Design your first app using prototyping and other design methods. Build your first Android app using the code given over the course of the book. Finally, debug and distribute your first app on Google Play or other Android app store. After reading this book, you'll have your first app ready and on the app store, earning you the prestige and the money you seek.

Android development is hot, and many programmers are interested in joining the fun. However, because this technology is based on Java, you should first obtain a solid grasp of the Java language and its foundational APIs to improve your chances of succeeding as an Android app developer. After all, you will be busy learning the architecture of an Android app, the various Android-specific APIs, and Android-specific tools. If you do not already know Java fundamentals, you will probably end up with a massive headache from also having to quickly cram those fundamentals into your knowledge base. Learn Java for Android Development, Second Edition teaches programmers of any skill level the essential Java language and foundational Java API skills that must be learned to improve the programmer’s chances of succeeding as an Android app developer. Each of the book’s 14 chapters provides an exercise section that gives you the opportunity to reinforce your understanding of the chapter’s material. Answers to the book’s more than 500 exercises are provided in an appendix. A second appendix provides a significant game-oriented Java application, which you can convert into an Android app. Once you complete this book, you should be ready to dive into beginning Android app development. Maybe, start that journey with Apress' Beginning Android.

Write More Robust and Maintainable Android Apps with Kotlin “Peter Sommerhoff takes a practical approach to teaching Kotlin by providing a larger set of code listings that demonstrate language features and by guiding readers through the development of two Android apps step by step. . . . Peter finds a good balance between what is essential and what can be left to readers, so this book is an efficient yet comprehensible source for starting programming with Kotlin.” –Bernhard Rumpe, Professor of Software Engineering, RWTH Aachen University The Kotlin language brings state-of-the-art programming techniques and constructs to Android development. Kotlin for Android App Development will help you rapidly understand Kotlin’s principles and techniques, apply Kotlin in production app development, integrate Kotlin with existing Java code, and plan a migration to Kotlin, if you choose. If you have at least basic programming experience (with any language), Peter Sommerhoff’s well-crafted overview and examples will help you get quickly up-to-speed with the Kotlin language, its constructs, and its advanced functional and object-oriented capabilities. Once you’ve mastered these foundations, Sommerhoff walks you through two complete app development projects, introducing best practices and emerging patterns for writing code that’s robust, concise, readable, and highly performant. Understand Kotlin’s goals, principles, advantages, design, and constructs Take full advantage of functional programming in the Kotlin environment Write more concise and reusable code using Kotlin’s object-oriented features Interoperate with existing Java code, and plan a migration to Kotlin Use coroutines to efficiently handle concurrency Capture data via third-party APIs, map it to internal data representations, and present it to users Master best practices for architecting Kotlin Android apps Improve productivity and readability by creating simple domain-specific languages in Kotlin