Preface
Part 1: Tools and Basics
1. Installing the Android SDK and Prerequisites
-Installing the Android SDK and Prerequisites
-Test Drive: Confirm That Your Installation Works
-Components of the SDK
-Keeping Up-to-Date
-Example Code
-On Reading Code
2. Java for Android
-Android Is Reshaping Client-Side Java
-The Java Type System
-Scope
-Idioms of Java Programming
3. The Ingredients of an Android Application
-Traditional Programming Models Compared to Android
-Activities, Intents, and Tasks
-Other Android Components
-Component Life Cycles
-Static Application Resources and Context
-The Android Application Runtime Environment
-Extending Android
-Concurrency in Android
-Serialization
4. Getting Your Application into Users' Hands
-Application Signing
-Placing an Application for Distribution in the Android Market
-Alternative Distribution
-Google Maps API Keys
-Specifying API-Level Compatibility
-Compatibility with Many Kinds of Screens
5. Eclipse for Android Software Development
-Eclipse Concepts and Terminology
-Eclipse Views and Perspectives
-Java Coding in Eclipse
-Eclipse and Android
-Preventing Bugs and Keeping Your Code Clean
-Eclipse Idiosyncrasies and Alternatives
Part 2: About the Android Framework
6. Building a View
-Android GUI Architecture
-Assembling a Graphical Interface
-Wiring Up the Controller
-The Menu and the Action Bar
-View Debugging and Optimization
7. Fragments and Multiplatform Support
-Creating a Fragment
-Fragment Life Cycle
-The Fragment Manager
-Fragment Transactions
-The Support Package
-Fragments and Layout
8. Drawing 2D and 3D Graphics
-Rolling Your Own Widgets
-Bling
9. Handling and Persisting Data
-Relational Database Overview
-SQLite
-The SQL Language
-SQL and the Database-Centric Data Model for Android Applications
-The Android Database Classes
-Database Design for Android Applications
-Using the Database API: MJAndroid
Part 3: A Skeleton Application for Android
10. A Framework for a Well-Behaved Application
-Visualizing Life Cycles
-Visualizing the Fragment Life Cycle
-The Activity Class and Well-Behaved Applications
-Life Cycle Methods of the Application Class
11. Building a User Interface
-Top-Level Design
-Visual Editing of User Interfaces
-Starting with a Blank Slate
-Laying Out the Fragments
-Folding and Unfolding a Scalable UI
-Making Activity, Fragment, Action Bar, and Multiple Layouts Work Together
-The Other Activity
12. Using Content Providers
-Understanding Content Providers
-Defining a Provider Public API
-Writing and Integrating a Content Provider
-File Management and Binary Data
-Android MVC and Content Observation
-A Complete Content Provider: The SimpleFinchVideoContentProvider Code
-Declaring Your Content Provider
13. A Content Provider as a Facade for a RESTful Web Service
-Developing RESTful Android Applications
-A "Network MVC"
-Summary of Benefits
-Code Example: Dynamically Listing and Caching YouTube Video Content
-Structure of the Source Code for the Finch YouTube Video Example
-Stepping Through the Search Application
-Step 1: Our UI Collects User Input
-Step 2: Our Controller Listens for Events
-Step 3: The Controller Queries the Content Provider with a managedQuery on the Content Provider/Model
-Step 4: Implementing the RESTful Request
Part 4: Advanced Topics
14. Search
-Search Interface
-Query Suggestions
15. Location and Mapping
-Location-Based Services
-Mapping
-The Google Maps Activity
-The MapView and MapActivity
-Working with MapViews
-MapView and MyLocationOverlay Initialization
-Pausing and Resuming a MapActivity
-Controlling the Map with Menu Buttons
-Controlling the Map with the Keypad
-Location Without Maps
-StreetView
16. Multimedia
-Audio and Video
-Playing Audio and Video
-Recording Audio and Video
-Stored Media Content
17. Sensors, NFC, Speech, Gestures, and Accessibility
-Sensors
-Near Field Communication (NFC)
-Gesture Input
-Accessibility
18. Communication, Identity, Sync, and Social Media
-Account Contacts
-Authentication and Synchronization
-Bluetooth
19. The Android Native Development Kit (NDK)
-Native Methods and JNI Calls
-The Android NDK
-Native Libraries and Headers Provided by the NDK
-Building Your Own Custom Library Modules
-Native Activities
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