Android Application Development All-in-One For Dummies

Barry Burd is an accomplished Java educator and author. He teaches computer science and mathematics at Drew University and leads training courses for professional programmers in the business and industry fields. Barry is the author of Beginning Programming with Java For Dummies.

Introduction 1 Book I: Android Jump-Start 9 Chapter 1: All about Android 11 Chapter 2: Installing the Software Tools 21 Chapter 3: Creating an Android App 43 Chapter 4: Conjuring and Embellishing an Android App 73 Book II: Android Background Material 109 Chapter 1: Using the Eclipse Workbench 111 Chapter 2: It s Java! 145 Chapter 3: What Java Does (and When) 173 Chapter 4: Object-Oriented Programming in Java 191 Chapter 5: A Look at XML 207 Book III: The Building Blocks 223 Chapter 1: Android Activities 225 Chapter 2: Intents and Intent Filters 259 Chapter 3: Services 297 Chapter 4: Broadcast Receivers 331 Chapter 5: Content Providers 357 Book IV: Programming Cool Phone Features 381 Chapter 1: Lay Out Your Stuff 383 Chapter 2: Menus, Lists, and Notifications 407 Chapter 3: An Android Potpourri 433 Chapter 4: Apps for Tablets 465 Book V: The Job Isn't Done Until ... 483 Chapter 1: Publishing Your App to the Android Market 485 Chapter 2: Publishing Your App to the Amazon Appstore 515 Book VI: Alternative Android Development Techniques 525 Chapter 1: Creating Code Quickly with App Inventor 527 Chapter 2: More App Inventor Magic 557 Chapter 3: How to "Rough It" without Eclipse 581 Chapter 4: Going Native 605 Index 625