Android Apps for Absolute Beginners

Wallace Jackson has been writing for leading multimedia publications about his work in new media content development since the advent of Multimedia Producer Magazine nearly two decades ago, when he wrote about computer processor architectures for centerfolds (removable "mini-issue" insert) distributed at SIGGRAPH. Since then, Wallace has written for several other publications about his work in interactive 3D and new media advertising campaign design, including 3D Artist,Desktop Publishers Journal, CrossMedia, AVvideo and Kiosk Magazine.

1. Setting Up Your Android App Development System 2. Configuring Your Android App Development System 3. An Introduction to the Android Application Development Platform 4. Introduction to XML: Defining an Android App, its Design, and Constants 5. Introduction to Java: Objects, Methods, Classes and Interfaces 6. Android Screen Design: Writing to the Display using Activity and View 7. Making Apps Interactive: Intents, Event Handling and Menus 8: Android UI Design: Using ViewGroup Layout Containers 9: Android Graphics Design: Making Your UI Designs Visual 10: Android Animation: Making Your UI Designs Animated 11: Digital Video: Streaming Video, MediaPlayer, MediaController class 12: Digital Audio: Providing Aural Feedback for UI Designs & SoundPool 13: Services and Threads: Background Processin 14: Content Providers: Providing Data to Application 15: Developing for Android Wearable Devices 16: The Future of Android: 64-bit Android L 17: Appendix A: Audio Concepts, Terminology, and Codecs