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We are witnessing an explosion in the use of handheld mobile devices worldwide. Recent polls have shown that many people own and use more than one mobile device, and some use as many as three or four. Smart phones, tablets, and handheld game devices are ubiquitous. The Android operating system (OS)--an open-source OS with Linux at its core--is an ever-more-popular OS on these devices. ANDROID APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT FOR JAVA PROGRAMMERS provides an ideal, quick-start tutorial for anyone interested in developing Android mobile device applications, from the student or hobbyist familiar with Java, to the experienced programmer wanting to enter the mobile device application market. Because the Android development software provides an emulator program, the reader doesn't need to own an Android mobile device to take advantage of this book. Although the code presented in the book can be used to produce complete running applications, the goal is to inspire the reader to bring his own mobile application ideas to reality in a short time. The book is organized in a logical, evolutionary manner starting with configuration of the development environment and ending with two comprehensive projects. The beginning chapters cover basic application components and configuration of the Android emulator and basic user interface design, whereas later chapters cover how to accomplish more involved areas such as use of GPS, graphics, networking, and databases.

Tabla de contenidos provista por Syndetics

• Preface(p. x)
• Introduction(p. xii)
• Chapter 1 Installation and Configuration of Your Development Platform(p. 1)
• Installing Eclipse and Java(p. 1)
• Installing the Android Development Kit(p. 4)
• Follow-Up(p. 6)
• Reader's Notes(p. 6)
• Chapter 2 Starting an Android Application Project(p. 7)
• Android Applications Components(p. 7)
• Debugging with Eclipse(p. 19)
• Follow-Up(p. 26)
• Key Classes Used in This Chapter(p. 26)
• Activity(p. 26)
• Reader's Notes(p. 28)
• Chapter 3 Application Design(p. 29)
• The Screen Layout and the main.xml File(p. 30)
• Component IDs(p. 45)
• A Few Simple Controls(p. 45)
• Creating and Configuring an Android Emulator(p. 55)
• Communicating with the Emulator(p. 57)
• Follow-Up(p. 59)
• Key Classes Used in This Chapter(p. 60)
• Button(p. 60)
• TextView(p. 61)
• EditText(p. 62)
• View.OnClickListener(p. 63)
• Reader's Notes(p. 63)
• Chapter 4 Controls and the User Interface(p. 65)
• Check Boxes(p. 65)
• Radio Buttons(p. 70)
• The Spinner(p. 74)
• DatePicker(p. 78)
• Follow-Up(p. 82)
• Key Classes Used in This Chapter(p. 84)
• CheckBox(p. 84)
• RadioButton(p. 85)
• RadioGroup(p. 86)
• Spinner(p. 87)
• Array Adapter(p. 88)
• DatePicker(p. 89)
• DatePicker.OnDateChangedListener(p. 90)
• Reader's Notes(p. 90)
• Chapter 5 Basic Graphics by Extending the View Class(p. 91)
• Combining Graphics with a Touch Listener(p. 91)
• Some Practical Uses for Graphics(p. 99)
• Saving Your Masterpiece(p. 106)
• Follow-Up(p. 110)
• Key Classes Used in This Chapter(p. 111)
• Canvas(p. 111)
• Bitmap(p. 113)
• Paint(p. 114)
• MotionEvent(p. 115)
• Reader's Notes(p. 116)
• Chapter 6 Find a Location with Google Maps(p. 117)
• Follow-Up(p. 130)
• Key Classes Used in This Chapter(p. 131)
• Location(p. 131)
• LocationManager(p. 133)
• LocationListener(p. 134)
• Criteria(p. 135)
• GeoPoint(p. 137)
• Reader's Notes(p. 137)
• Chapter 7 Multiscreen Applications(p. 139)
• Stretching the Screen(p. 139)
• Pop-Up Dialog Boxes and Toasts(p. 153)
• Menus on the Android Device(p. 163)
• Follow-Up(p. 165)
• Key Classes Used in This Chapter(p. 167)
• Intent(p. 167)
• Bundle(p. 169)
• Toast(p. 171)
• AlertDialog(p. 172)
• AlertDialog.Builder(p. 173)
• DatePickerDialog(p. 174)
• DatePickerDialog.OnDateSetListener(p. 175)
• Menu(p. 176)
• Menulnflater(p. 177)
• Menultem(p. 178)
• Reader's Notes(p. 178)
• Chapter 8 Working with Images(p. 179)
• Displaying Images(p. 179)
• Using Images Stored on the Android Device(p. 183)
• Follow-Up(p. 188)
• Key Classes Used in This Chapter(p. 189)
• ImageView(p. 189)
• Reader's Notes(p. 190)
• Chapter 9 Text Files, Data Tables, and XML(p. 191)
• Working with Text Files(p. 191)
• Working with Data Tables Using SQLite(p. 197)
• Using XML for Data Exchange(p. 207)
• Follow-Up(p. 214)
• Key Classes Used in This Chapter(p. 216)
• Resources(p. 216)
• SQLiteDatabase(p. 217)
• Cursor(p. 219)
• ContentValues(p. 220)
• XMLPullParser(p. 221)
• XMLResourceParser(p. 222)
• Reader's Notes(p. 222)
• Chapter 10 Client-Server-Applications(p. 223)
• Follow-Up(p. 235)
• Key Classes Used in This Chapter(p. 237)
• Socket(p. 237)
• ServerSocket(p. 238)
• HttpURLConnection(p. 239)
• URL(p. 240)
• Reader's Notes(p. 240)
• Chapter 11 Publishing Your Application(p. 241)
• Chapter 12 Applying the Principles(p. 245)
• Project 1 A Photo-Dialer(p. 245)
• Project 2 A Flash Mob Application(p. 257)
• The Server Side(p. 258)
• The Client (Mobile Device) Side(p. 262)
• The XML Version(p. 275)
• Index(p. 287)

Notas de autor provistas por Syndetics

James C. Sheusi copyrighted and sold his first application for the real estate sales industry in 1984 and has developed applications for small businesses for more than 25 years. He is an associate professor and currently chair of the Department of Computer and Information Science in the School of Technology at Johnson and Wales University in Providence, Rhode Island. He resides with his wife in Bristol, Rhode Island.