CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER 1: GETTING STARTED WITH ANDROID PROGRAMMING

What Is Android?
Android Versions
Features of Android
Architecture of Android
Android Devices in the Market
The Android Market
The Android Developer Community

Obtaining the Required Tools

Android SDK
Installing the Android SDK Tools
Conguring the Android SDK Manager
Eclipse
Android Development Tools (ADT)
Creating Android Virtual Devices (AVDs)

Creating Your First Android Application

Anatomy of an Android Application
Summary
CHAPTER 2: ACTIVITIES, FRAGMENTS, AND INTENTS

Understanding Activities
Applying Styles and Themes to an Activity
Hiding the Activity Title
Displaying a Dialog Window
Displaying a Progress Dialog
Displaying a More Sophisticated Progress Dialog

Linking Activities Using Intents

Resolving Intent Filter Collision
Returning Results from an Intent
Passing Data Using an Intent Object

Fragments
Adding Fragments Dynamically
Life Cycle of a Fragment
Interactions between Fragments

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Calling Built-In Applications Using Intents

Understanding the Intent Object
Using Intent Filters
Adding Categories

Displaying Notications
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CHAPTER 3: GETTING TO KNOW THE ANDROID USER INTERFACE

Understanding the Components of a Screen

Views and ViewGroups
LinearLayout
AbsoluteLayout
TableLayout
RelativeLayout
FrameLayout
ScrollView

Adapting to Display Orientation

Anchoring Views
Resizing and Repositioning

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Managing Changes to Screen Orientation

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Persisting State Information during Changes

in Conguration
Detecting Orientation Changes
Controlling the Orientation of the Activity

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Utilizing the Action Bar

Adding Action Items to the Action Bar
Customizing the Action Items and Application Icon

Creating the User Interface Programmatically

Listening for UI Notications
Overriding Methods Dened in an Activity
Registering Events for Views

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CHAPTER 4: DESIGNING YOUR USER INTERFACE WITH VIEWS

Using Basic Views

TextView View
Button, ImageButton, EditText, CheckBox,
ToggleButton, RadioButton, and RadioGroup Views
ProgressBar View
AutoCompleteTextView View

Using Picker Views

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TimePicker View
DatePicker View

Using List Views to Display Long Lists

ListView View
Using the Spinner View

Understanding Specialized Fragments

Using a ListFragment
Using a DialogFragment
Using a PreferenceFragment

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CHAPTER 5: DISPLAYING PICTURES AND MENUS WITH VIEWS

Using Image Views to Display Pictures

Gallery and ImageView Views
ImageSwitcher
GridView

Using Menus with Views

Creating the Helper Methods
Options Menu
Context Menu

Some Additional Views

AnalogClock and DigitalClock Views
WebView

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CHAPTER 6: DATA PERSISTENCE

Saving and Loading User Preferences

Accessing Preferences Using an Activity
Programmatically Retrieving and Modifying
the Preferences Values
Changing the Default Name of the Preferences File

Persisting Data to Files

Saving to Internal Storage
Saving to External Storage (SD Card)
Choosing the Best Storage Option
Using Static Resources

Creating and Using Databases

Creating the DBAdapter Helper Class
Using the Database Programmatically
Pre-Creating the Database

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CHAPTER 7: CONTENT PROVIDERS

Sharing Data in Android

Using a Content Provider
Predened Query String Constants
Projections
Filtering
Sorting

Creating Your Own Content Providers

Using the Content Provider
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CHAPTER 8: MESSAGING

SMS Messaging
Sending SMS Messages Programmatically
Getting Feedback after Sending a Message
Sending SMS Messages Using Intent
Receiving SMS Messages
Caveats and Warnings

Sending E-mail
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CHAPTER 9: LOCATION-BASED SERVICES

Displaying Maps
Creating the Project
Obtaining the Maps API Key
Displaying the Map
Displaying the Zoom Control
Changing Views
Navigating to a Specic Location
Adding Markers
Getting the Location That Was Touched
Geocoding and Reverse Geocoding

Getting Location Data

Monitoring a Location
Project Building a Location Tracker
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CHAPTER 10: NETWORKING

Consuming Web Services Using HTTP

Downloading Binary Data
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Downloading Text Content

Accessing Web Services Using the GET Method

Consuming JSON Services

Sockets Programming
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CHAPTER 11: DEVELOPING ANDROID SERVICES

Creating Your Own Services

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Executing Asynchronous Tasks on Separate Threads Using IntentService 442

Establishing Communication between a Service

and an Activity
Binding Activities to Services
Understanding Threading
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CHAPTER 12: PUBLISHING ANDROID APPLICATIONS

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Preparing for Publishing

Versioning Your Application
Digitally Signing Your Android Applications

Deploying APK Files

Using the adb.exe Tool
Using a Web Server
Publishing on the Android Market

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APPENDIX A: USING ECLIPSE FOR ANDROID DEVELOPMENT

Getting Around in Eclipse

Workspaces
Package Explorer
Using Projects from Other Workspaces
Using Editors within Eclipse
Understanding Eclipse Perspectives
Automatically Importing Packages
Using the Code Completion Feature
Refactoring

Debugging your Application

Setting Breakpoints
Dealing with Exceptions

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APPENDIX B: USING THE ANDROID EMULATOR

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Uses of the Android Emulator

Creating Snapshots
SD Card Emulation
Emulating Devices with Different Screen Sizes
Emulating Physical Capabilities
Sending SMS Messages to the Emulator
Making Phone Calls
Transferring Files into and out of the Emulator
Resetting the Emulator

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APPENDIX C: ANSWERS TO EXERCISES

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INDEX

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