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Book Description

A complete hands-on guide to solving the biggest problem facing android application developers today

  • Learn something new in an Instant! A short, fast, focused guide delivering immediate results.
  • Learn how to write apps that work on any Android version
  • Ready to use code to solve any compatibility issue
  • Get hands-on with the biggest issue that faces Android developers

In Detail

There are currently 7 different versions of operating systems for Android. A growing issue is fragmentation. With the number of Android users and the variety of versions available, Android fragmentation is a huge problem. This little book is the solution.

Instant Android Fragmentation Management How-to is a step-by-step guide to writing applications that can run on all devices starting from Android 1.6. With simple solutions for complex problems, this book will walk you through the biggest issues facing Android developers today.

This book will take you through the newest features in the latest version of Android, and shows you how to utilize them in the older versions using the compatibility library. This practical guide allows you to focus on creating the best application possible without worrying about compatibility.

All the heavy lifting is done for you. Using user interface, adapting your application will work perfectly on any Android operating system. Asynchronous data management will also allow your applications to run smoothly on any device.

Everything you need to run your app on any version of Android is right here.

Table of Contents

  1. Instant Android Fragmentation Management How-to
    1. Instant Android Fragmentation Management How-to
    2. Credits
    3. About the Author
    4. About the Reviewers
    5. www.PacktPub.com
      1. Support files, eBooks, discount offers and more
        1. Why Subscribe?
        2. Free Access for Packt account holders
    6. Preface
      1. What this book covers
      2. What you need for this book
      3. Who this book is for
      4. Conventions
      5. Reader feedback
      6. Customer support
        1. Downloading the example code
        2. Errata
        3. Piracy
        4. Questions
    7. 1. Instant Android Fragmentation Management How-to
      1. Installing the compatibility package (Must know)
        1. Getting ready
        2. How to do it...
        3. How it works...
        4. There's more...
          1. API levels
      2. Fragments (Should know)
        1. How to do it...
        2. How it works...
        3. There's more...
          1. Creating the context adapting interface
          2. Menu
          3. Fragments without UI
          4. minSdkVersion and targetSdkVersion
          5. Dialog
          6. VERSION_CODES
      3. Loader (Should know)
        1. How to do it...
        2. How it works...
        3. There's more...
          1. Low level
          2. General structure of a Loader
      4. ActionBar (Should know)
        1. Getting ready
        2. How to do it...
        3. How it works...
        4. There's more...
          1. Home button
          2. Action view
          3. ShareActionProvider
          4. Contextual ActionBar
          5. ViewPagerIndicator
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