- Android Programming for Beginners - Second Edition
- Table of Contents
- Android Programming for Beginners - Second Edition
- Contributors
- Preface
- 1. Beginning Android and Java
- 2. First Contact – Java, XML, and the UI Designer
- Examining the log output
- A note for early adopters of this book
- Exploring the project's Java code and the main layout's XML code
- Adding buttons to the main layout file
- Leaving comments in our Java code
- Coding messages to the user and the developer
- Writing our first Java code
- Frequently asked questions
- Summary
- 3. Exploring Android Studio and the Project Structure
- 4. Getting Started with Layouts and Material Design
- Material design
- Exploring Android UI design
- Layouts
- Creating the Exploring Layouts project
- Building a menu with LinearLayout
- Wiring up the UI with the Java code (part 1)
- Adding layouts within layouts
- Making the layout look pretty
- Wiring up the UI with the Java code (part 2)
- Building a precise UI with ConstraintLayout
- Laying out data with TableLayout
- Summary
- 5. Beautiful Layouts with CardView and ScrollView
- 6. The Android Lifecycle
- 7. Java Variables, Operators, and Expressions
- 8. Java Decisions and Loops
- 9. Java Methods
- 10. Object-Oriented programming
- 11. More Object-Oriented Programming
- Remember that encapsulation thing?
- Encapsulation and static methods mini-app
- OOP and inheritance
- Inheritance example app
- Polymorphism
- Frequently asked questions
- Summary
- 12. The Stack, the Heap, and the Garbage Collector
- 13. Anonymous Classes – Bringing Android Widgets to Life
- Declaring and initializing the objects
- Creating UI widgets from pure Java without XML
- Exploring the palette – part 1
- Anonymous classes
- Exploring the palette – Part 2, and more anonymous classes
- Widget exploration app
- Converting layouts to ConstraintLayout
- Summary
- 14. Android Dialog Windows
- Dialog windows
- The Note to self app
- Summary
- 15. Arrays, ArrayList, Map and Random Numbers
- A random diversion
- Handling large amounts of data with arrays
- Simple array example mini-app
- Getting dynamic with arrays
- Entering the nth dimension with Arrays
- ArrayLists
- Arrays and ArrayLists are polymorphic
- More Java Collections – Meet Java Hashmap
- The Note to Self app
- Frequently asked questions
- Summary
- 16. Adapters and Recyclers
- RecyclerView and RecyclerAdapter
- Adding RecyclerView, RecyclerAdapter, and ArrayList to the Note to Self project
- Running the app
- Frequently asked questions
- Summary
- 17. Data Persistence and Sharing
- 18. Localization
- 19. Animations and Interpolations
- 20. Drawing Graphics
- 21. Threads, and Starting the Live Drawing App
- 22. Particle Systems and Handling Screen Touches
- 23. Supporting Different Versions of Android, Sound Effects, and the Spinner Widget
- 24. Design Patterns, Multiple Layouts, and Fragments
- 25. Advanced UI with Paging and Swiping
- 26. Advanced UI with Navigation Drawer and Fragment
- 27. Android Databases
- 28. Coding a Snake Game Using Everything We Have Learned So Far
- 29. Enumerations and Finishing the Snake Game
- 30. A Quick Chat Before You Go
- Other Books You May Enjoy
- Index
Natarajan Raman has close to 15 years' experience in software design and development. He is a Google-certified Nano degree holder on Android development and was invited by Google as a guest for the I/O 2017. His Android App Idea for special children got selected as one of the top SIX ideas out of roughly 80, and was also featured by Google on its "Code it possible" program. He works for Patterns as Principal Architect and is also the managing trustee of Dream India—dreamindia.org
Natarajan is co-author of the book entitled "Learning Kotlin by building Android Applications". He holds a B.Tech degree from NIT, Jaipur. He is a design coach and public speaker. Dream India is a part-time NGO run by his team of friends since 2003.
I want to thank my wife, Ms. Krupa, my parents, Mr. Raman and Mrs. Alamu, my child Siddhu, my in-laws, my guru, Mr. Suresh Kamath, my colleagues at Patterns, my children of Vasantham—vasantham.org, and the rest of my family who supported and encouraged me in spite of all the time it took me away from them. Without their support, my review of this book wouldn't have been possible.
Thanks to the Packt team for giving me an opportunity to review this book.
Ashok Kumar S has been working in the mobile development domain for about six years. He is a Google-certified engineer, a speaker at global scale conferences, and he also runs a YouTube channel called AndroidABCD for Android developers. He is a computer science and engineering graduate who is passionate about innovation in technology. He contributes to open source heavily to improve his e-karma. He has also written books on Wear OS programming and Mastering Firebase Toolchain.
I would like to thank my family, mostly my mother, for her infinite support in every possible way, and family members Shylaja, Sumitra, Krishna, Vinisha, and my fiancé, Geetha Shree.
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