Introduction to Android Application Development

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Introduction to Android Application Development
by Budi Kurniawan & Daniel Perry
ISBN: 9780992133009
$9.99, 148 pages

Android is the most popular mobile platform today, and this book is a gentle introduction to Android application development. You will learn how to create applications and use the Android APIs in the examples that accompany this book.

Introduction
  - Overview
  - Online Reference
  - Downloading and Installing Java
  - Downloading and Installing Android Development Tools
  - About This Book
  - Downloading Program Examples
Chapter 1: Your First Application
  - Creating An Application
  - The Android Manifest
  - Running An Application on An Emulator
  - Application Structure
  - Changing the Application Icon
  - Logging
  - Debugging An Application
  - Running on A Real Device
  - Upgrading the SDK
  - Summary
Chapter 2: Activities
  - The Activity Lifecycle
  - ActivityDemo Example
  - Starting Another Activity
  - Summary
Chapter 3: UI Components
  - Overview
  - Using the ADT Eclipse UI Tool
  - Using Basic Components
  - Layouts
  - Summary
Chapter 4: Listeners
  - Overview
  - Example
  - Summary
Chapter 5: The Action Bar
  - Overview
  - Adding Action Items
  - Adding Dropdown Navigation
  - Summary
Chapter 6: Animation
  - Overview
  - Property Animation
  - Example
  - Summary
Chapter 7: Handling the Handler
  - Overview
  - Example
  - Summary
Chapter 8: The Media Recorder
  - MediaRecorder
  - Example
  - Summary
Chapter 9: Asynchronous Tasks
  - Overview
  - Example
  - Summary

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