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    Android Studio 2 Essentials - Second Edition
    Android Studio 2 Essentials - Second Edition
    Android Studio 2 Essentials - Second Edition
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    Android Studio 2 Essentials - Second Edition

    By Belén Cruz Zapata

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    About This Book
    • Configure, build, and run Android projects with Android Studio 2
    • Test your apps using the Android emulator and learn how to manage virtual devices
    • Explore how Android Studio 2 can be made a part of your workflow to reduce the overall development time
    Who This Book Is For

    If you are an Android developer looking to quickly take advantage of Android Studio 2 and add it to your workflow, then this book is for you. It is assumed that you are familiar with the OOP paradigm and Java. It is recommended that you have prior knowledge of the main characteristics of the Android mobile system in order to get the most out of this book.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPackt Publishing
    Release dateJun 28, 2016
    ISBN9781786460219
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      Android Studio 2 Essentials - Second Edition - Belén Cruz Zapata

      Table of Contents

      Android Studio 2 Essentials Second Edition

      Credits

      About the Author

      About the Reviewer

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      Preface

      What this book covers

      What you need for this book

      Who this book is for

      Conventions

      Reader feedback

      Customer support

      Downloading the example code

      Downloading the color images of this book

      Errata

      Piracy

      Questions

      1. Installing and Configuring Android Studio

      Preparing for installation

      Downloading Android Studio

      Installing Android Studio

      Running Android Studio for the first time

      Configuring the Android SDK

      Summary

      2. Starting a Project

      Creating a new project

      Configuring the project

      Selecting the form factors

      Choosing the activity type

      Customizing your activity

      Summary

      3. Navigating a Project

      The project navigation panel

      The project structure

      The resources folder

      The manifest file

      Gradle

      Project settings

      Summary

      4. Using the Code Editor

      Customizing editor settings

      General

      Colors & Fonts

      Code Style

      File and Code Templates

      Code Completion

      Smart Type Completion

      Postfix Completion

      Code generation

      Navigating code

      Useful shortcuts

      Summary

      5. Creating User Interfaces

      The graphical editor

      The text-based editor

      Creating a new layout

      Adding components

      Component's properties

      Supporting multiple screens

      Changing the UI theme

      Handling events

      Summary

      6. Tools

      Software Development Kit Manager

      The AVD Manager

      The Android emulator

      Generating Javadoc

      Tasks and contexts

      Version control systems

      Summary

      7. Google Play Services

      How Google Play services work

      Available services

      Adding Google Play services to Android Studio

      Google Maps Android API

      Google Places

      Geo Data API

      Place Detection API

      Google Sign-In

      Google+ Platform for Android

      Google Play In-App Billing

      Google Cloud Messaging

      More sample apps

      Summary

      8. Debugging

      Running and debugging

      Console

      Debugger

      LogCat

      Monitors

      Instant run

      Android Device Monitor

      Threads

      Method profiling

      Heap

      Allocation Tracker

      Network Statistics

      File Explorer

      Emulator Control

      System Information

      Hierarchy View

      Summary

      9. Preparing for Release

      Understanding an APK file

      Build types

      Steps prior to releasing your app

      Generating a signed APK

      Sign automatically in release mode

      Running your app in release mode

      APK Analyzer

      Summary

      A. Getting Help

      Getting help from Android Studio

      Android online documentation

      Updates

      Summary

      Index

      Android Studio 2 Essentials Second Edition

      Android Studio 2 Essentials Second Edition

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      Credits

      Author

      Belén Cruz Zapata

      Reviewer

      Antonio Hernández Niñirola

      Commissioning Editor

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      Acquisition Editor

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      About the Author

      Belén Cruz Zapata received her engineer's degree in computer science from the University of Murcia in Spain, specializing in software technologies, and intelligent and knowledge technologies. She earned an MSc in computer science and is now working on her PhD in the Software Engineering Research Group from the University of Murcia.

      During the 2013/2014 academic year, Belén collaborated with the Université Mohammed V-Soussi, in Rabat, Morocco. Her research is focused on usability applied to mobile health (mHealth) applications.

      Belén is currently working as a mobile developer for Android and iOS in the San Francisco Bay area. She is also the author of the book: Testing and Securing Android Studio Applications, Packt Publishing.

      To follow her projects, you can visit her personal webpage at http://www.belencruz.com and you can follow her on Twitter: @belen_cz.

      I would like to thank Packt Publishing for offering me the opportunity to write this book. I would particularly like to thank Larissa Pinto and Sweta Basu for their valuable help.

      Each book represents a different period of my life, and this time, I would like to thank all my JCF-related friends here in San Francisco, for making it easier to live far from home. I would also like to thank my lifelong friends, my family, and my significant other, for being always with me.

      About the Reviewer

      Antonio Hernández Niñirola is a European PhD candidate in software engineering, which is the last step of the doctorate program. He did his BSc in computer science, and has a masters degree from the University of Murcia in Spain.

      He has been in San Francisco since May 2015, working as a part of the Android Development Team at Yelp.

      Antonio has collaborated with Packt Publishing as both author and reviewer several times. If you want to learn more advanced techniques on testing and security for Android, check out his book Testing and Securing Android Studio Applications. If you are new to Android development, check out these other books he has reviewed for Packt Publishing: Android Studio Application Development and Android Studio Essentials (first and second edition). If you would like to develop games for Android, check out Mastering Android Game Development.

      For more information about him, visit his personal website (http://www.ninirola.es). Feel free to reach out on Twitter to @hdezninirola if you have any questions concerning Android or software engineering in general.

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      Preface

      Mobile applications have had a huge increase in popularity in the last few years and interest is still growing among users. Mobile operating systems are available not only for smart phones, but tablets as well, therefore increasing the possible market share for these applications.

      Android has characteristics that make it pleasant for developers such as open source and having a high level of community, driven development. Android has always been in competition with iOS (the Apple mobile system) in everything and with XCode, iOS presented itself as a more centralized development environment. The new Android Studio IDE makes this centralization finally available for Android developers and makes this tool indispensable for a good Android developer.

      This book about Android Studio shows users how to develop and build Android applications with this new IDE. It is not only a getting started book, but also a guide for advanced developers on building their applications faster and more productively. This book will follow a tutorial approach from the basic features to the steps to build for release, including practical examples.

      What this book covers

      Chapter 1, Installing and Configuring Android Studio, describes the installation and basic configuration of Android Studio.

      Chapter 2, Starting a Project, shows how to create a new project and the type of activities we can select.

      Chapter 3, Navigating a Project, explores the basic structure of a project in Android Studio.

      Chapter 4, Using the Code Editor, exposes the basic features of the code editor in order to get the best out of it.

      Chapter 5, Creating User Interfaces, focuses on the creation of user interfaces, using both the graphical view and the text-based view.

      Chapter 6, Tools, exposes some additional tools, such as the Android SDK tools, Javadoc, and the version control integration.

      Chapter 7, Google Play Services, introduces the current existing Google Play Services and how to integrate them into a project in Android Studio.

      Chapter 8, Debugging, shows in detail how to debug an application in Android Studio and the provided information when debugging.

      Chapter 9, Preparing for Release, describes how to prepare your application for release.

      Appendix, Getting Help, introduces how to get help using Android Studio and provides a list of online sites to learn more about the topics covered in this book.

      What you need for this book

      For this book, you need a computer with a Windows, Mac OS, or Linux system. You will also need to have Java installed in your system.

      Who this book is for

      This book is not only a getting started book, but also a guide for advanced developers who have not used Android Studio to build their Android apps before. This book is great for developers who want to learn the key features of Android Studio and for developers who want to create their first app. It's assumed that you are familiar with the object-oriented programming paradigm and the Java programming language. It is also recommended that you understand the main characteristics of the Android mobile system.

      Conventions

      In this book, you will find a number of text styles that distinguish between different kinds of information. Here are some examples of these styles and an explanation of their meaning.

      Code words in text, database table names, folder names, filenames, file extensions, pathnames, dummy URLs, user input, and Twitter handles are shown as follows: The AppData directory is usually a hidden directory.

      A block of code is set as follows:

      package ${PACKAGE_NAME};

       

      import android.app.Activity;

      import android.os.Bundle;

       

      #parse(File Header.java)

      public class ${NAME} extends Activity {

          @Override

          public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {

              super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

          }

      }

      When we wish to draw your attention to a particular part of a code block, the relevant lines or items are set in bold:

      if (savedInstanceState != null

      ) {

         

      }

      New terms and important words are shown in bold. Words that you see on the screen, for example, in menus or dialog boxes, appear in the text like this: You can also open it by clicking on the Project button on the left edge of the screen.

      Note

      Warnings or important notes appear in a box like this.

      Tip

      Tips and tricks appear like this.

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