Android Studio 3.3 Development Essentials - Android 9 Edition: Developing Android 9 Apps Using Android Studio 3.3, Java and Android Jetpack

Smyth, Neil

ISBN 10: 1795654767 / ISBN 13: 9781795654760

Published by Independently published, 2019

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Android Studio 3.3 Development Essentials - Android 9 Edition: Developing Android 9 Apps Using Android Studio 3.3, Java and Android Jetpack
• Publisher: Independently published
• Publication Date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1795654767
• ISBN 13: 9781795654760
• Binding: paperback
• Condition: Good

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Synopsis

Fully updated for Android Studio 3.3, Android 9 and the Android Jetpack modern architectural guidelines and components, the goal of this book is to teach the skills necessary to develop Android-based applications using the Java programming language.

Beginning with the basics, this book provides an outline of the steps necessary to set up an Android development and testing environment.

An overview of Android Studio is included covering areas such as tool windows, the code editor and the Layout Editor tool. An introduction to the architecture of Android is followed by an in-depth look at the design of Android applications and user interfaces using the Android Studio environment.

Chapters are also included covering the Android Architecture Components including view models, lifecycle management, Room databases, app navigation, live data and data binding.

More advanced topics such as intents are also covered, as are touch screen handling, gesture recognition, camera access and the playback and recording of both video and audio. This edition of the book also covers printing, transitions and cloud-based file storage.

The concepts of material design are also covered in detail, including the use of floating action buttons, Snackbars, tabbed interfaces, card views, navigation drawers and collapsing toolbars.

In addition to covering general Android development techniques, the book also includes Google Play specific topics such as implementing maps using the Google Maps Android API, and submitting apps to the Google Play Developer Console.

Other key features of Android Studio 3.3 and Android 9 are also covered in detail including the Layout Editor, the ConstraintLayout and ConstraintSet classes, constraint chains and barriers, direct reply notifications and multi-window support.

Chapters also cover advanced features of Android Studio such as App Links, Instant Apps, the Android Studio Profiler and Gradle build configuration.

Assuming you already have some programming experience, are ready to download Android Studio and the Android SDK, have access to a Windows, Mac or Linux system and ideas for some apps to develop, you are ready to get started.