Android App Development For Dummies

Introduction 1Part I: Getting Started with Your First Android Application 7Chapter 1: Developing Spectacular Android Applications 9Chapter 2: Prepping Your Development Headquarters 25Part II: Building and Publishing Your First Application 39Chapter 3: Your First Android Project 41Chapter 4: Creating the User Interface 65Chapter 5: Coding Your Application 79Chapter 6: Understanding Android Resources 107Chapter 7: Turning Your Application into an App Widget 119Chapter 8: Publishing Your App to the Google Play Store 139Part III: Creating a Feature-Rich Application 155Chapter 9: Designing the Tasks Application 157Chapter 10: Creating the Task Detail Page 181Chapter 11: Going a la Carte with Your Menu 199Chapter 12: Handling User Input 211Chapter 13: Getting Persistent with Data Storage 233Chapter 14: Reminding the User 265Chapter 15: Working with Android Preferences 279Part IV: Android Is More than Phones 293Chapter 16: Developing for Tablets 295Chapter 17: Supporting Older Versions of Android 315Chapter 18: Wearing the Tasks App 333Chapter 19: Look Ma, I'm on TV! 357Chapter 20: Moving beyond Google 381Part V: The Part of Tens 393Chapter 21: Ten Free Sample Applications and SDKs 395Chapter 22: Ten Tools to Simplify Your Development Life 399Index 403