Android development tools for Eclipse

195 Pages·2013·7.21 MB·English

by  Rahman

Table of Contents
Android Development Tools for Eclipse
Credits
About the Authors
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
Errata
Piracy
Questions
1. Installing Eclipse, ADT, and SDK
Introducing the Android platform
What is Android?
Introducing the Android app
What is Dalvik Virtual?
Understanding API level
How many versions (distributions) Android has?
Preparing for Android development
Installing the JDK
Installing the Android SDK
Installing the Eclipse (Juno)
Installing the ADT in Eclipse Juno
Linking the Android SDK to the Eclipse
Summary
2. Important Features of the IDE
Project explorer
Code editor
Graphical layout editor
Android manifest editor
Menu editor
Resources editor
XML resources editor
Graphical user interface designer
The configuration chooser
The screen layout designer
Properties window
Debugging pane
Dalvik Debug Monitor Server (DDMS)
SDK manager
Android virtual device manager
Running the Application
Getting help
Summary
3. Creating a New Android Project
Creating a new Android application project
String resources
Using the graphical layout designer
The XML layout code editor
Widget interactions through the source code editor
Toast message
Running the application on the emulator
Running the application on an Android device
Summary
4. Incorporating Multimedia Elements
Adding a TableLayout
Adding the image resources
Adding ImageView
Adding ImageButtons
Assigning the widget's ID
ImageButtons and handling event
Adding audio
Adding another screen in the app
Adding HTML to WebView
Intent and Activity
The final product run and test
Summary
5. Adding RadioButton, CheckBox, Menu, and Preferences
Creating a new project
Adding a RadioGroup, RadioButton, and a TextField
Adding a CheckBox
Adding a menu
Defining the Strings
Defining the Preference screen
Hook up
Binding the menu and Preference
Getting values from Preferences
Run the application
Summary
6. Handling Multiple Screen Types
Using wrap_content and match_parent
Fragment
Defining Fragment and Landscape layout
Hook up in the Main Layout file
Running the application
Optimizing for tablet
Persisting the state information during the state transition
Summary
7. Adding an External Library
Creating an account at the AdMob website
Adding Site/Application
Choosing the Ad Network Mediation
Adding AdMob SDK to the project
Making changes in the manifest file
Adding the AdMob widget/view in the layout file
Running the application
Summary
8. Signing and Distributing APK
APK – Android package
Preparing for release
Compilation for release
Generating a private key
Signing
Alignment
Using the Eclipse ADT for release
Publishing to Google Play
Getting help
Summary
Index
Android Development Tools for
Eclipse
Android Development Tools for
Eclipse
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Credits
Authors
Sanjay Shah
Khirulnizam Abd Rahman
Reviewer
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