Expert Android Studio

577 Pages·2016·25.9 MB·English

by  Murat Yener

Table of Contents
Title Page
INTRODUCTION
Who this Book is For
What this Book Covers
How this Book is Structured
What you Need to Use this Book
Why we Wrote this Book
Conventions
Source Code
Errata
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CHAPTER 1: GETTING STARTED
System Requirements for Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux
Installing Java
Installing Android Studio
Launching Android Studio for the First Time
Standalone SDK Installation
Summary
CHAPTER 2: ANDROID STUDIO BASICS
Creating a New Sample Project
Android Emulator
Migrating Projects from Eclipse
Summary
CHAPTER 3: ANDROID APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT WITH
ANDROID STUDIO
Android Projects
Android Activities
Android Services
Add Assets for Android Project
Adding XML Files to an Android Project
Android Manifest File
Android Modules
Summary
CHAPTER 4: ANDROID STUDIO IN DEPTH
Android Studio Menu Items
Android Studio Shortcuts
Android Studio Tool Views
Android Studio Editor
Android Studio Live Templates
Code Refactoring in Android Studio
Creating a Signing Key for Android Applications in Android Studio
Building APKs in Android Studio
Summary
CHAPTER 5: LAYOUTS WITH ANDROID STUDIO
Layouts with Android Studio
Layout Previews
Designing Layouts with Android Studio
Managing Resources
Using Layout Tools
Asset Management
Summary
CHAPTER 6: ANDROID BUILD SYSTEM
Using Gradle
Dependency Management with Gradle
Android Plugin for Gradle
Gradle Plugins
Summary
CHAPTER 7: MULTI-MODULE PROJECTS
Adding Modules to Android Project
Phone & Tablet Module
Android Libraries
Java Libraries
Android Wear Module
Android TV Module
Glass Module
Android Auto Module
Google Cloud Module
Importing Modules
Removing Modules from a Project
Summary
CHAPTER 8: DEBUGGING AND TESTING
Debugging Android Code
Android Monitor
Android Device Monitor
Android Virtual Device Extended Controls
Using Lint
Testing Android Code and Application UIs
Summary
CHAPTER 9: USING SOURCE CONTROL: GIT
Introduction to Git
Using Git
Using the GitHub Client
Using Git in Android Studio
Git Flow
Summary
CHAPTER 10: CONTINUOUS INTEGRATION
What Is Continuous Integration?
Integrating Android Projects with a Continuous Integration Server
Installing Jenkins
Creating Build Jobs
Release Management
Summary
CHAPTER 11: USING ANDROID NDK WITH ANDROID STUDIO
Introduction to Android NDK
Android Studio NDK Integration
Android NDK with Android Studio Projects
Android NDK Projects Release and Deployment
Summary
CHAPTER 12: WRITING YOUR OWN PLUGIN
IntelliJ Idea Plugin Architecture
Packaging and Distribution
Summary
CHAPTER 13: THIRD-PARTY TOOLS
Android Studio Plugins
Intel's Android Software Tools
Qualcomm Android Software Tools
NVIDIA Software Tools
Summary
End User License Agreement
List of Illustrations
Chapter 1: Getting Started
Figure 1.1 JDK download page
Figure 1.2 Java installation setup wizard
Figure 1.3 Java installation setup window
Figure 1.4 Java path setup for Windows 10
Figure 1.5 Java Environment Variables setup for Windows 10 64-bit
Figure 1.6 Mac OS X Java installation
Figure 1.7 Java installation Max OS X
Figure 1.8 Android Studio download page
Figure 1.9 Android Studio Setup window
Figure 1.10 Android Studio Setup configuration for Windows
Figure 1.11 Intel HAXM configuration dialog for Windows
Figure 1.12 Android Studio theme selection on Windows
Figure 1.13 Android Studio installer for Mac OS X
Figure 1.14 Android Studio Setup Wizard for Max OS X
Figure 1.15 Intel HAXM configuration for Mac OS X
Figure 1.16 Summary window for Max OS X installation
Figure 1.17 Android Studio Setup Wizard for Linux
Figure 1.18 Theme selection window for Linux
Figure 1.19 Android SDK configuration on Linux
Figure 1.20 First launch of Android Studio
Figure 1.21 Welcome to Android Studio
Chapter 2: Android Studio Basics
Figure 2.1 Welcome to Android Studio window
Figure 2.2 Import Sample—Browse Samples window
Figure 2.3 Import Sample—Sample Setup window
Figure 2.4 SDK Manager button in Android Studio
Figure 2.5 Android Default Preferences for Android SDK window
Figure 2.6 Android SDK Manager installation window
Figure 2.7 Android Studio after importing the sample project
Figure 2.8 Project view on Android Studio
Figure 2.9 Traditional project view
Figure 2.10 Expanded view of project folders
Figure 2.11 Opened Java file on Android Studio
Figure 2.12 res folder in Android project view
Figure 2.13 Build menu list
Figure 2.14 Run menu items in Android Studio
Figure 2.15 Android Studio Run ‘Application’ button
Figure 2.16 Intel HAXM selection in Windows
Figure 2.17 Android Studio AVD Manager button
Figure 2.18 AVD Manager's initial appearance
Figure 2.19 List of virtual device hardware
Figure 2.20 System Image selection for AVD
Figure 2.21 AVD configuration window
Figure 2.22 List of created virtual devices
Figure 2.23 Start migrating from Eclipse
Figure 2.24 Select project path to import
Figure 2.25 Export from Eclipse
Figure 2.26 Export window on Eclipse
Chapter 3: Android Application Development With Android Studio
Figure 3.1 Android Studio Welcome window
Figure 3.2 Create New Project window
Figure 3.3 Target device selection window
Figure 3.4 Android Platform/API Version Distribution window
Figure 3.5 Add activity window
Figure 3.6 Activity customization window
Figure 3.7 First Project View in Android Studio
Figure 3.8 Multiple target device selection
Figure 3.9 Adding a Wear Activity
Figure 3.10 Wear Activity configuration window
Figure 3.11 Two modules shown in Project View
Figure 3.12 Android Studio toolbar Run ‘app’ button
Figure 3.13 Device selection window
Figure 3.14 Launch emulator option in the Device selection window
Figure 3.15 Hello World application running on the emulator
Figure 3.16 Android Activity lifecycle
Figure 3.17 Adding a new activity template
Figure 3.18 Activity template customization
Figure 3.19 Empty Activity template on an Android device
Figure 3.20 Fragment lifecycle
Figure 3.21 Tabbed Activity customization window
Figure 3.22 Tabbed Activity template screenshot with Swipe Views
navigation style
Figure 3.23 Action Bar Tabbed and Spinner UI screenshots for the
Tabbed Activity template
Figure 3.24 Customizing the service class name
Figure 3.25 IntentService customization window
Figure 3.26 res folder content
Figure 3.27 New Image Asset menu
Figure 3.28 Image Asset Studio window
Figure 3.29 Image Asset Studio summary
Figure 3.30 string.xml and the values folder content
Figure 3.31 New Module selection window
Figure 3.32 Creating a new module
Figure 3.33 Project View after a new module iscreated
Chapter 4: Android Studio In Depth
Figure 4.1 Menus on Mac OS X
Figure 4.2 Preferences window
Figure 4.3 File operations menu
Figure 4.4 New menu action items
Figure 4.5 Project Structure window
Figure 4.6 Edit menu items
Figure 4.7 Find menu items
Figure 4.8 View menu items
Figure 4.9 Navigate menu items
Figure 4.10 Implementation of the superclass BroadcastReceiver
Figure 4.11 Code menu items
Figure 4.12 Analyze menu items
Figure 4.13 Inspection window
Figure 4.14 Refactor menu items
Figure 4.15 Refactor options
Figure 4.16 Build menu items
Figure 4.17 Android Studio Tools menu
Figure 4.18 VCS menu items
Figure 4.19 Keymap window
Figure 4.20 Enter Keyboard Shortcut window
Figure 4.21 Tools Window items
Figure 4.22 Accessing the tools shortcuts
Figure 4.23 Activated tools
Figure 4.24 Messages tool window
Figure 4.25 Project view options
Figure 4.26 Favorites window
Figure 4.27 Android Monitor window
Figure 4.28 Structure view of a Java class
Figure 4.29 Android Model view for mobile applications
Figure 4.30 Run window
Figure 4.31 Debug window
Figure 4.32 Android Studio Terminal
Figure 4.33 Live Template window
Figure 4.34 Auto complete for a Live Template
Figure 4.35 Cursor highlight in a Live Template
Figure 4.36 Insert Live Template
Figure 4.37 Surrounding Live Templates
Figure 4.38 Add template button
Figure 4.39 Adding a Live Template
Figure 4.40 Edit Template Variables window
Figure 4.41 Live Template context list
Figure 4.42 Surrounding Live Template
Figure 4.43 Refactoring options right-click menu
Figure 4.44 Push Members Down window
Figure 4.45 Pull Members Up window
Figure 4.46 Encapsulation
Figure 4.47 Change Signature window
Figure 4.48 Select the module to create a signed APK
Figure 4.49 Create new key for the signing certificate
Figure 4.50 Certificate form
Chapter 5: Layouts with Android Studio
Figure 5.1 Layouts in the Project view
Figure 5.2 Adding a new layout in Android Studio
Figure 5.3 Configuring a new layout file
Figure 5.4 Layout in text mode
Figure 5.5 Visually designing in Android Studio