Android Studio Application Development

Android Studio Application Development, 9781783285273 (1783285273), Packt Publishing, 2013

If you want to develop apps for the world's most popular mobile platform, why not use the Google official IDE - Android Studio. Our highly practical tutorial shows you how, covering everything from installation to debugging.

Overview

Familiarize yourself with Android Studio IDE
Enhance the user interface for your app using the graphical editor feature
Explore the various features involved in developing an android app and implement them

In Detail

Mobile apps have become extremely popular over the last few years and offer a great opportunity for developers. Android is now one of the most popular mobile systems in the world. The new Android Studio IDE has introduced a specialized development environment, welcomed by the emerging Android community, which is perfect for the development of apps.

"Android Studio Application Development" is a practical guide that will show you how to develop and build Android apps using this new, integrated development environment. Following a tutorial approach, this book will progress from the basics features up until the steps to build for release, using real world examples. This book is a must have for every Android app developer evangelist.

Our book explores the Android Studio development environment in-depth, taking you through the necessary steps to create an app, test it, and prepare it for release. First, you will learn how to use the code editor in order to increase your productivity, and to easily create the screens of your app. Then, this book will show you how to debug your app and examine its performance using the most important additional tools within Android Studio: Android SDK tools. We will also take a look at the existing Google Play Services and how they can be integrated into your app.

Finally, it is important for a developer to be able to search for any help they might need. This book provides a vast help section which covers online documentation, updates, and FAQs.

What you will learn from this book

Install Android Studio and configure the Android Software Development Kit
Create your first project and explore its structure
Improve your productivity while programming, by getting the best from the code editor
Design the user interface and learn how to handle user events
Integrate the Google Play Services into your app
Test your app using the emulator and learn how to manage the virtual devices
Run and debug your app
Monitor your app whilst it is running and improve its performance
Build your app for release

Approach

A practical guide, which will show you how to create Android applications using the new Google official IDE, Android Studio.

Who this book is written for

If you are a developer who wants to learn the key features of Android Studio, and learn how to create their first app, this book is ideal for you! Developers interested in this book should be 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.

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