Android 6 for Programmers, 3rd Edition

Book Description:

The professional programmer’s Deitel^® guide to smartphone and tablet app development using Android 6 and Android Studio Billions of apps have been downloaded from Google Play! This book gives you everything you need to start developing great apps quickly and getting them published on Google Play. The book uses an app-driven approach–each new technology is discussed in the context of eight fully coded and tested Android apps, complete with syntax shading, code highlighting, code walkthroughs and sample outputs. Apps you’ll develop include:

• Welcome App
• Cannon Game
• Tip Calculator
• Weather Viewer
• Flag Quiz
• Twitter^® Searches
• Doodlz
• Address Book

Practical, Example-Rich Coverage of:

• Android 6, Android Studio: Gradle, Vector Asset Studio, Theme Editor
• Material Design App Templates and Themes
• AppCompat Library, Android Design Support Library, RecyclerView, FloatingActionButton, TextInputLayout
• Material Design Elevation and Icons
• REST Web Services/JSON, Threading, SQLite Database, Android 6 Permissions
• Cursors, Loaders, ContentProviders
• Supporting Various Screen Sizes/Resolutions
• Accessibility, Internationalization
• Activities, Fragments, Intents, Preferences
• GUIs, Layouts, Menus, Resource Files, Events, Touch/Gesture Processing, Images, Audio, Graphics, Animation
• Immersive Mode, PrintHelper
• Google Play Store, App Publishing, Pricing, Marketing, In-App Advertising, In-App Billing, Virtual Goods and more