Tecnico

Charlie Collins
Michael Galpin
Matthias Käppler
IN
PRACTICE
Includes 91 Techniques
MANNING
Android in Practice
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Android in Practice
CHARLIE COLLINS
MICHAEL D. GALPIN
MATTHIAS KÄPPLER
MANNING
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brief contents
PART 1
BACKGROUND AND FUNDAMENTALS......................................1
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Introducing Android 3
Android application fundamentals
Managing lifecycle and state 73
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REAL WORLD RECIPES ......................................................99
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Getting the pixels perfect 101
Managing background tasks with Services 155
Threads and concurrency 189Storing data locally 224
Sharing data between apps 266
HTTP networking and web services 295
Location is everything 334
Appeal to the senses using multimedia 363
2D and 3D drawing 402
BEYOND STANDARD DEVELOPMENT ...................................441
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Testing and instrumentation 443
Build management 489
Developing for Android tablets 540
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contents
preface xiii
acknowledgments xv
about this book xviii
about the cover illustration
xxii
PART 1 BACKGROUND AND FUNDAMENTALS ............................1
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Introducing Android 3
Android in a nutshell
1.2 Hello Android!
1.3 Java, but not Java Java
1.4 Linux, but not Linux Linux
1.5 More capabilities with native libraries
1.6 Tools of the trade
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Summary
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Android application fundamentals 40
2.1 The DealDroid application
2.2 Core building blocks
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CONTENTS
2.3 Application manifest 44
2.4 Resources 46
2.5 Layout, views, and widgets
2.6 Activities
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2.7 Adapters
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2.8 Intents and IntentFilters
2.9 The Application object
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Managing lifecycle and state 73
3.1 Defining an Android application
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3.2 Knowing the Activity lifecycle 3.3 Controlling Activity instance state 90
3.4 Getting things done within a task 95
3.5 Summary
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PART 2 REAL WORLD RECIPES ............................................99
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Getting the pixels perfect 101
4.1 The MyMovies application
4.2 View hierarchies and rendering...