Android Application Development For Dummies

Introduction 1 Part I: The Nuts and Bolts of Android 7 Chapter 1: Developing Spectacular Android Applications 9 Chapter 2: Prepping Your Development Headquarters 27 Part II: Building and Publishing Your First Android Application 53 Chapter 3: Your First Android Project 55 Chapter 4: Designing the User Interface 91 Chapter 5: Coding Your Application 115 Chapter 6: Understanding Android Resources 153 Chapter 7: Turning Your Application into a Home Screen Widget 161 Chapter 8: Publishing Your App to the Google Play Store 183 Part III: Creating a Feature-Rich Application 203 Chapter 9: Designing the Task Reminder Application 205 Chapter 10: Going a la Carte with Your Menu 229 Chapter 11: Handling User Input 237 Chapter 12: Getting Persistent with Data Storage 259 Chapter 13: Reminding the User with AlarmManager 287 Chapter 14: Updating the Android Status Bar 301 Chapter 15: Working with Android's Preferences Framework 311 Part IV: Tablets 325 Chapter 16: Developing for Tablets 327 Chapter 17: Porting Your App to Android Tablets 335 Chapter 18: Moving beyond Google 349 Part V: The Part of Tens 359 Chapter 19: Ten Free Sample Applications and SDKs 361 Chapter 20: Ten Tools to Simplify Your Development Life 365 Index 369