Introduction 1 Book I: Android Jump-Start 9
Chapter 1: All about Android 11
Chapter 2: Installing the Software Tools 21
Chapter 3: Creating an Android App 43
Chapter 4: Conjuring and Embellishing an Android App 73
Book II: Android Background Material 109
Chapter 1: Using the Eclipse Workbench 111
Chapter 2: It’s Java! 145
Chapter 3: What Java Does (and When) 173
Chapter 4: Object-Oriented Programming in Java 191
Chapter 5: A Look at XML 207
Book III: The Building Blocks 223
Chapter 1: Android Activities 225
Chapter 2: Intents and Intent Filters 259
Chapter 3: Services 297
Chapter 4: Broadcast Receivers 331
Chapter 5: Content Providers 357
Book IV: Programming Cool Phone Features 381
Chapter 1: Lay Out Your Stuff 383
Chapter 2: Menus, Lists, and Notifications 407
Chapter 3: An Android Potpourri 433
Chapter 4: Apps for Tablets 465
Book V: The Job Isn't Done Until . . . 483
Chapter 1: Publishing Your App to the Android Market 485
Chapter 2: Publishing Your App to the Amazon Appstore 515
Book VI: Alternative Android Development Techniques 525
Chapter 1: Creating Code Quickly with App Inventor 527
Chapter 2: More App Inventor Magic 557
Chapter 3: How to "Rough It" without Eclipse 581
Chapter 4: Going Native 605
Index 625
Barry Burd is an accomplished Java educator and author. He teaches computer science and mathematics at Drew University and leads training courses for professional programmers in the business and industry fields. Barry is the author of Beginning Programming with Java For Dummies.
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