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Android Programming for Beginners

Android Programming for Beginners

By : John Horton
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Android Programming for Beginners

Android Programming for Beginners

4.2 (12)
By: John Horton

Overview of this book

Do you want to make a career in programming but don’t know where to start? Do you have a great idea for an app but don't know how to make it a reality? Or are you worried that you’ll have to learn Java programming to become an Android developer? Look no further! This new and expanded third edition of Android Programming for Beginners will be your guide to creating Android applications from scratch. The book starts by introducing you to all the fundamental concepts of programming in an Android context, from the basics of Java to working with the Android API. You’ll learn with the help of examples that use up-to-date API classes and are created within Android Studio, the official Android development environment that helps supercharge your mobile application development process. After a crash course on the key programming concepts, you’ll explore Android programming and get to grips with creating applications with a professional-standard UI using fragments and storing user data with SQLite. This Android Java book also shows you how you can make your apps multilingual, draw on the screen with a finger, and work with graphics, sound, and animations. By the end of this Android programming book, you'll be ready to start building your own custom applications in Android and Java.
Table of Contents (30 chapters)
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How we handle the lifecycle phases

When we are programming an app, how do we interact with this complexity? The good news is that the Android code that was autogenerated when we created our first project does most of it for us.

As we have discussed, we just don't see the methods that handle this interaction, but we do have the opportunity to override them and add our own code to that phase if we need to.

This means we can get on with learning Java and making Android apps until we come to one of the occasional instances where we need to do something in one of the phases.

Important note

If our app has more than one activity, they will each have their own lifecycle. This doesn't have to complicate things and overall it will make things easier for us.

Coming up is a quick explanation of the methods provided by Android, for our convenience, to manage the lifecycle phases. To clarify our discussion of lifecycle methods, they are listed next to their corresponding...

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