Android App Development For Dummies, by Michael Burton

Android App Development For Dummies, by Michael Burton

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Android App Development For Dummies, by Michael Burton

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The updated edition of the bestselling guide to Android app development

If you have ambitions to build an Android app, this hands-on guide gives you everything you need to dig into the development process and turn your great idea into a reality! In this new edition of Android App Development For Dummies, you'll find easy-to-follow access to the latest programming techniques that take advantage of the new features of the Android operating system. Plus, two programs are provided: a simple program to get you started and an intermediate program that uses more advanced aspects of the Android platform.

Android mobile devices currently account for nearly 80% of mobile phone market share worldwide, making it the best platform to reach the widest possible audience. With the help of this friendly guide, developers of all stripes will quickly find out how to install the tools they need, design a good user interface, grasp the design differences between phone and tablet applications, handle user input, avoid common pitfalls, and turn a "meh" app into one that garners applause.

• Create seriously cool apps for the latest Android smartphones and tablets
• Adapt your existing apps for use on an Android device
• Start working with programs and tools to create Android apps
• Publish your apps to the Google Play Store

Whether you're a new or veteran programmer, Android App Development For Dummies will have you up and running with the ins and outs of the Android platform in no time.

Android App Development For Dummies, by Michael Burton

• Amazon Sales Rank: #462575 in Books
• Brand: Burton, Michael
• Published on: 2015-03-09
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 9.30" h x .82" w x 7.40" l, .0 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 432 pages

Android App Development For Dummies, by Michael Burton

From the Author The Android world has changed a lot since I wrote the second edition of this book back in 2012, and my main focus in updating Android App Development for Dummies for the third edition was to bring it up to speed with the latest best-practices for the Android platform.  In this new edition, you'll find examples specifically written for the Android 5.x platform and target the newest style guidelines such as Material Design, which is used in Google's own apps.   Some of the complexity of the older examples were stripped clean, mostly by rewriting the chapters to only use the official new Android Studio and by supporting only the latest Android 5.x platform.  But don't worry!  If you still want to support older versions of Android, I still teach you how to do that as well, but I've moved all of those backward-compatibility lessons into a separate standalone chapter. But perhaps the thing I'm most excited about are the new chapters on Android Wear and Android TVs.  These chapters show you how to write apps for watches and TVs, and they also show you how to sync data back and forth with your phone.  This is the first book to include chapters on these exciting new platforms, and I'm looking forward to seeing what kinds of apps you can build that go beyond your phone. One final note: Android App Development for Dummies is a great book if you're a programmer looking to get started on Android.  If you don't know how to program yet or if you don't know Java, I recommend taking a look at a Java-oriented Dummies book such as Beginning Programming with Java for Dummies by Barry Burd.  Start there first, then come back here. Thank you for taking a look, I hope you enjoy the book and leave a review!

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Learn to:

• Create amazing apps for the latest Android smartphones and tablets
• Download and install the SDK and start working with the Android Studio tools
• Adapt your apps for use on Android watches and TVs
• Publish your apps to the Google Play™ Store

Here's just what you need to turn your great idea into a cool Android app!

Did you know that nearly 80 percent of mobile devices use the Android platform? With this book to guide you, you can start developing apps for that huge market. You'll learn to design the ideal user interface, take advantage of all the newest Android features, understand the difference between phone and tablet apps, avoid common pitfalls, and more!

• Get what you need — discover how to acquire and install the tools and set up your development headquarters
• Set up your first project — get going right away with sample programs that explore different aspects of the Android platform
• Nuts and bolts — see how to design the Tasks application, handle user input, design a menu, work with data storage, and even port your app to wearables
• Adapt existing apps — learn to convert apps from other platforms for Android and how to accommodate older Android versions
• Get'em out there — publish your apps to the Google Play Store

Visit the companion website at www.dummies.com/go/androidappdevfd3e to download all the code used in this book

Open the book and find:

• How to build a great app with Android Studio
• How to create an app widget
• When to use advanced techniques, such as Fragments, Databases, and Image Downloads
• Material Design to beautify your app
• Ways to build apps on Android and Amazon tablets
• How to create apps for Android Wear and TV

About the Author Michael Burton is the Director of Mobile Engineering at Groupon and creator of the popular RoboGuice programming framework for Android. He's the author of the OpenTable, Digg, TripIt, and award winning Groupon Android apps, and has addressed conferences around the world.

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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful. Good start, weak finish By K. Diamond Surprisingly bad book. I purchased after briefly reading the reviews. After reading parts of the book I could not believe it has this many great reviews. Going back and looking in detail I see almost all the reviews are plant. Either the person has only done one review in their life or they are a hired reviewer that only gives 5 star reviews. Next time I will be more careful.The book starts well. In standard "for dummies" fashion the first chapter is introduction, terminology, and the like. Good and useful. The second chapter is setting up the development environment. It is up to date and focuses on Android Studio rather than Eclipse like most of the other Android books. I was able to successfully the development environment. Chapter three is a Hello World application and an explanation of all the build files. Again, useful. I was able to build the app and launch in an emulator. The book starts going downhill with Chapter 4 about the User Interface. It does not take the time to give the big picture and instead dives in with do this and change this without telling why. Typos and incomplete explanations abound. I looked on the book website for an errata sheet but found none. I spend a couple of hours trying to work my way through and gave up. The information as presented does not work.Frustrated I gave up on the book and wrote this review. Too bad. The book had a good start.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful. grade C- By ieee488 EDIT (November 29, 2015)I have come back to this book after reading a substantial part of Head First Android Development.I was determined to make the app started in chapter 9 compatible with Android 4.0The author does talk about this topic in chapter 17. He writes about modifying the app to be backwards compatible, but I wanted to do it from the start. Fortunately with some Googling, I am up to chapter 11.EDIT part2 (July 19, 2015)Page 164.I only could get it to work by changing Android Studio to Packages view. This can be done via the dropdown box at the top left.Then, I right-click on com.examples.tasks under Tasks. The choice for a new Package is available.EDIT (July 19, 2015)I decided to persevere with the book.Page 160 (Chapter 9) which is the start of the creation of the major app for the book.The author writes - "You may also need to update the entry for TaskListActivity in your AndroidManifest.xml"may??? You *must* update the entry!!!The entry should be changed to ---> android:name=".activity.TaskListActivity" from android:name=".TaskListActivity"EDIT (May 5, 2015)You won't be able to run the main app that is developed in this book on your smartphone unless your device runs Android 5.0 Lollipop.This is a major deal breaker for me.I would much have preferred developing an app that can run on Android 4.0 and above.EDIT (May 2, 2015)Error in the book Listing 7-3 (AppWidgetService.java)The source file downloaded from the dummies.com shows the correct statementremoteViews.setOnClickPendingIntent(R.id.phone_state, pendingIntent);EDIT (April 28, 2015)I am now reading chapter 5.Page 92: No instructions on how to create the file src/main/java/com/dummies/silentmodetoggle/util/RingerHelper.java through Android Studio.I went into Windows Explorer and manually created the directory C:\Temp2\android-for-dummies-v3\SilentModeToggle\src\main\java\com\dummies\silentmodetoggle\util\As I mentioned above all my work is located in C:\Temp2\android-for-dummies-v3 directory.ORIGINAL reviewI bought the book on Sunday and have progressed to chapter 4.This is my 5th Android app development book, and so far I like it.It does use Android Studio which is the current method of writing an Android app. The previous which I have also used is Eclipse with the ADT plugin.Figure 4-1 is a bit confusing. You will *not* see Figure 4-1 in the book if you follow the instructions in the book.1.) When you create the project in Chapter, make Project location android-for-dummies-v3. I made mine C:\Temp2\android-for-dummies-v3\2.) When the project is created, go the Project View dropdown box towards the upper-left top corner. The current choice will be Android.The other choices are Project and Packages.3.) Right-click on the entry that says app.4.) Select Refactor ----> Rename...5.) In the Rename Module pop-up, type in HelloAndroid6.) Next, change Android to Project in the Project View dropdown box.7.) Click on the arrow next to the entry android-for-dummies-v3 to expand the listing.8.) Right-click on the entry app [HelloAndroid]9.) Select Refactor ---> Rename...10.) Choose Rename directory and click the OK button11.) Type HelloAndroid and click the Refactor button.When you add the module as directed in Chapter 4, be sure to change Module name from the default silentmodetoggle to SilentModeToggle.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful. What we have here is failure to compile.... By Steven Joseph This book starts strong until chapter 6 and then quickly weakens. Forget about getting the code samples, featured in the book, to compile. You will find the guidance and instructions woefully inadequate. Following the author's directions will not produce the same results for you as the results appear in the book. The author omits relevant pointers and thorough step-by-step instructions for typing the code into Android Studio editors. On one occasion I simply tried to make simple changes specified by the author and got errors like "Error: Default Activity Not Found" after the application failed to launch. I would expect sometime *VERY* soon Android App Development for Dummies 4th Edition available free of charge to anyone that purchased this 3rd edition.

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