Build Android apps using the popular and efficient Android Studio 3 suite of tools, an integrated development environment (IDE) with which Android developers can now use the Kotlin programming language. With this book, you’ll learn the latest and most productive tools in the Android tools ecosystem, ensuring quick Android app development and minimal effort on your part. Along the way, you’ll use Android Studio to develop apps tier by tier through practical examples. These examples cover core Android topics such as Activities, Intents, BroadcastReceivers, Services and AsyncTask. Then, you’ll learn how to publish your apps and sell them online and in the Google Play store.What You’ll Learn * Use Android Studio 3 to quickly and confidently build your first Android apps * Build an Android user interface using activities and layouts, event handling, images, menus and the action bar * Incorporate new elements including fragments * Learn how data is persisted * Use Kotlin to build apps Who This Book Is ForThose who may be new to Android Studio 3 or Android Studio in general. You may or may not be new to Android development in general. Some prior experience with Java is also recommended. Build Android apps using the popular and efficient Android Studio 3 suite of tools, an integrated development environment (IDE) with which Android developers can now use the Kotlin programming language. With this book, you’ll learn the latest and most productive tools in the Android tools ecosystem, ensuring quick Android app development and minimal effort on your part. Along the way, you’ll use Android Studio to develop apps tier by tier through practical examples. These examples cover core Android topics such as Activities, Intents, BroadcastReceivers, Services and AsyncTask. Then, you’ll learn how to publish your apps and sell them online and in the Google Play store. What You’ll Learn Use Android Studio 3 to quickly and confidently build your first Android apps Build an Android user interface using activities and layouts, event handling, images, menus and the action bar Incorporate new elements including fragments Learn how data is persisted Use Kotlin to build apps Who This Book Is For Those who may be new to Android Studio 3 or Android Studio in general. You may or may not be new to Android development in general. Some prior experience with Java is also recommended. Front Matter ....Pages i-xxiv Front Matter ....Pages 1-1 Getting into Kotlin (Ted Hagos)....Pages 3-31 Kotlin Basics (Ted Hagos)....Pages 33-61 Functions (Ted Hagos)....Pages 63-78 Working with Types (Ted Hagos)....Pages 79-104 Lambdas and Higher Order Functions (Ted Hagos)....Pages 105-116 Collections and Arrays (Ted Hagos)....Pages 117-131 Generics (Ted Hagos)....Pages 133-153 Front Matter ....Pages 155-155 Android Studio Introduction and Setup (Ted Hagos)....Pages 157-171 Getting Started (Ted Hagos)....Pages 173-196 Activities and Layouts (Ted Hagos)....Pages 197-219 Event Handling (Ted Hagos)....Pages 221-238 Intents (Ted Hagos)....Pages 239-282 Themes and Menus (Ted Hagos)....Pages 283-303 Fragments (Ted Hagos)....Pages 305-342 Running in the Background (Ted Hagos)....Pages 343-372 Debugging (Ted Hagos)....Pages 373-388 SharedPreferences (Ted Hagos)....Pages 389-406 Internal Storage (Ted Hagos)....Pages 407-424 BroadcastReceivers (Ted Hagos)....Pages 425-444 App Distribution (Ted Hagos)....Pages 445-457 Back Matter ....Pages 459-469 "Build Android apps using the popular and efficient Android Studio 3 suite of tools, an integrated development environment (IDE) with which Android developers can now use the Kotlin programming language. With this book, you'll learn the latest and most productive tools in the Android tools ecosystem, ensuring quick Android app development and minimal effort on your part. Along the way, you'll use Android Studio to develop apps tier by tier through practical examples. These examples cover core Android topics such as Activities, Intents, BroadcastReceivers, Services and AsyncTask. Then, you'll learn how to publish your apps and sell them online and in the Google Play store. You will: Use Android Studio 3 to quickly and confidently build your first Android apps ; Build an Android user interface using activities and layouts, event handling, images, menus and the action bar ; Incorporate new elements including fragments ; Learn how data is persisted ; Use Kotlin to build apps."--Publisher's description
