Android Studio Development Essentials - Android 6 Edition

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Table of Contents Setting up an Android Studio Development Environment - Android 6 Creating an Example Android 6 App in Android Studio A Tour of the Android Studio User Interface - Android 6 Creating an Android 6 Virtual Device (AVD) in Android Studio Testing Android Studio Apps on a Physical Android 6 Device The Basics of the Android Studio Code Editor - Android 6 A Guide to the Android Studio Designer Tool Designing a User Interface using the Android Studio Designer Tool - Android 6 Creating an Android 6 User Interface in Java Code Using the Android 6 GridLayout Manager in Android Studio Designer Introducing the Android GridLayout and Space Classes The GridLayout Example Creating the GridLayout Project Creating the GridLayout Instance Adding Views to GridLayout Cells Moving and Deleting Rows and Columns Implementing Cell Row and Column Spanning Changing the Gravity of a GridLayout Child Working with the Android 6 GridLayout using XML Layout Resources GridLayouts in XML Resource Files Adding Child Views to the GridLayout Declaring Cell Spanning, Gravity and Margins An Overview and Example of Android 6 Event Handling Detecting Common Gestures using the Android 6 Gesture Detector Class Implementing Custom Gesture and Pinch Recognition on Android 6 An Introduction to Android 6 Fragments Using Fragments in Android Studio - An Example - Android 6 Animating User Interfaces with the Android 6 Transitions Framework Introducing Android Transitions and Scenes Using Interpolators with Transitions Working with Scene Transitions Custom Transitions and TransitionSets in Code Custom Transitions and TransitionSets in XML Working with Interpolators Creating a Custom Interpolator Using the beginDelayedTransition Method An Android 6 Transition Tutorial using beginDelayedTransition Creating the Android Studio TransitionDemo Project Preparing the Project Files Implementing beginDelayedTransition Animation Customizing the Transition Implementing Android 6 Scene Transitions – A Tutorial An Overview of the Scene Transition Project Creating the Android Studio SceneTransitions Project Identifying and Preparing the Root Container Designing the First Scene Designing the Second Scene Entering the First Scene Loading Scene 2 Implementing the Transitions Adding the Transition File Loading and Using the Transition Set Configuring Additional Transitions Working with the Floating Action Button and Snackbar Creating an Android Tabbed Interface using the TabLayout Component Working with the Android RecyclerView and CardView Widgets An Android RecyclerView and CardView Tutorial Working with the Android AppBar and Collapsing Toolbar Layouts Implementing an Android Navigation Drawer An Overview of the Navigation Drawer Opening and Closing the Drawer Responding to Drawer Item Selections Using the Navigation Drawer Activity Template Creating the Navigation Drawer Template Project The Template Layout Resource Files The Header Coloring Resource File The Template Menu Resource File The Template Code Running the App An Android Studio Master/Detail Flow Tutorial - Android 6 An Overview of Android 6 Intents Android Explicit Intents – A Worked Example Android Implicit Intents – A Worked Example Android Broadcast Intents and Broadcast Receivers A Basic Overview of Java Threads and Thread Handlers on Android An Overview of Android 6 Started and Bound Services Implementing an Android 6 Started Service – A Worked Example Android 6 Local Bound Services – A Worked Example An Overview of Android 6 SQLite Databases An Android TableLayout and TableRow Tutorial An Android 6 SQLite Database Tutorial About the Database Example Creating the Data Model Implementing the Data Handler The Add Handler Method The Query Handler Method The Delete Handler Method Implementing the Activity Event Methods Testing the Application Understanding Android 6 Content Providers What is a Content Provider? The Content Provider onCreate() query() insert() update() delete() getType() The Content URI The Content Resolver The <provider> Manifest Element Implementing an Android Content Provider in Android Studio Copying the Database Project Adding the Content Provider Package Creating the Content Provider Class Constructing the Authority and Content URI Implementing URI Matching in the Content Provider Implementing the Content Provider onCreate() Method Implementing the Content Provider insert() Method Implementing the Content Provider query() Method Implementing the Content Provider update() Method Implementing the Content Provider delete() Method Declaring the Content Provider in the Manifest File Modifying the Database Handler Accessing Cloud Storage using the Android 6 Storage Access Framework An Android Storage Access Framework Example Implementing Video Playback on Android 6 using the VideoView and MediaController Classes Video Recording and Image Capture on Android 6 using Camera Intents Checking for Camera Support Calling the Video Capture Intent Calling the Image Capture Intent Creating an Android Studio Video Recording Project Designing the User Interface Layout Checking for the Camera Launching the Video Capture Intent Handling the Intent Return Testing the Application Making Runtime Permission Requests in Android 6.0 Android 6 Audio Recording and Playback using MediaPlayer and MediaRecorder Working with the Google Maps Android 6 API in Android Studio Printing with the Android Printing Framework An Android HTML and Web Content Printing Example A Guide to Android 6 Custom Document Printing Handling Different Android 6 Devices and Displays Handling Different Device Displays Creating a Layout for each Display Size Providing Different Images Checking for Hardware Support Providing Device Specific Application Binaries Signing and Preparing an Android 6 Application for Release The Release Preparation Process Changing the Build Variant Enabling ProGuard Creating a Keystore File Generating a Private Key Creating the Application APK File Register for a Google Play Developer Console Account Uploading New APK Versions to the Google Play Developer Console Integrating Google Play In-app Billing into an Android 6 Application An Overview of Gradle in Android Studio - Android 6 An Overview of Gradle Gradle and Android Studio Sensible Defaults Dependencies Build Variants Manifest Entries APK Signing ProGuard Support The Top-level Gradle Build File Module Level Gradle Build Files Configuring Signing Settings in the Build File Running Gradle Tasks from the Command-line An Android Studio Gradle Build Variants Example - Android 6 Creating the Build Variant Example Project Extracting the Hello World String Resource Adding the Build Flavors to the Module Build File Adding the Flavors to the Project Structure Adding Resource Files to the Flavors Testing the Build Flavors Build Variants and Class Files Adding Packages to the Build Flavors Customizing the Activity Classes

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