Kindle Fire Development Essentials

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Table of Contents

1. An Overview and History of the Kindle Fire
   • The History of the Kindle Fire
   • Kindle Fire Hardware
   • Kindle Fire Operating System
     
     
2. Setting Up a Kindle Fire Android Development Environment
   • System Requirements
   • Installing the Java Development Kit (JDK)
   • Windows JDK Installation
   • Mac OS X JDK Installation
   • Linux JDK Installation
   • Installing the Eclipse IDE
   • Launching Eclipse
   • Installing the Android SDK Starter Package
   • Installing the Android SDK
   • Installing the ADT Plugin for Eclipse
     
     
3. Creating a Kindle Fire Android Virtual Device (AVD)
   • About Android Virtual Devices
   • Kindle Fire AVD Specifications
   • Creating a Kindle Fire AVD
   • Kindle Fire AVD Command-line Creation
   • Android Virtual Device Configuration Files
   • Moving and Renaming an Android Virtual Device
     
     
4. Creating an Example Kindle Fire Android Application
   • Creating a New Android Project
   • Running the Application in the AVD
   • Modifying the Example Application
   • Reviewing the Layout and Resource Files
     
     
5. Testing Android Applications on a Physical Kindle Fire Device
   • An Overview of the Android Debug Bridge (adb)
   • Configuring the adb to Detect a Kindle Fire Device
   • Mac OS X Kindle Fire adb Configuration
   • Windows Kindle Fire adb Configuration
   • Configuring the adb_usb.ini File
   • Configuring the Google USB Driver Package
   • Installing the Google USB Device Driver
   • Restarting the adb Server
   • Linux Kindle Fire adb Configuration
   • Identifying the Linux USB Device
   • Editing the 51-android.rules File
   • Modifying the adb_usb.ini File
   • Restarting the adb Server
   • Testing the adb Connection
   • Manual Selection of the Application Run Target
     
     
6. An Overview of the Kindle Fire Android Architecture
   • The Android Software Stack
   • The Linux Kernel
   • Android Runtime - Dalvik Virtual Machine
   • Android Runtime – Core Libraries
   • Dalvik VM Specific Libraries
   • Java Interoperability Libraries
   • Android Libraries
   • C/C++ Libraries
   • Application Framework
   • Applications
     
     
7. The Anatomy of an Android Application
   • Android Activities
   • Android Intents
   • Broadcast Intents
   • Broadcast Receivers
   • Android Services
   • Content Providers
   • The Application Manifest
   • Application Resources
   • Application Context
     
     
8. Understanding Android Application and Activity Lifecycles
   • Android Applications and Resource Management
   • Android Process States
   • Foreground Process
   • Visible Process
   • Service Process
   • Background Process
   • Empty Process
   • Inter-Process Dependencies
   • The Activity Lifecycle
   • The Activity Stack
   • Activity States
   • |Handling State Change
     
     
9. Handling Android Activity State Changes
   • The Activity Class
   • Dynamic State vs. Persistent State
   • The Android Activity Lifecycle Methods
   • Activity Lifetimes
     
     
10. Android Activity State Changes – An Example Application
    • Creating the State Change Example Project
    • Creating a Kindle Fire Device Configuration
    • Designing the User Interface
    • Overriding the Activity Lifecycle Methods
    • Enabling and Filtering the LogCat Panel
    • Running the Application
    • Experimenting with the Activity
    • Saving Dynamic State
      
      
11. Saving and Restoring the User Interface State of an Android Activity
    • Saving Dynamic State
    • The Bundle Class
    • Saving the State
    • Restoring the State
    • Testing the Application
      
      
12. Understanding Android Views, View Groups and Layouts
    • Views and View Groups
    • Android Layout Managers
    • The View Hierarchy
    • Creating User Interfaces
      
      
13. Designing an Android User Interface using the Graphical Layout Tool
    • The Android Graphical Layout Tool
    • A Graphical Layout Tool Example
    • Adding an XML Resource File to the Project
    • Editing View Properties
    • Using the View Properties Sheet
    • Creating a New Activity
    • Adding the New Activity to the Manifest File
    • Running the Application
    • Manually Creating an XML Layout
    • Using the Hierarchy Viewer
      
      
14. Creating an Android User Interface in Java Code
    • Java Code vs. XML Layout Files
    • Creating Views
    • Properties and Layout Parameters
    • Creating the Example Project
    • Adding Views to an Activity
    • Setting View Properties
    • Adding Layout Parameters and Rules
    • Using View IDs
    • Converting Density Independent Pixels (dp) to Pixels (px)
      
      
15. An Overview and Example of Android Event Handling