Android Studio Development Essentials - Android 7 Edition

Table of Contents

1. A Guide to the Android ConstraintLayout
   • How ConstraintLayout Works
   • Constraints
   • Margins
   • Opposing Constraints
   • Constraint Bias
   • Baseline Alignment
   • Working with Guidelines
   • Configuring Widget Dimensions
   • ConstraintLayout Advantages
   • ConstraintLayout Availability
     
     
2. A Guide to using ConstraintLayout in Android Studio
   • Design and Layout Views
   • Autoconnect Mode
   • Inference Mode
   • Manipulating Constraints Manually
   • Deleting Constraints
   • Adjusting Constraint Bias
   • Understanding ConstraintLayout Margins
   • The Importance of Opposing Constraints and Bias
   • Configuring Widget Dimensions
   • Adding Guidelines
   • Widget Group Alignment and Distribution
   • Converting other Layouts to ConstraintLayout
     
     
3. Working with ConstraintLayout Chains and Ratios in Android Studio
   • Creating a Chain
   • Changing the Chain Style
   • Spread Inside Chain Style
   • Packed Chain Style
   • Packed Chain Style with Bias
   • Weighted Chain
   • Working with Ratios
     
     
4. Managing Constraints using ConstraintSet
   • Java Code vs. XML Layout Files
   • Creating Views
   • View Properties
   • Constraint Sets
   • Establishing Connections
   • Applying Constraints to a Layout
   • Parent Constraint Connections
   • Sizing Constraints
   • Constraint Bias
   • Alignment Constraints
   • Copying and Applying Constraint Sets
   • ConstraintLayout Chains
   • Guidelines
   • Removing Constraints
   • Scaling
   • Rotation
     
     
5. An Android Studio Designer ConstraintLayout Tutorial
   • An Android Studio Designer Tool Example
   • Creating a New Activity
   • Preparing the Designer Environment
   • Adding the Widgets to the User Interface
   • Adding the Constraints
   • Testing the Layout
   • Using the Layout Inspector
   • Using the Hierarchy Viewer
     
     
6. An Android 7 Notifications Tutorial
   • An Overview of Notifications
   • Creating the NotifyDemo Project
   • Designing the User Interface
   • Creating the Second Activity
   • Creating and Issuing a Basic Notification
   • Launching an Activity from a Notification
   • Adding Actions to a Notification
   • Bundled Notifications
   • Summary
     
     
7. An Android 7 Direct Reply Notification Tutorial
   • Creating the DirectReply Project
   • Designing the User Interface
   • Building the RemoteInput Object
   • Creating the PendingIntent
   • Creating the Reply Action
   • Receiving Direct Reply Input
   • Updating the Notification
     
     
8. Integrating Firebase Support into an Android Studio Project
   • What is Firebase?
   • Signing in to Firebase
   • Creating the FirebaseNotify Project
   • Configuring the User Interface
   • Connecting the Project to Firebase
   • Creating a New Firebase Project
   • The google-services.json File
   • Adding the Firebase Libraries
     
     
9. An Android 7 Firebase Remote Notification Tutorial
10. An Introduction to Android 7 Multi-Window Support
    • Split-Screen, Freeform and Picture-in-Picture Modes
    • Entering Multi-Window Mode
    • Checking for Freeform Support
    • Enabling Multi-Window Support in an App
    • Specifying Multi-Window Attributes
    • Detecting Multi-Window Mode in an Activity
    • Receiving Multi-Window Notifications
    • Launching an Activity in Multi-Window Mode
    • Configuring Freeform Activity Size and Position
      
      
11. An Android Studio Multi-Window Split-Screen and Freeform Tutorial
    • Creating the Multi-Window Project
    • Designing the FirstActivity User Interface
    • Adding the Second Activity
    • Launching the Second Activity
    • Enabling Multi-Window Mode
    • Testing Multi-Window Support
    • Launching the Second Activity in a Different Window
    • Changing the Freeform Window Position and Size