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 The Material Design The Design Library The Floating Action Button (FAB) The Snackbar Creating the Example Project Reviewing the Project Changing the Floating Action Button Adding the ListView to the Content Layout Adding Items to the ListView Adding an Action to the Snackbar Creating an Android Tabbed Interface using the TabLayout Component An Introduction to the ViewPager An Overview of the TabLayout Component Creating the TabLayoutDemo Project Creating the First Fragment Duplicating the Fragments Adding the TabLayout and ViewPager Creating the Pager Adapter Performing the Initialization Tasks Testing the Application Customizing the TabLayout Displaying Icon Tab Items Working with the Android RecyclerView and CardView Widgets An Overview of the RecyclerView An Overview of the CardView Adding the Libraries to the Project An Android RecyclerView and CardView Tutorial Creating the CardDemo Project Removing the Floating Action Button Adding the RecyclerView and CardView Libraries Designing the CardView Layout Adding the RecyclerView Creating the RecyclerView Adapter Adding the Image Files Initializing the RecyclerView Component Testing the Application Responding to Card Selections Working with the Android AppBar and Collapsing Toolbar Layouts The Anatomy of an AppBar The Example Project Coordinating the RecyclerView and Toolbar Introducing the Collapsing Toolbar Layout Changing the Title and Scrim Color 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 Understanding Normal and Dangerous Permissions Creating the Permissions Example Project Checking for a Permission Requesting Permission at Runtime Providing a Rationale for the Permission Request Testing the Permissions App Android 6 Audio Recording and Playback using MediaPlayer and MediaRecorder Playing Audio Recording Audio and Video using the MediaRecorder Class About the Example Project Creating the AudioApp Project Designing the User Interface Checking for Microphone Availability Performing the Activity Initialization Implementing the recordAudio() Method Implementing the stopAudio() Method Implementing the playAudio() method Configuring and Requesting Permissions Testing the Application Working with the Google Maps Android 6 API in Android Studio Printing with the Android 6 Printing Framework The Android Printing Architecture The Print Service Plugins Google Cloud Print Printing to Google Drive Save as PDF Printing from Android Devices Options for Building Print Support into Android Apps Image Printing Creating and Printing HTML Content Printing a Web Page Printing a Custom Document An Android 6 HTML and Web Content Printing Example Creating the HTML Printing Example Application Printing Dynamic HTML Content Creating the Web Page Printing Example Removing the Floating Action Button Designing the User Interface Layout Loading the Web Page into the WebView Adding the Print Menu Option A Guide to Android 6 Custom Document Printing An Overview of Android Custom Document Printing Custom Print Adapters Preparing the Custom Document Printing Project Creating the Custom Print Adapter Implementing the onLayout() Callback Method Implementing the onWrite() Callback Method Checking a Page is in Range Drawing the Content on the Page Canvas Starting the Print Job Testing the Application 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 Installing the Google Play Billing Library Creating the Example In-app Billing Project Adding Billing Permission to the Manifest File Adding the IInAppBillingService.aidl File to the Project Adding the Utility Classes to the Project Designing the User Interface Implementing the “Click Me” Button Google Play Developer Console and Google Wallet Accounts Obtaining the Public License Key for the Application Setting Up Google Play Billing in the Application Initiating a Google Play In-app Billing Purchase Implementing the onActivityResult Method Implementing the Purchase Finished Listener Consuming the Purchased Item Releasing the IabHelper Instance Modifying the Security.java File Testing the In-app Billing Application Building a Release APK Creating a New In-app Product Publishing the Application to the Alpha Distribution Channel Adding In-app Billing Test Accounts Configuring Group Testing Resolving Problems with In-App Purchasing 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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