Professional Android™ Programming With Mono For Android And .Net/C# -- Contents -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: Introduction to Android, Mobile Devices, and the Marketplace -- Product Comparison -- The .NET Framework -- Mono -- Mono for Android -- Mono for Android Components -- Development Tools -- Mobile Development -- Getting Around Support Issues -- Design Issues -- Android -- History of Android -- Writing Web-Based Applications for Android -- Writing Native Applications for Android -- Android Development Issues -- Android SDK Tools -- Android Development Costs -- Cross-Platform Alternatives -- Other Cross-Platform Tools -- Considerations for Selecting a Cross-Platform Tool -- How Does the Tool Allow You to Author Your Application? -- What Device Features Does the Tool Support? -- What Platforms Does the Tool Support? -- What Skill Sets Does the Tool Require? -- What Tools Exist to Support Development? -- How Active Are the Development Community and Support Channels? -- What Are the Successful Application Deployments for This Tool? -- Summary -- Chapter 2: Introduction to Mono for Android -- Before You Begin Developing -- What Is Mono? -- Mono Implementation Goals -- Mono Standards -- What Is Mono for Android? -- Why Do I Need Mono for Android? -- Familiar Development Environment -- Familiar API and Library Structure -- What Are the Trade-Offs of Working with Mono for Android? -- Waiting for Improvements -- Taking a Potential Performance Hit -- Memory Management -- What Do I Need for the Mono for Android Development Environment? -- Java SDK -- Android SDK -- Visual Studio -- Visual Studio Development with Mono for Android -- General Setup -- Building Hello Android -- Logging -- Debugging -- Testing -- Deploying -- Mono for Android Development with MonoDevelop -- General Setup -- Building Hello Android -- Logging.

Debugging -- Testing -- Deploying -- Summary -- Chapter 3: Understanding Android/Mono for Android Applications -- What Is an Android Application? -- The Building Blocks of an Android Application -- Activities -- Services -- Content Providers -- Broadcast Receivers -- Communicating between Components: Android Intents -- Binding the Components: The Android Manifest -- Android Manifest Basics -- Editing the Manifest for Mono for Android via Visual Studio -- Summary -- Chapter 4: Planning and Building Your Application's User Interface -- Guidelines for a Successful Mobile UI -- Building an Android UI -- Views -- Design Surface -- Choosing a Control Layout -- AbsoluteLayout -- FrameLayout -- LinearLayout -- RelativeLayout -- TableLayout -- Optimizing Layouts -- Designing Your User Interface Controls -- TextView -- EditText -- AutoCompleteTextView -- Spinner -- Button -- Check Box -- Radio Buttons and Groups -- Clocks -- Pickers -- Images -- ImageView -- ImageButton -- Gallery -- Virtual Keyboards -- Selecting Your Virtual Keyboard -- Removing the Keyboard -- Controlling Your Menus -- Introducing the Menu System -- Menus -- Submenus -- Context Menus -- Defining Menus as a Resource -- Menus -- Context Menus -- Resolution-Independent UI -- Supporting Various Screen Resources -- Supporting Screen Sizes -- Supporting Pixel Densities -- Using Android Market Support -- Multiple Screen Resolution Best Practices -- Constructing a User Interface: A Phone and Tablet Example -- Summary -- Chapter 5: Working with Data -- Working with SQLite -- Setting Up a Database -- Setting Up Tables -- Using SQL Statements -- Using Read/Select to Read Data -- Using SQL Statements to Insert Data -- Upgrading Strategies -- Upgrading in Place -- Copying Data -- Android-Specific Database Options -- SQLiteOpenHelper -- Storing Data Remotely.

Working with Remote Data -- Accessing Enterprise Services -- Using SOAP -- Working with ASMX Web Services -- Working with Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) -- Using REST-Based Web Services -- Using JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) -- Posting Data with POST -- Retrieving Data Using LINQ and XML -- Using Asynchronous Data Retrieval -- Using Web Services Responsibly -- Working with Remote SQL Server Databases -- Summary -- Chapter 6: Binding Data to Controls -- Databinding in Mono for Android -- What Is a Data Adapter? -- What Is an Adapter View? -- How Do These Items Relate to One Another? -- Working with Adapter Views and Large Data Sets -- Exploring Adapters in Depth -- Using Native Adapters -- Exploring Adapter Views in Depth -- Using Native Adapter Views -- Working with Cursors -- Using a Cursor to Populate a Spinner -- Setting Up the Spinner and Data Source -- Using a Spinner Adapter -- Adding a Listener Event for a Spinner -- Using a Cursor with a Gallery -- Setting Up the Project -- Adding the Cursor -- Completing the Custom Adapter -- Working with Lists -- Displaying Simple Data in a List -- Working with Android's ListAdapters -- Customizing ListView with a Custom List Adapter -- Handling ListView Events -- Preferences Screen -- Nested Navigation -- Grouped Lists -- Displaying Data in a Grid -- Summary -- Chapter 7: Working with the File System and Application Preferences -- Working with the File System -- File System Type and Structure -- QuickEdit Sample Program: Working with a File Storage Example -- Working with Application Preferences -- Application Preference Types -- Creating Your Own Application Preferences -- Preferences Program -- Listening for Preference Changes -- Processing XML -- Summary -- Chapter 8: Programming with the Device Hardware -- Working with Sensors.

Referencing the Sensor Manager -- Sensor Support -- Accessing Sensors -- Using Sensors -- Understanding the Sensor Type Values -- Responding to Acceleration -- Using the XYZ Coordinate System -- Coding with the Accelerometer -- Building a Compass -- Vibration -- Networking Connectivity -- ConnectivityManager -- Checking User Communication Preferences -- Checking for Changes to BackgroundDataSetting -- Checking Current Network Configuration -- Creating Network Connectivity Notifications -- WifiManager -- WiFi States -- WiFi Changes -- Bluetooth Manager -- Working with Bluetooth State -- Enabling Voice Recognition in Your App -- Getting Turn-by-Turn Directions -- Summary -- Chapter 9: Using Multimedia?-?Audio, Video, and the Camera -- Android Media Classes -- Playing Audio and Video -- Media Player Supported Formats -- Programming Audio Playback -- Programming Video Playback -- Controlling Playback -- Managing Playback Output -- Recording Audio and Video -- Using Intents to Record Video -- Using the Media Recorder -- Configuring Video Recording -- Previewing Video Recording -- Audio Recording -- Images and Using the Camera -- Using Intents to Take Pictures -- Controlling the Camera -- Managing Camera Settings and Picture Options -- Monitoring Autofocus -- Using the Camera Preview -- Taking a Picture -- Reading and Writing JPEG Exif Values -- Adding New Media to the Media Store -- Using the Media Scanner -- Adding New Media to the Store -- Speech Recognition -- Summary -- Chapter 10: Talking to Other Applications and Libraries -- Android Application Integration -- Opening the Browser -- Opening E-mail -- Making a Telephone Call -- Sending a Text/SMS Message -- Opening a Location in the Maps Application -- Opening a YouTube Video -- Opening the Market -- Application Integration.

Simple Integration with HootSuite and Other Twitter Applications -- Configuring Your Intent Filters -- Handling Incoming Intent Requests -- Integrating with Contacts -- Displaying Contact Details -- Picking a Contact -- Creating a New Contact -- Creating a New Contact or Adding to an Existing Contact -- Summary -- Chapter 11: Developing Background Services and Asynchronous Code -- The Life Cycle of a Service -- Creating Your First Service -- Prioritizing Services -- Using Threads for Asynchronous Processing -- Threading Manually -- Utilizing System.Threading.Tasks -- Implicit Threading with the IntentService -- Communicating with the UI -- Using the Binder and Service Connection Method -- Using the Broadcast Receiver Method -- Using the Static Event Method -- Notifying the User with Notifications -- Scheduling Intents with Alarms and the IntentService -- Push Notifications Using Cloud to Device Messaging (C2DM) -- Listening for C2DM in Your Application -- Sending a C2DM Message from Your Server -- Summary -- Chapter 12: Canvas and Drawables: Building Custom Android Graphics -- Working with Graphics in Mono for Android -- Using the Canvas Object -- Graphics Primitives -- The Canvas Object -- The Paint Object -- The Bitmap Object -- Bringing It All Together -- A Path Primer -- Case 1: Creating a Custom Graphic -- Case 2: Responding to Events -- Case 3: Animating Custom Graphics -- Case 4: Improving Performance Using SurfaceView -- Selecting the Best Approach -- The 2D Graphics Library -- Using Drawables -- Drawables as XML Resources -- Simple and Compound Drawables -- Drawables in Action -- Case 1: Using Default Drawables -- Case 2: Adding Polish with the Shape Drawable -- Case 3: Using the Gradient Drawable -- Case 4: Using the Compound Drawable -- Case 5: Interacting with a Custom Drawable -- Summary.

Chapter 13: Working with Location Information.