Beginning Android Application Development -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: Getting Started with Android Programming -- What Is Android? -- Obtaining the Required Tools -- Summary -- Chapter 2: Activities and Intents -- Understanding Activities -- Linking Activities Using Intents -- Calling Built-In Applications Using Intents -- Displaying Notifications -- Summary -- Chapter 3: Getting to Know the Android User Interface -- Understanding the Components of a Screen -- Adapting to Display Orientation -- Managing Changes to Screen Orientation -- Creating the User Interface Programmatically -- Listening for UI Notifications -- Summary -- Chapter 4: Designing Your User Interface Using Views -- Basic Views -- Picker Views -- List Views -- Summary -- Chapter 5: Displaying Pictures and Menus with Views -- Using Image Views to Display Pictures -- Using Menus with Views -- Some Additional Views -- Summary -- Chapter 6: Data Persistence -- Saving and Loading User Preferences -- Persisting Data to Files -- Creating and Using Databases -- Summary -- Chapter 7: Content Providers -- Sharing Data in Android -- Using a Content Provider -- Creating Your Own Content Providers -- Summary -- Chapter 8: Messaging and Networking -- SMS Messaging -- Sending E‑Mail -- Networking -- Summary -- Chapter 9: Location-Based Services -- Displaying Maps -- Getting Location Data -- Summary -- Chapter 10: Developing Android Services -- Creating Your Own Services -- Communicating between a Service and an Activity -- Binding Activities to Services -- Summary -- Chapter 11: Publishing Android Applications -- Preparing for Publishing -- Deploying APK Files -- Summary -- Appendix A: Using Eclipse for Android Development -- Getting Around in Eclipse -- Debugging -- Appendix B: Using the Android Emulator -- Uses of the Android Emulator -- Installing Custom AVDs -- Emulating Real Devices.

SD Card Emulation -- Emulating Devices with Different Screen Sizes -- Emulating Physical Capabilities -- Sending SMS Messages to the Emulator -- Making Phone Calls -- Transferring Files into and out of the Emulator -- Resetting the Emulator -- Appendix C: Answers to Exercises -- Chapter 1 Answers -- Chapter 2 Answers -- Chapter 3 Answers -- Chapter 4 Answers -- Chapter 5 Answers -- Chapter 6 Answers -- Chapter 7 Answers -- Chapter 8 Answers -- Chapter 9 Answers -- Chapter 10 Answers -- Chapter 11 Answers -- Index.