Beginning Android™ 4 Application Development -- Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: Getting Started with Android Programming -- What Is Android? -- Android Versions -- Features of Android -- Architecture of Android -- Android Devices in the Market -- The Android Market -- The Android Developer Community -- Obtaining the Required Tools -- Android SDK -- Installing the Android SDK Tools -- Configuring the Android SDK Manager -- Eclipse -- Android Development Tools (ADT) -- Creating Android Virtual Devices (AVDs) -- Creating Your First Android Application -- Anatomy of an Android Application -- Summary -- Chapter 2: Activities, Fragments, and Intents -- Understanding Activities -- Applying Styles and Themes to an Activity -- Hiding the Activity Title -- Displaying a Dialog Window -- Displaying a Progress Dialog -- Displaying a More Sophisticated Progress Dialog -- Linking Activities Using Intents -- Resolving Intent Filter Collision -- Returning Results from an Intent -- Passing Data Using an Intent Object -- Fragments -- Adding Fragments Dynamically -- Life Cycle of a Fragment -- Interactions between Fragments -- Calling Built-In Applications Using Intents -- Understanding the Intent Object -- Using Intent Filters -- Adding Categories -- Displaying Notifications -- Summary -- Chapter 3: Getting to Know the Android User Interface -- Understanding the Components of a Screen -- Views and ViewGroups -- LinearLayout -- AbsoluteLayout -- TableLayout -- RelativeLayout -- FrameLayout -- ScrollView -- Adapting to Display Orientation -- Anchoring Views -- Resizing and Repositioning -- Managing Changes to Screen Orientation -- Persisting State Information during Changes in Configuration -- Detecting Orientation Changes -- Controlling the Orientation of the Activity -- Utilizing the Action Bar -- Adding Action Items to the Action Bar.

Customizing the Action Items and Application Icon -- Creating the User Interface Programmatically -- Listening for UI Notifications -- Overriding Methods Defined in an Activity -- Registering Events for Views -- Summary -- Chapter 4: Designing Your User Interface with Views -- Using Basic Views -- TextView View -- Button, ImageButton, EditText, CheckBox, ToggleButton, RadioButton, and RadioGroup Views -- ProgressBar View -- AutoCompleteTextView View -- Using Picker Views -- TimePicker View -- DatePicker View -- Using List Views to Display Long Lists -- ListView View -- Using the Spinner View -- Understanding Specialized Fragments -- Using a ListFragment -- Using a DialogFragment -- Using a PreferenceFragment -- Summary -- Chapter 5: Displaying Pictures and Menus with Views -- Using Image Views to Display Pictures -- Gallery and ImageView Views -- ImageSwitcher -- GridView -- Using Menus with Views -- Creating the Helper Methods -- Options Menu -- Context Menu -- Some Additional Views -- AnalogClock and DigitalClock Views -- WebView -- Summary -- Chapter 6: Data Persistence -- Saving and Loading User Preferences -- Accessing Preferences Using an Activity -- Programmatically Retrieving and Modifying the Preferences Values -- Changing the Default Name of the Preferences File -- Persisting Data to Files -- Saving to Internal Storage -- Saving to External Storage (SD Card) -- Choosing the Best Storage Option -- Using Static Resources -- Creating and Using Databases -- Creating the DBAdapter Helper Class -- Using the Database Programmatically -- Pre-Creating the Database -- Summary -- Chapter 7: Content Providers -- Sharing Data in Android -- Using a Content Provider -- Predefined Query String Constants -- Projections -- Filtering -- Sorting -- Creating Your Own Content Providers -- Using the Content Provider -- Summary -- Chapter 8: Messaging.

SMS Messaging -- Sending SMS Messages Programmatically -- Getting Feedback after Sending a Message -- Sending SMS Messages Using Intent -- Receiving SMS Messages -- Caveats and Warnings -- Sending E-mail -- Summary -- Chapter 9: Location-Based Services -- Displaying Maps -- Creating the Project -- Obtaining the Maps API Key -- Displaying the Map -- Displaying the Zoom Control -- Changing Views -- Navigating to a Specific Location -- Adding Markers -- Getting the Location That Was Touched -- Geocoding and Reverse Geocoding -- Getting Location Data -- Monitoring a Location -- Project - Building a Location Tracker -- Summary -- Chapter 10: Networking -- Consuming Web Services Using HTTP -- Downloading Binary Data -- Downloading Text Content -- Accessing Web Services Using the GET Method -- Consuming JSON Services -- Sockets Programming -- Summary -- Chapter 11: Developing Android Services -- Creating Your Own Services -- Performing Long-Running Tasks in a Service -- Performing Repeated Tasks in a Service -- Executing Asynchronous Tasks on Separate Threads Using IntentService -- Establishing Communication between a Service and an Activity -- Binding Activities to Services -- Understanding Threading -- Summary -- Chapter 12: Publishing Android Applications -- Preparing for Publishing -- Versioning Your Application -- Digitally Signing Your Android Applications -- Deploying APK Files -- Using the adb.exe Tool -- Using a Web Server -- Publishing on the Android Market -- Summary -- Appendix A: Using Eclipse for Android Development -- Getting Around in Eclipse -- Workspaces -- Package Explorer -- Using Projects from Other Workspaces -- Using Editors within Eclipse -- Understanding Eclipse Perspectives -- Automatically Importing Packages -- Using the Code Completion Feature -- Refactoring -- Debugging your Application -- Setting Breakpoints.

Dealing with Exceptions -- Appendix B: Using the Android Emulator -- Uses of the Android Emulator -- Creating Snapshots -- 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 -- Index -- Advertisement.