Android Application Development in 24 Hours, Sams Teach Yourself (4th Edition)

In just 24 sessions of one hour or less, learn how to build powerful apps for the world s most popular mobile platform: Android. Using this book s straightforward, step-by-step approach, you ll build complete Android 5 apps from the ground up with Android Studio. As you do, you ll master key skills for designing, developing, and publishing meaningful apps of your own. Extensively updated for Android 5 s newest capabilities, every lesson builds on what you ve already learned, giving you a rock-solid foundation for real-world success!

Highlights of this new Fourth Edition include

• Extensive new coverage: Android 5 (Lollipop), Android Studio, and Material Design; plus Android M early preview
• A laser focus on modern Android essentials, including activities, intents, resources, and background processing
• New Android 5 features for Android TV and Android Wear
• Complete Android Studio projects in nearly every chapter

Learn how to

• Use the powerful new Android Studio development environment
• Build layouts that automatically display properly on any device
• Craft more dynamic, intuitive apps with Google s new material design language
• Display the right information at the right time with ListViews and adapters
• Make apps more responsive with background processes
• Add sophisticated navigation with action toolbars and slide-out menus
• Integrate images and media into your apps
• Save data for your app and create public files that can be used by anyone
• Access the cloud to download and parse JSON data
• Use SQLite and content providers to create responsive, data-driven apps
• Create, update, and cancel notifications
• Start developing Android Wearable and TV apps
• Use Google Play Services to add location, mapping, and more
• Package and publish apps to Google Play and other markets