Mike van Drongelen - Android Studio Cookbook [2015, PDF, ENG]

This book starts with an introduction of Android Studio and why you should use this IDE rather than Eclipse. Moving ahead, it teaches you to build a simple app that requires no backend setup but uses Google Cloud or Parse instead. After that, you will learn how to create an Android app that can send and receive text and images using Google Cloud or Parse as a backend. It explains the concepts of Material design and how to apply them to an Android app. Also, it shows you how to build an app that runs on an Android wear device.

Later, it explains how to build an app that takes advantage of the latest Android SDK while still supporting older Android versions. It also demonstrates how the performance of an app can be improved and how memory management tools that come with the Android Studio IDE can help you achieve this.

By the end of the book, you will be able to develop high quality apps with a minimum amount of effort using the Android Studio IDE.



Preface iii

Chapter 1: Welcome to Android Studio 1

Chapter 2: Applications with a Cloud-based Backend 17

Chapter 3: Material Design 37

Chapter 4: Android Wear 61

Chapter 5: Size Does Matter 77

Chapter 6: Capture and Share 99

Chapter 7: Content Providers and Observers 117

Chapter 8: Improving Quality 143

Chapter 9: Improving Performance 169

Chapter 10: Beta Testing Your Apps 191

Index 211