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Your First Android Application

Do you want do dip your toes into Android app development? This is the perfect gentle introduction for you.

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About

About the Book

With the recent proliferation of apps I felt that there was a need for a book to teach the average

Jane how to develop their own apps. The web has been with us for a while now and

many of the technologies and terminologies are familiar to us. We are familiar with

what a webpage is, what a link is, what a browser is etc. Building on this familiarity, my

aim is to show that with relative ease anyone can start developing their own app.

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Author

About the Author

Alfred Samman

Contents

Table of Contents

Preface

  1. How this Book is Organized
  2. Who Should Read this Book
  3. What is Covered in this Book
  4. Source Code

Introduction

  1. HTML5
  2. DOM
  3. Native Apps versus Web Apps

Introduction to HTML

Introduction to CSS

Introduction to JavaScript

  1. Variables
  2. Functions
  3. Arrays
  4. Control Statements

Introduction to Java

  1. Summary

Android WebView

Android Studio

  1. Introduction
  2. Android Studio User Interface Overview

Setting up your Development Environment

  1. Prerequisites
  2. Structure of an Android Project
  3. Create a HTML File
  4. Set up your Android Studio Development Environment
  5. Summary

Creating a Simple App

  1. A Simple Todo Web App
  2. Strike Through Effect
  3. Delete Functionality
  4. Summary

Running your Simple App

  1. Introduction
  2. Summary

The DOM

  1. Traversing the DOM
  2. Creating DOM Elements
  3. Summary

Introduction to Touch Events

  1. Summary

Saving Data in your App

  1. Local Storage

Detecting Swipe Actions

  1. Detecting the start position of your touch
  2. Transitioning a swiped element
  3. Detecting when the swipe ends
  4. Summary

Running your App in the Android Emulator

Running your App on a Mobile Device

Creating a Simple Netflix App

Making AJAX Calls

  1. Introduction
  2. AJAX

Creating a Simple Netflix Native App

  1. Introduction

Views

  1. Introduction
  2. Layouts

Activity

  1. Introduction
  2. Activity Lifecycle

Intent

  1. Introduction

Services

Publishing your App

  1. Introduction
  2. Creating an APK File
  3. Uploading your App to the Play Store

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