Android Development

Chapters

Overview
Getting Started
Structure
Views and Layouts
Interaction
Navigation
Networking and Models
Persistence
Images
Fragments
Sensors and Device SDKs
Services
Testing
Libraries
Production
Workflow
Contributing

Overview

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Getting Started

Getting Started with Android
Setting up IntelliJ IDEA
Running Apps on Your Device
Mobile Screen Archetypes
Todo App Guide
Sample Android Apps
Keeping Updated with Android
Effective Java for Android
Using Kotlin for Android development
Debugging Exceptions within your App
Troubleshooting Common Issues
Troubleshooting API Calls
Android Resources List
Free Android Curriculum

Structure

Using Context
Android Directory Structure
Organizing your Source Files
Architecture of Android Apps
Understanding App Resources
Understanding the Activity Lifecycle
Handling Configuration Changes
Migrating to the AppCompat Library
App Permissions
Managing Runtime Permissions with PermissionsDispatcher
Replacing Enums with Enumerated Annotations
Understanding the Android Application Class

Views and Layouts

Constructing View Layouts
Defining Views and their Attributes
Working with the TextView
Working with the EditText
Working with the ImageView
Working with Input Views
Working with the Soft Keyboard
Working with the WebView
Working with the ScrollView
Reducing View Boilerplate with ViewBinding
Applying Data Binding for Views

Interaction

View Event Listeners
Creating Custom Listeners
Displaying Toasts
Displaying the Snackbar
Exploring the ActionBar
Extended ActionBar Guide
Gestures and Touch Events
Menus and Popups
Dialogs with DialogFragment
Implementing a Rate Me Feature
Repeating Periodic Tasks
Using the App Toolbar
Floating Action Buttons
Handling Scrolls with CoordinatorLayout

Navigation

Navigating Activities with Intents
Common Navigation Paradigms
Common Implicit Intents
Navigation and Task Stacks
Sharing Content with Intents
Using Parcelable
Book Search Tutorial

Networking and Models

Sending and Managing Network Requests
Displaying Images with the Glide Library
Displaying Images with the Picasso Library
Converting JSON to Models
Leveraging the Gson Library
Creating and Executing Async Tasks
Handling ProgressBars
Rotten Tomatoes Networking Tutorial
Networking with the Volley Library
Networking with the OkHttp Library
Networking with the Fast Android Networking Library
Consuming APIs with Retrofit
Displaying Images with the Fresco Library
Building Data-driven Apps with Parse
Configuring a Parse Server
Building Simple Chat Client with Parse
Troubleshooting Common Issues with Parse
Sending and Receiving Data with Sockets
Building Data driven Apps with Firebase

Persistence

Persisting Data to the Device
Room ORM Guide
ActiveAndroid ORM Guide
Storing and Accessing SharedPreferences
Local Databases with SQLiteOpenHelper
Populating a ListView with a CursorAdapter
Settings with PreferenceFragment
Loading Contacts with Content Providers
Interacting with the Calendar
Creating Content Providers
Clean Persistence with Sugar ORM
DBFlow ORM Guide
Easier SQL with Cupboard
Powerful Persistence with JDXA ORM
Storing Secret Keys in Android

Images

Working with the ImageView
Drawables
Displaying Images with the Glide Library
Displaying Images with the Picasso Library
Displaying Images with the Fresco Library

Fragments

Creating and Using Fragments
Displaying a DialogFragment
Google Play Style Tabs using TabLayout
Sliding Tabs with PagerSlidingTabStrip
ViewPager with FragmentPagerAdapter
Fragment Navigation Drawer
Flexible User Interfaces
ActionBar Tabs with Fragments

Sensors and Device SDKs

Accessing the Camera and Stored Media
Retrieving Location with LocationServices API
Listening to Sensors using SensorManager
Audio Playback and Recording
Video Playback and Recording
Google Maps Setup Guide
Setup Genymotion
Google Maps API v2 Usage
Connectivity using the Bluetooth API
Streaming Youtube Videos with YouTubePlayerView
Playing Media with ExoPlayer or TubiPlayer

Services

Starting Background Services
Notifications
Push Messaging
Google Cloud Messaging
Real-time Messaging
Managing Threads and Custom Services

Testing

Android Testing Options
Unit Testing with Robolectric
UI Testing with Espresso
UI Testing with Robotium
Android Testing Framework

Libraries

Must Have Libraries
Popular External Tools
Dependency Injection with Dagger 2
Reducing View Boilerplate with Butterknife
Communicating with an Event Bus
Using Parceler
RxJava Intro
RxJava and RxBinding

Production

Publishing with Android Studio
Debugging and Profiling Apps
Creating App Shortcuts in Launcher

Workflow

Getting Started with Gradle
Using Android Studio
Installing Android SDK Tools
Building Gradle Projects with Jenkins CI
Setting up Travis CI
Collaborating on Projects with Git
Presenting an Android Device
Recording Video of an Android Device
Configuring ProGuard
Lambda Expressions
Android for Work

Contributing

Contributing back to Android
Building your own Android Library
Open Source projects for Android Development

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Drawing with OpenGL and GLSurfaceView

Overview

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References

http://developer.android.com/training/graphics/opengl/index.html
http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/graphics/opengl.html
http://developer.android.com/training/graphics/opengl/environment.html
http://www.learnopengles.com/android-lesson-one-getting-started/

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