Android Studio 3.6 Development Essentials - Java Edition: Developing Android 10 (Q) Apps Using Android Studio 3.6, Java and Android Jetpack

Neil Smyth

Mar 2020 · eBookFrenzy

About this ebook

Fully updated for Android Studio 3.6, Android 10 (Q), Android Jetpack and the modern architectural guidelines and components, the goal of this book is to teach the skills necessary to develop Android-based applications using the Java programming language.

An overview of Android Studio is included covering areas such as tool windows, the code editor and the Layout Editor tool. An introduction to the architecture of Android is followed by an in-depth look at the design of Android applications and user interfaces using the Android Studio environment.

Chapters are also included covering the Android Architecture Components including view models, lifecycle management, Room databases, app navigation, live data and data binding.

More advanced topics such as intents are also covered, as are touch screen handling, gesture recognition and the playback and recording of audio. This edition of the book also covers printing, transitions, cloud-based file storage and foldable device support.

The concepts of material design are also covered in detail, including the use of floating action buttons, Snackbars, tabbed interfaces, card views, navigation drawers and collapsing toolbars.

In addition to covering general Android development techniques, the book also includes Google Play specific topics such as implementing maps using the Google Maps Android API, and submitting apps to the Google Play Developer Console.

Other key features of Android Studio 3.6 and Android 10 are also covered in detail including the Layout Editor, the ConstraintLayout and ConstraintSet classes, constraint chains, barriers, direct reply notifications, view bindings and multi-window support.

Chapters also cover advanced features of Android Studio such as App Links, Dynamic Feature Modules, the Android Studio Profiler and Gradle build configuration.

Assuming you already have some programming experience, are ready to download Android Studio and the Android SDK, have access to a Windows, Mac or Linux system and ideas for some apps to develop, you are ready to get started.

Ratings and reviews

I have been taking android Q lessons on Udemy and have found myself spending far too much time researching concepts on stack exchange or accessing documents from the android resources. I stumbled upon this book in one of my searches and was delighted with the logical organization and concise explanations for the information provided. I was encouraged by the sample covering tabbed interfaces and subsequently coul not resist the opportunity to buy the text. I cannot overstate how happy I am with the breadth, depth, and scope of this text. I would recommend it to anyone seeking to become adept with Android Studio. It has cut my research time significantly and may even ultimately replace my focus from my current online course to just this text.