Android Application Development Cookbook（Second Edition）

Kinvey

Firebase

Buddy

Backendless

App42

Introduction

Chapter 15. The Backend as a Service Options

How to add Google sign-in to your app

Push Notification using GCM

Adding speech recognition to your app

Using the AsyncTask for background work

Receive notification of device boot

How to schedule an alarm

The new Android 6.0 Run-Time permission model

Introduction

Chapter 14. Getting your app ready for the Play Store

Create and monitor a Geofence

How to receive location updates

Resolving problems reported with the GoogleApiClient OnConnectionFailedListener

How to get the last location

Introduction

Chapter 13. Getting Location and Using Geofencing

Using Volley's NetworkImageView and ImageLoader

Using Volley to request an image

Using Volley to request a JSON response

Canceling a Volley request

Getting started with Volley for Internet requests

Checking online status and connection type

Displaying a web page in your application

Receiving SMS messages

How to send SMS (text) messages

Monitoring phone call events

How to make a phone call

Introduction

Chapter 12. Telephony Networks and the Web

Taking a picture using the Camera2 (the new) API

Taking a picture using the (old) Camera API

Taking a photo with the default camera app

Responding to hardware media controls in your app

Playing audio with MediaPlayer

Playing sound effects with SoundPool

Introduction

Chapter 11. Multimedia

Rotating the triangle with user input

Moving the triangle with rotation

Applying Projection and Camera View while drawing

Drawing shapes on GLSurfaceView

Set up the OpenGL ES environment

Introduction

Chapter 10. A First Look at OpenGL ES

Creating a Zoom Animation with a Custom Transition

Creating a Card Flip Animation with Fragments

Creating a slideshow with ViewPager

Creating a Compass using sensor data and RotateAnimation

A transition animation – defining scenes and applying a transition

Scaling down large images to avoid Out of Memory exceptions

Introduction

Chapter 9. Graphics and Animation

Reading device orientation

Reading sensor data – using the Android Sensor Framework events

Listing available sensors – an introduction to the Android Sensor Framework

Swipe-to-Refresh

Pinch-to-zoom with multi-touch gestures

Recognizing tap and other common gestures

Listening for click and long-press events

Introduction

Chapter 8. Using the Touchscreen and Sensors

Making a Flashlight with a Heads-Up Notification

Creating a Media Player Notification

Lights Action and Sound Redux using Notifications

Displaying a progress dialog

Displaying a message box with AlertDialog

Creating a Toast using a custom layout

Lights Action and Sound – getting the user's attention!

Introduction

Chapter 7. Alerts and Notifications

Access data in the background using a Loader

Creating and using an SQLite database

Including resource files in your project

Read and write a text file to external storage

Read and write a text file to internal storage

Storing simple data

Introduction

Chapter 6. Working with Data

Showing your app full screen

Adding Search to the Action Bar

Creating a Home screen widget

Creating a shortcut on the Home screen

Passing data between Fragments

Adding and removing Fragments during runtime

Creating and using a Fragment

Introduction

Chapter 5. Exploring Fragments AppWidgets and the System UI

Creating a pop-up menu

Using Contextual Batch Mode with a ListView

Enabling Contextual Action Mode for a view

Modifying menus and menu items during runtime

Creating an Options menu

Introduction

Chapter 4. Menus

Selecting theme based on the Android version

Turning a style into a theme

Applying a style to a View

Creating a custom component

Creating a widget at runtime

Using graphics to show button state

Inserting a widget into a layout

Introduction

Chapter 3. Views Widgets and Styles

Optimizing layouts with the Hierarchy Viewer

Changing layout properties during runtime

Using ListView GridView and Adapters

Creating tables – TableLayout and GridLayout

Using LinearLayout

Using RelativeLayout

Defining and inflating a layout

Introduction

Chapter 2. Layouts

Understanding the activity lifecycle

Storing persistent activity data

Saving an activity's state

Returning a result from an activity

Passing data to another activity

Switching between activities

Starting a new activity with an intent object

Declaring an activity

Introduction

Chapter 1. Activities

Preface

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About the Reviewer

About the Authors

Disclaimer

Credits

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封面

版权信息

Credits

Disclaimer

About the Authors

About the Reviewer

www.PacktPub.com

Preface

Chapter 1. Activities

Introduction

Declaring an activity

Starting a new activity with an intent object

Switching between activities

Passing data to another activity

Returning a result from an activity

Saving an activity's state

Storing persistent activity data

Understanding the activity lifecycle

Chapter 2. Layouts

Introduction

Defining and inflating a layout

Using RelativeLayout

Using LinearLayout

Creating tables – TableLayout and GridLayout

Using ListView GridView and Adapters

Changing layout properties during runtime

Optimizing layouts with the Hierarchy Viewer

Chapter 3. Views Widgets and Styles

Introduction

Inserting a widget into a layout

Using graphics to show button state

Creating a widget at runtime

Creating a custom component

Applying a style to a View

Turning a style into a theme

Selecting theme based on the Android version

Chapter 4. Menus

Introduction

Creating an Options menu

Modifying menus and menu items during runtime

Enabling Contextual Action Mode for a view

Using Contextual Batch Mode with a ListView

Creating a pop-up menu

Chapter 5. Exploring Fragments AppWidgets and the System UI

Introduction

Creating and using a Fragment

Adding and removing Fragments during runtime

Passing data between Fragments

Creating a shortcut on the Home screen

Creating a Home screen widget

Adding Search to the Action Bar

Showing your app full screen

Chapter 6. Working with Data

Introduction

Storing simple data

Read and write a text file to internal storage

Read and write a text file to external storage

Including resource files in your project

Creating and using an SQLite database

Access data in the background using a Loader

Chapter 7. Alerts and Notifications

Introduction

Lights Action and Sound – getting the user's attention!

Creating a Toast using a custom layout

Displaying a message box with AlertDialog

Displaying a progress dialog

Lights Action and Sound Redux using Notifications

Creating a Media Player Notification

Making a Flashlight with a Heads-Up Notification

Chapter 8. Using the Touchscreen and Sensors

Introduction

Listening for click and long-press events

Recognizing tap and other common gestures

Pinch-to-zoom with multi-touch gestures

Swipe-to-Refresh

Listing available sensors – an introduction to the Android Sensor Framework

Reading sensor data – using the Android Sensor Framework events

Reading device orientation

Chapter 9. Graphics and Animation

Introduction

Scaling down large images to avoid Out of Memory exceptions

A transition animation – defining scenes and applying a transition

Creating a Compass using sensor data and RotateAnimation

Creating a slideshow with ViewPager

Creating a Card Flip Animation with Fragments

Creating a Zoom Animation with a Custom Transition

Chapter 10. A First Look at OpenGL ES

Introduction

Set up the OpenGL ES environment

Drawing shapes on GLSurfaceView

Applying Projection and Camera View while drawing

Moving the triangle with rotation

Rotating the triangle with user input

Chapter 11. Multimedia

Introduction

Playing sound effects with SoundPool

Playing audio with MediaPlayer

Responding to hardware media controls in your app

Taking a photo with the default camera app

Taking a picture using the (old) Camera API

Taking a picture using the Camera2 (the new) API

Chapter 12. Telephony Networks and the Web

Introduction

How to make a phone call

Monitoring phone call events

How to send SMS (text) messages

Receiving SMS messages

Displaying a web page in your application

Checking online status and connection type

Getting started with Volley for Internet requests

Canceling a Volley request

Using Volley to request a JSON response

Using Volley to request an image

Using Volley's NetworkImageView and ImageLoader

Chapter 13. Getting Location and Using Geofencing

Introduction

How to get the last location

Resolving problems reported with the GoogleApiClient OnConnectionFailedListener

How to receive location updates

Create and monitor a Geofence

Chapter 14. Getting your app ready for the Play Store

Introduction

The new Android 6.0 Run-Time permission model

How to schedule an alarm

Receive notification of device boot

Using the AsyncTask for background work

Adding speech recognition to your app

Push Notification using GCM

How to add Google sign-in to your app

Chapter 15. The Backend as a Service Options

Introduction

App42

Backendless

Buddy

Firebase

Kinvey