Android Development Tools for Eclipse

Content: Cover
 Copyright
 Credits
 About the Authors
 About the Reviewer
 www.PacktPub.com
 Table of Contents
 Preface
 Chapter 1: Installing Eclipse, ADT and SDK
 Introducing the Android platform
 What is Android?
 Introducing the Android app
 What is Dalvik Virtual?
 Understanding API level
 How many versions (distributions) Android has.
 Preparing for Android development
 Installing the JDK
 Installing the Android SDK
 Installing the Eclipse (Juno)
 Installing the ADT in Eclipse Juno
 Linking the Android SDK to the Eclipse
 Summary
 Chapter 2: Important Features of the IDE
 Project explorer. Code editorGraphical layout editor
 Android manifest editor
 Menu editor
 Resources editor
 XML resources editor
 Graphical user interface designer
 The configuration chooser
 The screen layout designer
 Properties window
 Debugging pane
 Dalvik Debug Monitor Server (DDMS)
 SDK manager
 Android virtual device manager
 Running the Application
 Getting help
 Summary
 Chapter 3: Creating a New Android Project
 Creating a new Android application project
 String resources
 Using the graphical layout designer
 The XML layout code editor
 Widgets interactions through the source code editor. Toast messageRunning the application on the emulator
 Running the application on an Android device
 Summary
 Chapter 4: Incorporating Multimedia Elements
 Adding a TableLayout
 Adding the image resources
 Adding ImageView
 Adding ImageButtons
 Assigning the widget's ID
 ImageButtons and handling event
 Adding audio
 Adding another screen in the app
 Insert HTMLs in WebView
 Intent and Activity
 The final product run and test
 Summary
 Chapter 5: Adding RadioButton, CheckBox, Menu, and Preferences
 Creating a new project
 Adding a RadioGroup, RadioButton, and a TextField
 Adding a CheckBox. Adding a menuDefining the Strings
 Defining the Preference screen
 Hook up
 Binding the menu and Preference
 Getting values from Preferences
 Run the application
 Summary
 Chapter 6: Handling Multiple Screen Types
 Using wrap_content and match_parent
 Fragment
 Defining Fragment and Landscape layout
 Hook up in the Main Layout file:
 Running the application
 Optimizing for tablet
 Persisting the state information during the state transition
 Summary
 Chapter 7: Adding an External Library
 Creating an account at the AdMob website
 Adding Site/Application
 Choosing the Ad Network Mediation. Adding AdMob SDK to the projectMaking changes in the manifest file
 Adding the AdMob widget/view in the layout file
 Running the application
 Summary
 Chapter 8: Signing and Distributing APK
 APK --
Android package
 Preparing for release
 Compilation for release
 Generating a private key
 Signing
 Alignment
 Using the Eclipse ADT for release
 Publishing to Google Play
 Getting help
 Summary
 Index.