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The Busy Coder's Guide to Android

Development

by M ark L. M urphy

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The Busy Coder's Guide to Android Development

by Mark L. M urphy

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able of Contents

Welcome to the Warescription!. ......................................................xxiii

Preface. ...............................................................................................xxv

Welcome to the Book! . .............................................................................xxv

Warescription . ..........................................................................................xxv

Book Bug Bounty . ....................................................................................xxvi

Source Code And Its License . ................................................................xxvii

Creative Commons and the Four-to-Free (42F) Guarantee . ..............xxviii

Acknowledgments . ..................................................................................xxix

The Big Picture. ......................................................................................1

What Androids Are Made Of . ......................................................................3

Activities . ................................................................................................3

Services . ..................................................................................................4

Content Providers . .................................................................................4

Intents . ....................................................................................................4

Stuff At Your Disposal . .................................................................................5

Storage . ...................................................................................................5

Network . .................................................................................................5

Multimedia . ............................................................................................5

GPS . .........................................................................................................5

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Phone Services . ......................................................................................6

The Big Picture...Of This Book . ...................................................................6

How To Get Started. ...............................................................................7

Step #1: Java . ..................................................................................................7

Install the JDK ........................................................................................7

Learn Java . ..............................................................................................8

Step #2: Install the Android SDK . ...............................................................9

Install the Base Tools . ............................................................................9

Install the SDKs and Add-Ons . .............................................................9

Step #3: Install the ADT for Eclipse . ..........................................................13

Step #4: Install Apache Ant . .......................................................................15

Step #5: Set Up the Emulator . ....................................................................16

Step #6: Set Up the Device . ........................................................................23

Windows . ..............................................................................................24

OS X and Linux . ....................................................................................25

Your First Android Project...................................................................27

Step #1: Create the New Project . ................................................................27

Eclipse . ..................................................................................................27

Command Line . .....................................................................................31

Step #2: Build, Install, and Run the Application in Your Emulator or

Device . .........................................................................................................32

Eclipse . ..................................................................................................32

Command Line . ....................................................................................33

Examining Your First Project...............................................................37

Project Structure . ........................................................................................37

Root Contents . ......................................................................................37

The Sweat Off Your Brow . ...................................................................38

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