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Android for Java Programmers

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Authors:
  1. Abdul-Rahman Mawlood-Yunis

    1. Physics and Computer Science, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Canada

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  • Intended for introductory or advanced Android courses at universities and colleges
  • Follows a structure that mirrors experiences and expectations of object-oriented programmers
  • Each chapter is dedicated to one or more Android development topics illustrated by one or more sample apps

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxiv
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  2. Java Review

    • Abdul-Rahman Mawlood-Yunis
    Pages 1-49

  3. Getting Started with Android

    • Abdul-Rahman Mawlood-Yunis
    Pages 51-93

  4. Your First Android Application

    • Abdul-Rahman Mawlood-Yunis
    Pages 95-133

  5. Debugging and Testing Using Junit, Espresso, and Mockito Frameworks

    • Abdul-Rahman Mawlood-Yunis
    Pages 135-181

  6. Activity Lifecycle and Passing Objects Between Screens Using Parcelable Interface

    • Abdul-Rahman Mawlood-Yunis
    Pages 183-226

  7. User Interface Essential Classes, Layouts, Styles, Themes, and Dimensions

    • Abdul-Rahman Mawlood-Yunis
    Pages 227-278

  8. ListView, ScrollList, Date and Time Pickers, and RecyclerView

    • Abdul-Rahman Mawlood-Yunis
    Pages 279-324

  9. Toolbar, Menu, Dialog Boxes, Shared Preferences, Implicit Intent, and Directory Structure

    • Abdul-Rahman Mawlood-Yunis
    Pages 325-378

  10. Fragments, Dynamic Binding, Inheritance, Pinching, and Screen Swiping

    • Abdul-Rahman Mawlood-Yunis
    Pages 379-431

  11. Parsing Remote XML and JSON Files, Using HTTPUrlConnection, XmlPullParser, and AsyncTask

    • Abdul-Rahman Mawlood-Yunis
    Pages 433-474

  12. Android SQLite, Firebase, and Room Databases

    • Abdul-Rahman Mawlood-Yunis
    Pages 475-530

  13. Content Provider, Service, Message Broadcasting, and Multimedia Player

    • Abdul-Rahman Mawlood-Yunis
    Pages 531-584

  14. Sensors, Location-Based Service, and Google Maps

    • Abdul-Rahman Mawlood-Yunis
    Pages 585-634

  15. Back Matter

    Pages 635-640
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About this book

This textbook is about learning Android and developing native apps using the Java programming language. It follows Java and Object-Oriented (OO) programmers’ experiences and expectations and thus enables them to easily map Android concepts to familiar ones.

Each chapter of the book is dedicated to one or more Android development topics and has one or more illustrating apps. The topics covered include activities and transitions between activities, Android user interfaces and widgets, activity layouts, Android debugging and testing, fragments, shared preferences, SQLite and firebase databases, XML and JSON processing, the content provider, services, message broadcasting, async task and threading, the media player, sensors, Android Google maps, etc.

The book is intended for introductory or advanced Android courses to be taught in one or two semesters at universities and colleges. It uses code samples and exercises extensively to explain and clarify Android coding and concepts. It is written for students and programmers who have no prior Android programming knowledge as well as those who already have some Android programming skills and are excited to study more advanced concepts or acquire a deeper knowledge and understanding of Android programming. All the apps in the book are native Android apps and do not need to use or include third-party technologies to run.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Physics and Computer Science, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Canada

    Abdul-Rahman Mawlood-Yunis

About the author

Abdul-Rahman Mawlood-Yunis is Assistant Professor at Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, ON, Canada, and he has taught courses on Android programming, object-oriented programming and software engineering repeatedly. His research interests include mobile and smart TV apps, natural language processing and text mining, software engineering, peer-to-peer systems, distributed computing, Semantic Web, and business intelligence. Prior to joining Laurier, he was a full-time analyst/software developer at the Canada Revenue Agency for 10 years.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Android for Java Programmers

  • Authors: Abdul-Rahman Mawlood-Yunis

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-87459-9

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Computer Science, Computer Science (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-87458-2Published: 25 June 2022

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-87459-9Published: 24 June 2022

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXIV, 640

  • Number of Illustrations: 3 b/w illustrations, 209 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Programming Languages, Compilers, Interpreters, Mobile Computing

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