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Informationen zum Autor Barry Burd, PhD, is a professor in the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science at Drew University in Madison, New Jersey. He has lectured at conferences in the United States, Europe, Australia, and Asia. He hosts podcasts and videos about software and other technology topics. He is the author of many articles and books, including Java For Dummies . Klappentext * What the book covers: Beginning Android Programming with Java For Dummies, 2nd Edition starts Android and Java programmers on their way toward Java mastery for Android by showing them basic development concepts and techniques in context of Java. The book explores what goes into creating an Android program, how to put the pieces together, dealing with standard programming challenges, debugging, and making it work. Zusammenfassung Develop the next killer Android App using Java programming! Android is everywhere! It runs more than half the smartphones in the U.S. and Java makes it go. If you want to cash in on its popularity by learning to build Android apps with Java, all the easy-to-follow guidance you need to get started is at your fingertips. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction 1Part 1: Getting Started with Java Programming for Android Developers 9CHAPTER 1: All about Java and Android 11CHAPTER 2: Getting the Tools That You Need 27CHAPTER 3: Creating and Running an Android App 55Part 2: Writing Your Own Java Programs 95CHAPTER 4: An Ode to Code 97CHAPTER 5: Java's Building Blocks 129CHAPTER 6: Working with Java Types 157CHAPTER 7: Though These Be Methods, Yet There Is Madness in't 169CHAPTER 8: What Java Does (and When) 187Part 3: Working with the Big Picture: Object-Oriented Programming 215CHAPTER 9: Why Object-Oriented Programming Is Like Selling Cheese 217CHAPTER 10: Saving Time and Money: Reusing Existing Code 267Part 4: Powering Android with Java Code 295CHAPTER 11: The Inside Story 297CHAPTER 12: Dealing with a Bunch of Things at a Time 317CHAPTER 13: An Android Social Media App 345CHAPTER 14: Hungry Burds: A Simple Android Game 381Part 5: The Part of Tens 407CHAPTER 15: Ten Ways to Avoid Mistakes 409CHAPTER 16: Ten Websites for Developers 415Index 417...
List of contents
Introduction 1
Part 1: Getting Started with Java Programming for Android Developers 9
CHAPTER 1: All about Java and Android 11
CHAPTER 2: Getting the Tools That You Need 27
CHAPTER 3: Creating and Running an Android App 55
Part 2: Writing Your Own Java Programs 95
CHAPTER 4: An Ode to Code 97
CHAPTER 5: Java's Building Blocks 129
CHAPTER 6: Working with Java Types 157
CHAPTER 7: Though These Be Methods, Yet There Is Madness in't 169
CHAPTER 8: What Java Does (and When) 187
Part 3: Working with the Big Picture: Object-Oriented Programming 215
CHAPTER 9: Why Object-Oriented Programming Is Like Selling Cheese 217
CHAPTER 10: Saving Time and Money: Reusing Existing Code 267
Part 4: Powering Android with Java Code 295
CHAPTER 11: The Inside Story 297
CHAPTER 12: Dealing with a Bunch of Things at a Time 317
CHAPTER 13: An Android Social Media App 345
CHAPTER 14: Hungry Burds: A Simple Android Game 381
Part 5: The Part of Tens 407
CHAPTER 15: Ten Ways to Avoid Mistakes 409
CHAPTER 16: Ten Websites for Developers 415
Index 417
