Android UI fundamantals : develop and design

Author Jason Ostrander walks developers through the different choices available on their way to creating a well-designed application for Android. While building a simple application, Jason works through the basics of Android UI development including layout, event handling, menus and notifications. The author then shows the proper way to load and display images, create advanced dialogs and progress indicators, add animation, and how to build custom UI elements. Jason discusses the proper way of adding interaction through gestures and the advanced graphical options available using Canvas, Renderscript and OpenGL. Finally, he discusses tablet development, the unique differences between phone and tablet UI, and the new APIs available to tablet developers.

Author Notes

Jason Ostrander is a web and mobile software developer working at Silicon Valley startup double Twist, where he makes syncing media to Android phones dead simple. Prior to that, he solved networking problems at energy management startup Sentilla and defense company Northrop Grumman. Jason holds an MS in electrical engineering from UCLA. He lives with his wife, Susan, in San Francisco's Mission District, where he spends his time searching for the perfect chile relleno. You can follow him on Twitter jasonostrander.

Introduction	p. viii
Welcome to Android	p. x
Part 1 Basic Android UI
Chapter 1 Getting Started	p. 2
Hello World	p. 4
Basic Structure of an Android App	p. 9
Android UI Basics	p. 14
Tools	p. 22
Wrapping Up	p. 32
Chapter 2 Creating Your First Application	p. 34
Creating an App	p. 36
Getting Started with Android Views	p. 37
Arranging Views	p. 41
Displaying a List	p. 52
Understanding Activities	p. 57
Preventing ANRs	p. 64
Finishing the Time Tracker App	p. 71
Wrapping Up	p. 73
Chapter 3 Going Further	p. 74
Supporting Multiple Screen Sizes	p. 76
Handling Notifications	p. 84
Handling Events	p. 92
Creating Menus	p. 96
Implementing the Time Tracker	p. 102
Wrapping Up	p. 107
Part 2 The View Framework
Chapter 4 Basic Views	p. 110
Creating a Basic Form	p. 112
Displaying Images	p. 124
Creating Maps and Displaying Websites	p. 130
Wrapping Up	p. 136
Chapter 5 Reusable UI	p. 138
Abstracting Your Layouts	p. 140
Abstracting Styles and Themes	p. 148
Using Fragments	p. 153
Wrapping Up	p. 162
Chapter 6 Navigation and Data Loading	p. 164
Introducing the Action Bar	p. 166
Navigating Your App	p. 172
Loading Data into Views	p. 181
Wrapping Up	p. 186
Chapter 7 Android Widgets	p. 188
Creating a Basic Widget	p. 190
Creating a Collection Widget	p. 206
Wrapping Up	p. 211
Part 3 Advanced UI Development
Chapter 8 Handling Gestures	p. 214
Listening to Touch Events	p. 216
Responding to Gestures	p. 224
Wrapping Up	p. 229
Chapter 9 Animation	p. 230
Creating Drawable Animations	p. 232
Creating View Animations	p. 235
Creating Property Animations	p. 246
Wrapping Up	p. 255
Chapter 10 Creating Custom Views	p. 256
Understanding How Android Draws Views	p. 258
Creating a Custom View	p. 259
Adding Custom Attributes to Your Custom Views	p. 267
Creating Compound Components	p. 274
Wrapping Up	p. 279
Chapter 11 Creating Advanced Graphics	p. 280
Using Canvas	p. 282
Using RenderScript	p. 289
Using OpenGL	p. 294
Wrapping Up	p. 301
Chapter 12 Localization and Accessibility	p. 302
Making Your App Available in Multiple Languages	p. 304
Making Your App Accessible	p. 309
Wrapping Up	p. 315
Index	p. 316

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