Android Apprentice (Second Edition): Beginning Android Development with Kotlin

Introduction
Book License
Book Source Code & Forums
About the Cover
Chapter 1: Setting Up Android Studio
	Getting started
	Your first Android project
	Android Studio
	Creating an Android virtual device
	Setting up an Android device
	Running the app
	Installing new versions of Android Studio
	Where to go from here?
Chapter 2: Layouts
	Getting started
	These are not the SDKs you’re looking for
	The Visual editor
	Component tree view
	Positioning your views
	Adding rules to your position
	Finishing the screen
	Where to go from here?
Chapter 3: Activities
	Getting started
	Exploring Activities
	Hooking up Views
	Managing strings in your app
	Progressing the game
	Starting the game
	Ending the game
	Where to go from here?
Chapter 4: Debugging
	Getting started
	Add some logging
	Orientation changes
	Breakpoints
	Restarting the game
	Where to go from here?
Chapter 5: Prettifying the App
	Getting started
	Changing the app bar color
	Animations
	Adding a Dialog
	Where to go from here?
Chapter 6: Creating a New Project
	Getting started
	Creating a new Android project
	Targeting Android devices
	Where to go from here?
Chapter 7: RecyclerViews
	Getting started
	Adding a RecyclerView
	The components of a RecyclerView
	Hooking up a RecyclerView
	Setting up a RecyclerView Adapter
	Filling in the blanks
	Creating the ViewHolder
	Binding data to your ViewHolder
	The moment of truth
	Where to go from here?
Chapter 8: SharedPreferences
	Getting started
	Adding a Dialog
	Creating a list
	Hooking up the Activity
	Where to go from here?
Chapter 9: Communicating Between Activities
	Getting started
	Creating a new Activity
	The app manifest
	Intents
	Intents and Parcels
	Bringing everything together
	Where to go from here?
Chapter 10: Completing the Detail View
	Getting started
	Coding the RecyclerView
	Adapting the Adapter
	Visualizing the ViewHolder
	Getting the list back
	Where to go from here?
Chapter 11: Using Fragments
	Getting started
	Creating a Fragment
	What is a Fragment?
	From Activity to Fragments
	Showing the Fragment
	Creating your next Fragment
	Bringing the Activity into action
	Where to go from here?
Chapter 12: Material Design
	What is Material Design?
	Primary and secondary colors
	Card views
	Where to go from here?
Chapter 13: Creating a Map-Based App
	Getting started
	About PlaceBook
	Making a plan
	Location service components
	Map wizard walk-through
	Google Maps API key
	Maps and the emulator
	Running the app
	The difficulty of determining locations
	Where to go from here?
Chapter 14: User Location & Permissions
	Getting started
	Adding location services
	Creating the location services client
	Querying current location
	Faking locations in the emulator
	Tracking the user’s location
	My location
	Where to go from here?
Chapter 15: Google Places
	Getting started
	Places API overview
	Selecting points of interest
	Load place details
	Custom info window
	Where to go from here?
Chapter 16: Saving Bookmarks with Room
	Getting started
	Room overview
	Room and Android Architecture Components
	PlaceBook architecture
	Development approach
	Adding the architecture components
	Room classes
	Creating the Repository
	The ViewModel
	Adding bookmarks
	Observing database changes
	Where to go from here?
Chapter 17: Detail Activity
	Getting started
	Fixing the info window
	Bookmark detail activity
	Where to go from here?
Chapter 18: Navigation & Photos
	Getting started
	Bookmark navigation
	Custom photos
	Where to go from here?
Chapter 19: Finishing Touches
	Getting started
	Bookmark categories
	Searching for places
	Create ad-hoc bookmarks
	Deleting bookmarks
	Sharing bookmarks
	Color scheme
	Progress indicator
	Where to go from here?
Chapter 20: Networking
	Getting started
	Where are the podcasts?
	Android networking
	PodPlay architecture
	iTunes search service
	Retrofit
	Where to go from here?
Chapter 21: Finding Podcasts
	Android search
	Where to go from here?
Chapter 22: Podcast Details
	Getting started
	Defining the Layouts
	Basic architecture
	Details Fragment
	Where to go from here?
Chapter 23: Podcast Episodes
	Getting started
	Updating the podcast repo
	Episode list adapter
	Where to go from here?
Chapter 24: Podcast Subscriptions, Part One
	Getting started
	Saving podcasts
	Where to go from here?
Chapter 25: Podcast Subscriptions, Part Two
	Getting started
	Background methods
	Episode update logic
	Firebase JobDispatcher
	Where to go from here?
Chapter 26: Podcast Playback
	Getting started
	Media player basics
	Building the MediaBrowserService
	Connecting the MediaBrowser
	Foreground service
	Final pieces
	Where to go from here?
Chapter 27: Episode Player
	Getting started
	Video playback
	Where to go from here?
Chapter 28: Android Fragmentation & Support Libraries
	Android: An open operating system
	How fragmenting occurs
	The Android Support Libraries
	Where to go from here?
Chapter 29: Keeping Your App Up to Date
	Following Android trends
	Android versions
	Screen size and density
	OpenGL versions
	Managing Android updates
	Working with older versions of Android
	Where to go from here?
Chapter 30: Preparing for Release
	Code cleanup
	Versioning information
	Build release version
	Check file size
	Release testing
	Google Play Store
	Where to go from here?
Chapter 31: Testing & Publishing
	Release types
	Determining the content rating
	Pricing and distribution
	Version codes
	Beta release
	Production release
	Post-production
	Other publishing methods
Conclusion