Android Design Patterns and Best Practice

Cover
 Copyright
 Credits
 About the Author
 About the Reviewer
 www.PacktPub.com
 Customer Feedback
 Table of Contents
 Preface
 Chapter 1: Design Patterns
 How this book works
 What we will build
 The scenario
 The problem
 The solution
 Targeting platform versions
 The support library
 The factory pattern
 UML diagrams
 Running and testing an app
 Connecting to a real device
 Connecting to a virtual device
 Monitoring devices
 The abstract factory pattern
 Working with more than one factory
 Summary
 Chapter 2: Creational Patterns
 Applying themes
 Customizing color and text. Using palettesCustomizing text
 Adding image resources
 Managing screen densities
 Using designated resources
 Creating a card view
 Understanding card view properties
 Applying CardView metrics
 Updating the factory pattern
 Applying a builder pattern
 Summary
 Chapter 3: Material Patterns
 The app-bar
 Image assets
 Applying actions
 App bar structure
 Phones
 Tablets
 The navigation drawer
 Drawer construction
 Ratio keylines
 Activating the drawer
 Adding fragments
 Right handed drawers
 The singleton pattern
 Summary
 Chapter 4: Layout Patterns
 Linear layouts
 Weight and gravity. Relative layoutsThe percent support library
 Screen rotation
 Large screen layouts
 Width qualifiers
 Layout aliases
 The strategy pattern
 Summary
 Chapter 5: Structural Patterns
 Generating lists
 List item layouts
 Material font sizes
 Connecting data
 Translating string resources
 Adapters and layout managers
 The adapter pattern
 The bridge pattern
 The facade pattern
 The criteria pattern
 Summary
 Chapter 6: Activating Patterns
 Collapsing toolbars
 Applying a data factory pattern
 Positioning item layouts
 Using the factory with the RecyclerView
 Adding dividers. Configuring the floating action buttonThe dialog builder
 Custom dialogs
 Adding swipe and dismiss actions
 Constructing layout builders
 Summary
 Chapter 7: Combining Patterns
 Outlining specifications
 The prototype pattern
 Setting up a prototype
 Applying the prototype
 The decorator design pattern
 Setting up a decorator
 Applying the decorator
 Extending the decorator
 A sandwich builder pattern
 Applying the pattern
 Connecting to a UI
 Selecting patterns
 Adding a decorator
 Attaching the pattern
 Connecting the pattern to the UI
 Summary
 Chapter 8: Composing Patterns. The composite patternAdding a builder
 A Layout composer
 Adding components
 Creating composites
 Create composite layouts
 Formatting layouts at runtime
 Storage options
 Creating static files
 Creating and editing application files
 Storing user preferences
 The activity life cycle
 Applying preferences
 Adding a unique identifier
 Summary
 Chapter 9: Observing Patterns
 The Observer pattern
 Creating the pattern
 Adding a notification
 Utility observers and observables
 Notifications
 Setting an intent
 Customizing and configuring notifications
 Visibility and priority
 Services
 Summary.