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    Android App Development and Design: Learn by Video

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    Overview

    This innovative product uses interactive video to give developer/designers a solid understanding of how to design apps that can run on many different Android-based devices, under Android versions up to 2.3. Users will learn to set up an Android development environment, define device emulators, and connect to actual Android devices. The video also explains the fundamentals of Android layouts and user interfaces. It introduces the process of programming an app's interaction with Activities and Services and explains how to access existing Android system components. It also looks at how to ensure that an app runs on as many Android devices, screen sizes, and form factors as possible. It also explains how to package an app and publish it to the Android Marketplace. Experienced instructor Constantin Ehrenstein presents five hours of exceptional quality video tutorials, complete with lesson files, assessment quizzes, and review materials. The video is wrapped in a unique interface that allows the viewer to jump to any topic and also bookmark individual sections for later review. The unique Watch-and-Work mode shrinks the video into a small window to allow the student to work alongside the video. Project files used in the lessons are included on the disc so viewers can practice what they've learned, and interactive review questions help reinforce freshly gained knowledge.

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    Average Rating: 3.590909090909091 out of 5 rating Based on 22 Ratings

    "Developer" - by Debasys on 05-JAN-2012
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    Its meant to be a starter but is too fast for a novice and doesn't go to any detail to be useful for an experienced developer.
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    "Android App Development and Design: Learn by Video" - by Dr. C on 06-JUL-2011
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    NO source files, inconsistencies, missing explanaitions = BIG headache. Moreover, nobody responds to my request for the errata and files. I spent 3x the effort trying to understand sections because the author wrote code files and assets that were never shown or explained. VERY frustrating.
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    Table of Contents

    Chapter/Selection

    Time

    Setting Up Eclipse and the Tools You'll Need

    Downloading Eclipse, Java, and the Android SDK

    Play Video

    00:02:35

    Installing Eclipse, Java, the Android SDK, and ADT

    Preview

    00:05:08

    Updating the SDK Manager with the Latest Packages and Third-Party Tools

    Play Video

    00:02:42

    Defining Emulators

    Creating a Generic Emulator

    Preview

    00:04:34

    Creating an Emulator That Looks Like a Device

    Preview

    00:02:45

    Connecting to a Device

    Installing USB Drivers

    Preview

    00:02:35

    Preparing Your Device for Debugging

    Preview

    00:01:26

    Exploring Your Device in the IDE

    Preview

    00:02:04

    Creating an App

    Defining an Android Project

    Preview

    00:10:31

    A Quick Look at an App in the Emulator

    Preview

    00:03:50

    Android UI 101: Principles and Paradigms

    Preview

    00:04:31

    The Structure of an Android Project

    Preview

    00:05:13

    Views and Layouts

    Defining a Simple Layout with ADT

    Preview

    00:10:15

    A Closer Look at Layout Markup

    Preview

    00:05:37

    Reusable Layout Components

    Preview

    00:02:35

    Resources, Styles and Themes

    Pulling Text and Definitions out of Your Layout

    Preview

    00:06:24

    Collecting Properties in Styles

    Preview

    00:07:55

    Defining a Theme

    Preview

    00:04:17

    Defining Button States

    Preview

    00:04:52

    Drawables, Densities, and DPI

    Inserting Drawables

    Preview

    00:02:29

    Creating Scalable Drawables

    Preview

    00:05:53

    The Meaning of Android's Densities

    Preview

    00:04:36

    Creating Drawables for Each Density

    Preview

    00:04:18

    Using a Custom Font

    Preview

    00:06:59

    Activities 101

    Understanding the Activity Lifecycle

    Preview

    00:07:44

    Creating and Registering New Activities

    Preview

    00:06:23

    Calling Subactivities with Intents

    Preview

    00:06:06

    Permissions and Access to Hardware and Other Components

    Understanding Android's Permissions

    Preview

    00:03:36

    Reading Sensor Data

    Preview

    00:10:29

    Invoking the Contacts Application

    Preview

    00:05:15

    Lists and Adapters

    Preview

    00:05:41

    Accessing Contacts Data

    Preview

    00:11:20

    Menus

    Creating Option Menus

    Preview

    00:07:50

    Creating Context Menus

    Preview

    00:04:32

    SQLite Databases in Android

    Preview

    00:09:52

    Reading from a Database Table

    Preview

    00:06:48

    Writing to a Database Table

    Preview

    00:07:35

    Putting It All Together: Finalizing the Star Log

    Preview

    00:07:42

    Aiming at the Right Devices

    Preview

    00:04:41

    Form Factors and Screen Sizes

    Play Video

    00:04:02

    Packaging a Release Build

    Preview

    00:02:52

    Publishing Your App

    Preview

    00:05:51

    Extras

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    <para>Lesson Files</para>

    • 01_Setting_Up_Your_Environment.zip
    • 02_Building_Your_Apps_UI.zip
    • 03_Programming_Interaction.zip
    • 04_Persisting_Application_Data.zip
    • 05_Publishing_Your_App.zip
    • Booklet.pdf
    • DT-4000_final.zip