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Build Android apps using the popular and efficient Android Studio 3 suite of tools, an integrated development environment (IDE) for Android developers using Java APIs. With this book, you´ll learn the latest and most productive tools in the Android tools ecosystem, ensuring quick Android app development and minimal effort on your part. Along the way, you´ll use Android Studio to develop Java-based Android apps, tier by tier through practical examples. These examples cover core Android topics such as notifications and toast; intents and broadcast receivers; and services. Then, you´ll learn how to publish your apps and sell them online and in the Google Play store.
What You´ll Learn

Use Android Studio 3 to quickly and confidently build your first Android apps

Build an Android user interface using activities and layouts, event handling, images, menus and the action bar

Incorporate new elements including fragments

Integrate data with data persistence

Access the cloud

Who This Book Is For
Those who may be new to Android Studio 3 or Android Studio in general. You may or may not be new to Android development in general. Some prior experience with Java is also recommended.

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1. Introduction 2. Android Studio 3. Application Fundamentals 4. Activities and Layouts 5. Handling Events 6. Working with Multiple Activities 7. UI Elements 8. Running in the Background 9. Debugging 10. Data Persistence 11. App Distribution Appendix A. Introduction to Java.

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Ted Hagos is currently heading the software development group of a Dublin-based software development company. He is a certified Java programmer and enterprise architect. He has over 15 years of software development experience, and many years of experience in corporate training. He held a post as instructor in IBM Advanced Career Education, Ateneo ITI and Asia Pacific College, and has trained hundreds of programmers in various languages and platforms.

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