Android Studio Development Essentials
Android Studio Development Essentials is currently under development. New chapters are added regularly so check back for the latest updates.
- Creating an Example Android App in Android Studio
- A Tour of the Android Studio User Interface
- Creating an Android Virtual Device (AVD) in Android Studio
- Testing Android Studio Apps on a Physical Android Device
- The Basics of the Android Studio Code Editor
- An Overview of the Android Architecture
- The Anatomy of an Android Studio Android Application
- Understanding Android Application and Activity Lifecycles
- Handling Android Activity State Changes in Android Studio
- Android Activity State Changes - An Android Studio Example
- Saving and Restoring Activity State in Android Studio
- Understanding Android Views, View Groups and Layouts in Android Studio
- A Guide to the Android Studio Designer Tool
- Designing a User Interface using the Android Studio Designer Tool
- Using the Android GridLayout Manager in Android Studio Designer
- Working with the Android GridLayout using XML Layout Resources
- An Overview and Android Studio Example of Android Event Handling
- Android Touch and Multi-touch Event Handling in Android Studio
- Detecting Common Gestures using Android Studio and the Gesture Detector Class
- Implementing Android Custom Gesture Recognition with Android Studio
- The Android Gesture Builder Application
- The GestureOverlayView Class
- Detecting Gestures
- Identifying Specific Gestures
- Adding SD Card Support to an AVD
- Building and Running the Gesture Builder Application
- Creating a Gestures File
- Extracting the Gestures File from the SD Card
- Creating the Example Project
- Adding the Gestures File to the Project
- Designing the User Interface
- Loading the Gestures File
- Registering the Event Listener
- Implementing the onGesturePerformed Method
- Testing the Application
- Configuring the GestureOverlayView
- Intercepting Gestures
- Android Pinch Gesture Detection Tutorial using Android Studio
- An Introduction to Using Fragments in Android Studio
- Using Fragments in Android Studio - An Example
- About the Example Fragment Application
- Creating the Example Project
- Creating the First Fragment Layout
- Creating the First Fragment Class
- Creating the Second Fragment Layout
- Adding the Fragments to the Activity
- Making the Toolbar Fragment Talk to the Activity
- Making the Activity Talk to the Text Fragment]
- Testing the Application
- An Android Studio Master/Detail Flow Tutorial
- The Android Master/Detail Flow
- Creating a Master/Detail Flow Activity
- The Anatomy of the Master/Detail Flow Template
- Modifying the Master/Detail Flow Template
- Changing the Content Model
- Changing the Detail Pane
- Modifying the WebsiteDetailFragment Class
- Adding Manifest Permissions
- Running the Application
- Creating and Managing Overflow Menus in Android Studio
- Animating User Interfaces in Android Studio using the Transitions Framework
- An Android Studio Transition Tutorial using beginDelayedTransition
- Implementing Android Scene Transitions – An Android Studio Tutorial
- An Overview of the Scene Transition Project
- Creating the Android Studio SceneTransitions Project
- Identifying and Preparing the Root Container
- Designing the First Scene
- Designing the Second Scene
- Entering the First Scene
- Loading Scene 2
- Implementing the Transitions
- Adding the Transition File
- Loading and Using the Transition Set
- Configuring Additional Transitions