All About Android

• The Consumer Perspective
• The Developer Perspective
• The Business Perspective

Installing Software Tools

• Java Development Kit
• Android SDK Starter Package
• Eclipse Development Environment
• Configuring Eclipse
• Configuring the Android SDK

Creating an Android App

• Creating the First App
• Testing Apps on a Real Device
• Examining a Basic Android App

Conjuring and Embellishing an Android App

• Dragging, Dropping, and Tweaking an App
• Debugging
• Improving the App

Using the Eclipse Workbench

• Some Useful Views
• Working with Java Code
• Eclipse Project considerations

Java Considerations

• From Development to Execution with Java
• Grasping Java Code

What Java Does (and When)

• Making Decisions (Java if Statements)
• Repeating Instructions Over and Over Again
• Jumping Away from Trouble

Object-Oriented Programming in Java

• Static Fields and Methods
• Interfaces and Callbacks
• Classes That Must (And Must Not) Be Extended
• Inner Classes

A Look at XML

• XML Isn't Ordinary Text
• What's in a Namespace?

Android Activities

• The Activity Lifecycle
• Getting Results Back from an Activity
• Applications Don't Feel Left Out

Intents and Intent Filters

• How to Make a Match
• Practice, Practice, Practice
• Activities and Stacks

Services

• A Simple Service
• Running a Service at Boot Time
• Starting and Binding
• Talking about the Weather
• Getting Real Weather Data
• Talking to a Service

Broadcast Receivers

• Receivers 101
• Beyond the Fundamentals
• Standard Broadcasts

Content Providers

• Database history
• Working with a Database
• Creating and Using a Content Provider

Layout Design

• Android Layouts
• Linear Layout
• Attributes
• Relative Layout
• Table Layout
• Frame Layout

Menus, Lists, and Notifications

• Menu overview
• Creating an Options Menu
• Creating a Context Menu
• Working with Lists
• Displaying Two (or More) Values in a List
• Notifying the User

An Android Potpourri

• Making Phone Calls
• Sending a Text Message
• Working with Device Sensors
• Drawing, Dragging, and Zooming

Apps for Tablets

• What Fragments Can Do For You
• Getting the Best of Both Worlds

Publishing an App to the Android Market

• Preparing the Code
• Creating the APK File
• Creating an Android Market Account
• Pricing the Application
• Getting Screen Shots for the Application
• Uploading the Application to the Android Market

Publishing an App to the Amazon Appstore

• Becoming an Amazon Appstore Developer
• Uploading an App

Creating Code Quickly with App Inventor

• Getting Started with App Inventor
• Creating a Project
• Using the Designer
• Using the Blocks Editor

More App Inventor Magic

• Snap a Photo
• Send a Text Message
• Travel to the Orient
• Animate!
• Using a Database
• Starting another Android App

How to "Rough It" without Eclipse

• Preliminaries
• Meet Apache Ant
• Getting Ready for Text-Based Development
• Android Development with Ant
• Android Development with Operating System Commands

Going Native

• The Native Development Kit
• Creating an Application