Preface xiv 1 Development Tools 1 Android Studio 1 Installing Android Studio 2 Using Android Studio 4 Starting a New Project 6Standalone SDK Tools 9Android Device Emulation 10 Android Virtual Device 11 GenyMotion 12 Xamarin Android Player 13Version-Control Systems 14 Subversion 14 Git 14 Mercurial 15Summary 15 2 Testing and Debugging 17 Unit Testing 17Integration Testing 20Debugging 25 Profiling 25 Tracing 27 Messaging 29Summary 32 3 Application Structure 33 Manifests 34Java 36Res (Resources) 37 Drawable 37 Layout 39 Menu 39 Values 40 Other Resources 41Gradle 41Summary 42 4 Components 45 Intents 45 Intent Filters 46 Broadcast Receivers 47Activities 48 Creating an Activity 48 Activity Lifecycle 49Fragments 52 Creating a Fragment 52 Communicating with Fragments 55 Loaders 56Summary 58 5 Views 59 The View Class 59 The AnalogClock Subclass 60 The ImageView Subclass 60 The KeyboardView Subclass 60 The MediaRouteButton Subclass 62 The ProgressBar Subclass 62 The Space Subclass 64 The SurfaceView Subclass 64 The TextView Subclass 65 The TextureView Subclass 65 The ViewGroup Subclass 66 The ViewStub Subclass 68Creating a Custom View 68Summary 70 6 Layout 71 Layout Basics 71 Layout Measurements 72 Layout Coordinates 73Layout Containers 74 Linear Layout 74 Relative Layout 76 Table Layout 79 Frame Layout 80 WebView 82Summary 83 7 App Widgets 85 App Widget Layouts 86The AppWidgetProviderInfo Object 88 App Widget Sizing 89 Update Frequency 90 Preview Image 90 Widget Category 92 Widget Category Layout 92 Resizable Mode 93 Sample AppWidgetProviderInfo Object 93The AppWidgetProvider Class 94Application Manifest Entries 96Summary 97 8 Application Design: Using MVC 99 Model 100View 101Controller 102Working Asynchronously 104 AsyncTask 105Summary 106 9 Drawing and Animation 107 Graphics 107 Bitmaps 107 NinePatch 109 Drawables 111 OpenGL ES 114Animation 117 View Animation 117 Property Animation 118 Drawable Animation 122 Transition Framework 123Summary 125 10 Networking 127 Accessing the Internet 127 Network Detection 127 Using an HTTP Client 129Parsing XML 131Handling Network Operations Asynchronously 133Volley 135Summary 138 11 Working with Location Data 139 Permissions 139Google Play Services Locations API 148Summary 153 12 Multimedia 155 Working with Audio 155 Audio Playback 156 Audio Recording 159Working with Video 161 Video Playback 162Summary 165 13 Optional Hardware APIs 167 Bluetooth 167 Enabling Bluetooth 168 Discovering Devices with Bluetooth 169 Connecting via Bluetooth Classic 171 Communicating with BLE 173Near Field Communication 176 ACTION_NDEF_DISCOVERED 177 ACTION_TECH_DISCOVERED 178 ACTION_TAG_DISCOVERED 179Device Sensors 181 Detecting the Available Sensors 182 Reading Sensor Data 183Summary 185 14 Managing Account Data 187 Getting Accounts 187Android Backup Service 188Using Google Drive Android API 191Using Google Play Games Services 195 Working with Saved Games 196Summary 199 15 Google Play Services 201 Adding Google Play Services 201Using Google API Client 203Google Fit 207 Enable API and Authentication 207 App Configuration and Connection 208Nearby Messages API 209 Enabling Nearby Messages 209 Sending and Receiving Messages 210Summary 214 16 Android Wear 217 Android Wear Basics 217Screen Considerations 218Debugging 221 Connecting to an Emulator 221 Connecting to a Wear Device 222Communicating with Android Wear 224 Notifications 224 Sending Data 226Summary 228 17 Google Analytics 229 Adding Google Analytics 229Google Analytics Basics 232 Events 233 Goals 234 Ecommerce 235 Custom Timings 235 Custom Dimensions 236 Custom Metrics 236Summary 237 18 Optimization 239 Application Optimization 239 Application First 239 Application Logging 241 Application Configuration 242Memory Management 243 Garbage Collection Monitoring 245 Checking Memory Usage 245Performance 247 Working with Objects 247 Static Methods and Variables 248 Enhanced for Loops 248 float, double, and int 249 Optimized Data Containers 249Summary 249 19 Android TV 251 The Big Picture 251 Ten-Foot View 252 TV Capabilities 254 Text, Color, and Bitmaps 255Building an App 258Emulation and Testing 261Summary 263 20 Application Deployment 265 Preparing for Deployment 265Production Checklist 266 Certificate Keys 266 Contact Email 266 App Website 267 External Services or Servers 267 Application Icon 267 Licensing 268 Appropriate Package Name 268 Verifying Permissions and Requirements 269 Log and Debug Removal 270 Removal of Excess Unused Assets 270Preparing for Google Play 270 Application Screenshots 271 Promo Video 271 High-Res Icon 271 Feature Graphic 272 Promo Graphic 272 Banner for Android TV 272 Getting Paid 272APK Generation 273Summary 274 Index 275.