The definitive guide to Android development 1st edition

Part 1 Preparation

Chapter 1 First Encounter with the True Face of Lushan - Introduction to Android Development 2

1.1 Basic Concepts of Android 2

1.1.1 Introduction to Android 2

1.1.2 Android version 4

1.1.3 Android System Architecture 5

1.1.4 Android Application Framework 6

1.2 Introduction to JIL Widget 7

1.3 Summary 8

Chapter 2 If you want to do a good job, you must first sharpen your tools - building and using the Android development environment 9

2.1 Installation of development kits and tools 9

2.1.1 What is needed to develop Android programs 9

2.1.2 Installing the JDK and Configuring the Java Development Environment 10

2.1.3　eclipseThe installation with Sinicization 11

2.1.4 Install Android SDK 12

2.1.5 Installing the Eclipse Plugin ADT 13

2.2 Real Experience – Writing the First Android Program (Random Drawing Pie) 15

2.2.1 Creating an Android Project 15

2.2.2 Run Android Programs in Emulators 17

2.2.3 Layout of Interface Controls 19

2.2.4 Writing Code 20

2.2.5 Debugging Procedure 23

2.2.6 Running and Debugging Programs on Mobile Phones 28

2.3 Errors that may occur in the migration project 29

2.4 A development tool that doesn't require a single line of code: AppInventor 31

2.4.1 Introduction to AppInventor 31

2.4.2 Downloading and Installing AppIntentor 31

2.4.3 Designing the Interface by Dragging Controls 33

2.4.4 Assemble Code 34 Like a Puzzle

2.5 Summary 37

Part 2 Basics

Chapter 3 A Journey of a Thousand Miles Begins with a Single Step - Android Programming Basics 40

3.1 Android Application Framework 40

3.1.1 Directory Structure of Android Projects 40

3.1.2　AndroidManifest.xml fileThe structure of 42

3.2 Resources in Android Applications 44

3.3 Application Components for Android 44

3.3.1 Activity (Android Forms) 45

3.3.2 Service 45

3.3.3 Broadcast Receiver 45

3.3.4 Content Provider 46

3.4 UI Design of Android Programs 46

3.4.1 Manually Configuring XML Layout Files 46

3.4.2 ADT's Built-in Visual UI Designer 47

3.4.3 Designing UI Layout with DroidDraw 47

3.5 Summary 48

Chapter 4 My UI - Basics of User Interface Development 49

4.1 How to Use Activity 49

4.1.1 Creating Activity 49

4.1.2 Configuring Activity 50

4.1.3 Displaying Other Activities (Intents and Activities) 52

4.2 Activity Lifecycle 55

4.3 Passing Data Between Different Activities 60

4.3.1 Using Intents to Pass Data 60

4.3.2 Passing Data Using Static Variables 62

4.3.3 Using the Clipboard to Transfer Data 63

4.3.4 Passing Data Using Global Objects 65

4.3.5 Return data to the previous Activity 67

4.4 View 68

4.4.1 Introduction to Views 68

4.4.2 Defining Views Using XML Layout Files 69

4.4.3 Control View 70 in Code

4.5 Layout 72

4.5.1 FrameLayout 72

4.5.2 LinearLayout 75

4.5.3 RelativeLayout 79

4.5.4 TableLayout 81

4.5.5 AbsoluteLayout 82

4.5.6 Reusing XML Layout Files 82

4.5.7 Optimizing XML Layout Files 85

4.5.8 Viewingapk fileLayout in 86

4.6 Summary 87

Chapter 5 A Good Start to Learning - Detailed Explanation of Widgets 88

5.1 Parsing Common XML Attributes 88

5.1.1 android:id attribute 88

5.1.2 Width (Android:layout_width) and Height (Android:layout_height) 88 for Controls

5.1.3 android:layout_margin attribute 89

5.1.4 android:padding attribute 89

5.1.5 android: layout_weight attribute 90

5.1.6 android:layout_gravity and android:gravity attributes 90

5.1.7 android:visibility attribute 91

5.1.8 android:background attribute 91

5.1.9 Specifying the Click Event Method (android:onClick Property) 92

5.1.10 Control Focus Properties (android:focusable and android:focusable-InTouchMode) 92

5.2 TextView (Controls for Displaying Text) 93

5.2.1 Displaying Rich Text (URL, Text of Different Sizes, Fonts, Colors) 93

5.2.2 Displaying Emoji Images and Text in TextView 97

5.2.3 Click the link to pop up Activity 100

5.2.4 Adding a Background to Specified Text 103

5.2.5 TextView with Border 106

5.2.6 Set the Line Spacing 110

5.2.7 Adding an ellipsis (...) 111 after unfinished text

5.2.8 Implementing the Marquee Effect with TextView 113

5.2.9 Scrolling Text in TextView Vertically 114

5.3 EditText 115

5.3.1 Input an expression image like QQ 115

5.3.2 Entering a Specific Character 117 in EditText

5.3.3 AutoCompleteText-View (Control for Auto-CompleteText-View) 118

5.4 Button and Checkbox Controls 120

5.4.1 Button (Normal Button Control) 120

5.4.2 Button for Mixing Graphics and Text 122

5.4.3 ImageButton 124

5.4.4 RadioButton 124

5.4.5 ToggleButton 125

5.4.6 CheckBox (Checkbox Control) 126

5.5 ImageView (Control for Displaying Images) 128

5.5.1 Basic Usage of ImageView Control 128

5.5.2 Display of Images of Specified Areas 129

5.5.3 Scaling and Rotating Images 132

5.6 Time and Date Controls 133

5.6.1 DatePicker (Control for Entering Dates) 133

5.6.2 TimePicker (Control for Entering Time) 134

5.6.3 DatePicker, TimePicker, and TextView Synchronously Display Date and Time 134

5.6.4 AnalogClock and DigitalClock (Controls to Display the Clock) 136

5.7 Progress Bar Controls 137

5.7.1 ProgressBar 137

5.7.2 SeekBar 139

5.7.3 Setting the Color and Background of the ProgressBar and SeekBar 140

5.7.4 RatingBar 143

5.8 List Controls 145

5.8.1 ListView (Normal List Control) 145

5.8.2 Adding Checkboxes and Option Buttons to ListView List Items 147

5.8.3 Adding, deleting, and modifying list items 149

5.8.4 Changing the Background Color of List Items 153

5.8.5 ListActivity 154

5.8.6 ExpandableListView 155

5.8.7 Spinner (Drop-down List Control) 157

5.9 Scroll Controls 160

5.9.1 ScrollView (Vertical Scroll Control) 160

5.9.2 HorizontalScrollView 161

5.9.3 Vertical and Horizontal Scrollable Views 162

5.9.4 Gallery 163

5.10 ImageSwitcher 164

5.11 GridView 166

5.12 TabHost (Tag Control) 168

5.13 ViewStub 169

5.14 Summary 171

Chapter 6 Friendly Menus - Menu Introduction and Examples 172

6.1 Basic Usage of Menus 172

6.1.1 Creating an Options Menu 172

6.1.2 Options Menu with Images 173

6.1.3 Associate Activity 173

6.1.4 Click Action of Response Menu 174

6.1.5 Dynamic Add, Modify, and Delete Options Menu 175

6.1.6 Submenu 176 with Checkboxes and Options Buttons

6.1.7 Context Menu 178

6.1.8 Menu Events 179

6.1.9 Loading Menu 180 from Menu Resources

6.2 Menu Effects 181

6.2.1 Customizing the Menu 181

6.2.2 Simulating UC Web Effects Menu 184

6.2.3 QuickContactBadge and Contact Menu 189

6.3 Summary 192

Chapter 7 Friendly Interaction - Information Reminders (Dialog Boxes, Toasts and Notifications) 193

7.1 Basic Usage of Dialog Boxes 193

7.1.1 Dialog Box 193 with 2 Buttons (Confirm/Cancel).

7.1.2 Dialog Box 195 with 3 Buttons (Override/Ignore/Cancel).

7.1.3 Simple List Dialog Box 196

7.1.4 Radio List Dialog Box 198

7.1.5 Multi-Select List Dialog Box 199

7.1.6 Progress Dialog Box 201

7.1.7 Login Dialog Box 205

7.1.8 Using Activity Hosting Dialog 207

7.2 Advanced Applications of Dialog Boxes 209

7.2.1 Preventing Button Clicking to Close Dialog Box 209

7.2.2 Changing the Display Position of the Dialog Box 213

7.2.3 Inserting Images in Dialog Button and Content Text 215

7.2.4 Changing the Transparency of the Dialog Box 216

7.3　Toast　217

7.3.1 Basic Usage of Toast 217

7.3.2 Toast 218 that never closes

7.3.3 Using PopupWindow to Simulate Toast Prompt Infobox 221

7.4 Notification 221

7.4.1 Displaying Notification Information on the Status Bar 222

7.4.2 Clearing Action of Notification 224

7.4.3 Persistent Notification 225

7.4.4 Customizing Notifications 226

7.5 Summary 227

Chapter 8 Mobile Information Warehouse - Data Storage 228

8.1 Read and write key-value pairs: SharedPreferences 228

8.1.1 Basic Usage of SharedPreferences 228

8.1.2 Storage Location and Format of Data 229

8.1.3 Accessing Complex Types of Data 230

8.1.4 Setting Access Permissions for Data Files 233

8.1.5 Activity:PreferenceActivity 234 can be saved

8.2 File Storage 238

8.2.1 openFileOutput and openFileInput methods 238

8.2.2 Reading and Writing Files in SD Card 239

8.2.3 Principle of SAX Engine Reading XML Files 241

8.2.4 Converting XML Files to Java Objects 242

8.2.5 File Compression (Jar, Zip) 245

8.3 SQLite Database 249

8.3.1 SQLite Database Management Tools 249

8.3.2 SQLiteOpenHelper Class and Automatic Upgrade Database 251

8.3.3 Data Binding with SimpleCursorAdapter Class 252

8.3.4 Operating the Database on the SD Card 255

8.3.5 Publishing Databases with Applications 256

8.3.6 In-Memory Database 257

8.4 Summary 258

Chapter 9 Windows in Android - Activity 259

9.1 Calling Activity 259 in other programs

9.1.1 Direct Dial 259

9.1.2 Passing the Telephone Number to the Dial-up Program 259

9.1.3 Calling the Dialer Program 260

9.1.4 Browsing the Web 261

9.1.5 Passing E-mail Address 261 to E-mail Client

9.1.6 Sending E-mail 261

9.1.7 Viewing Contacts 262

9.1.8 Displaying the System Settings Interface (Setting the Main Interface,wifiSettings Interface) 263

9.1.9 Starting the Program for Processing Audio 264

9.2 Customizing Activity Action 264

9.3 Advanced Applications of Activity 266

9.3.1　ActivityGroup　266

9.3.2 Customizing Translucent Windows 268

9.3.3 Animation Effects for Switching Between Activities 269

9.4 Summary 270

Chapter 10 Global Events - Broadcast 271

10.1 What is Broadcasting 271?

10.2 Receiving System Broadcasts 272

10.2.1 SMS Interception 272

10.2.2 Registering the Broadcast Receiver with Code 274

10.2.3 Priority of Broadcast Receiver 275

10.2.4 Incoming and Outgoing Calls Intercept 276

10.2.5 Capturing Screen Hibernation and Wake 280

10.2.6 Automatic Operation 281 at Startup

10.2.7 Displays the current level of the mobile phone battery 282

10.3 Sending Broadcasts 284

10.4 Verifying that the broadcast receiver is registered with 285

10.5 Summary 286

Chapter 11 Cross-Application Data Sources - Content Provider 287

11.1 The Role of Content Provider 287

11.2 Obtaining System Data 288

11.2.1 Reading Contact Information 288

11.2.2 Viewing Received SMS 290

11.3 Customizing Content Provider 291

11.3.1 Querying City Information 291

11.3.2 Adding Access to Content Provider 297

11.4 Summary 298

Chapter 12 Everything for the User - Service Basics and Examples 299

12.1 Service Basics 299

12.1.1 Service Lifecycle 299

12.1.2 Binding Activity and Service 302

12.1.3 Boot Service 305 at Boot

12.1.4 Determining whether a Service is registered with 306

12.1.5 Determining whether a Service has started 307

12.2 Cross-Process Access (AIDL Service) 308

12.2.1 What is AILDL Service 308?

12.2.2 Steps to Establish an AIDL Service 308

12.2.3 Establishing AIDEL Services 308

12.2.4 AITL Services for Delivering Complex Data 312

12.2.5 AIDL and Automatic Hang Up 317

12.3 Summary 319

Chapter 13 Doing a Good Job in Application Bridges: Networks and Communications 320

13.1 WebView Control 320

13.1.1 Browsing Web with WebView Control 320

13.1.2 Loading HTML Code with WebView Control 322

13.2 Accessing HTTP Resources 324

13.2.1 Submitting HTTP GET and HTTP POST Requests 324

13.2.2 HttpURLConnection class 326

13.2.3 Uploading Files 327

13.3 Client Socket 330

13.3.1 Connecting to the Server 331

13.3.2 Scan the server for open port 331

13.3.3 Sending and Receiving Data 333

13.3.4 Obtain the IP address assigned to the mobile phone by the wireless route 334

13.3.5 Setting Socket Option 335

13.4 Server Socket 339

13.4.1 Implementation of Mobile Phone Server 339

13.4.2 Utilizing Sockets to Communicate Between Applications 340

13.5 Bluetooth Communication 342

13.5.1 Introduction to Bluetooth 342

13.5.2 Turning Bluetooth Devices on and Off 343

13.5.3 Searching for Bluetooth Devices 344

13.5.4 Bluetooth Data Transmission 346

13.6 Summary 351

Chapter 14 Cool Your App - Multimedia Development 352

14.1 Music 352

14.1.1 Playing Music 352

14.1.2 Recording 353

14.2 Video 354

14.2.1 Playing Video Using VideoView 354

14.2.2 Playing Video Using SurfaceView 355

14.2.3 Recording Video 357

14.3 Camera 357

14.3.1 Calling the Camera Function of the System 358

14.3.2 Custom Photo Function 359

14.4 Ringtones 364

14.5 Summary 366

Chapter 15 2D Game Development 367

15.1 Drawing the Canvas of the Game 367

15.1.1 Implementing Animation Effects on a View 367

15.1.2 Implementing Animation Effects on SurfaceView 371

15.2 Basics of Drawing Graphics 374

15.2.1 Drawing Pixels 374

15.2.2 Drawing Straight Lines 374

15.2.3 Drawing Circles 375

15.2.4 Drawing Arc 375

15.2.5 Drawing Text 376

15.2.6 Drawing Various Figures 376

15.3 Advanced Image Processing Techniques 380

15.3.1 Drawing Bitmaps 380

15.3.2 Transparency of Images 382

15.3.3 Rotating Images 383

15.3.4 Path 384

15.3.5 Shader Rendering Effects 388

15.4 Frame Animation 392

15.4.1 AnimationDrawable and Frame Animation 392

15.4.2 Playing Gif Animation 394

15.5 Tween Animation 397

15.5.1 Moving Tween Animation 397

15.5.2 Scaling Tweens 399

15.5.3 Rotating Tween Animation 402

15.5.4 Transparency Tween Animation 403

15.6 Summary 404

Chapter 16 Interesting Android Apps 405

16.1 Sensor 405

16.1.1 How to Use Sensor 405

16.1.2 Accelerometer 409

16.1.3 Gravity 409

16.1.4 Light Sensor 410

16.1.5 Gyroscope 411

16.1.6 Orientation 411

16.1.7 Other Sensors 412

16.2 Input and Output Techniques 413

16.2.1 Speech Recognition 413

16.2.2 Gesture Input 415

16.2.3 Speech Reading (TTS) 417

16.3 Google Maps 419

16.4 GPS Positioning 423

16.5 Little things on the table 425

16.5.1 AppWidget 425

16.5.2 Shortcuts 431

16.5.3 Real-Time Folder 433

16.6 Apply more gorgeous - Live Wallpaper 435

16.7 Summary 441

Part 3 Advanced Chapter

Chapter 17 HTML5 and Mobile Web Development 444

17.1 Introduction to HTML5 444

17.2 HTML5 Wonderful Effects Demonstration 445

17.3 HTML5 Application in Android 447

17.4 HTML5 Canvas 448

17.4.1 Canvas Overview 448

17.4.2 Detect whether the browser supports Canvas 449

17.4.3 Using Canvas 450 in Web Pages

17.4.4 Using Path 452

17.4.5 Setting the Line Style 453

17.4.6 Setting the Fill Type 453

17.4.7 Filling Rectangular Area 454

17.4.8 Using Gradient 454

17.4.9 Stretching Canvas Objects 455

17.4.10 Drawing Text on Canvas 456

17.4.11 Using Shadows 457

17.5 Debugging JavaScript 458

17.6 Summary 459

Chapter 18 Input Method Development 460

18.1 Introduction to Android Input Methods 460

18.2 Control Input Method 461

18.3 Input Method Practice 462

18.3.1 Step 463 of Implementing the Input Method

18.3.2 Writing Input Method Programs 463

18.3.3 Lifecycle of Input Method Services 466

18.3.4 Pre-Enter Text 467

18.3.5 Input Method Settings 467

18.4 Summary 468

Chapter 19 Android OpenGL ES Development Fundamentals 469

19.1 Introduction to OpenGL 469

19.2 What is OpenGL ES 469?

19.3 Polygons 470

19.4 Color 474

19.5 Rotating Triangle 475

19.6 Rotating Cube 477

19.7 Summary 478

Chapter 20 OpenGL ES Cool Effects 479

20.1 Maintaining Balance Rotating Text 479

20.2 Android Robot 482 Swaying Left and Right

20.3 Tangled Rotating Cube 485

20.4 Rotating Cube with Transparent Background 486

20.5 Touch the rotating cube 487

20.6 Combined Rotation Effects of 2D and 3D 489

20.7 Rotating Three-Dimensional Sky 491

20.8 Summary 493

Chapter 21 Android NDK Programming 494

21.1 Introduction to Android NDK 494

21.2 Installing, Configuring, and Testing the NDK Development Environment 495

21.2.1 System and Software Requirements 495

21.2.2 Download and install Android NDK 495

21.2.3 Download and install Cygwin 495

21.2.4 Configuring the Development Environment of the Android NDK 498

21.3 First NDK Program: Hello World 499

21.3.1 Writing and Calling NDK Programs 499

21.3.2 Compiling NDK Programs 501 by Command Line Method

21.3.3 Integrating Android NDK 502 in Eclipse

21.4 Triangles with Changing Backgrounds (NDK for OpenGL ES) 504

21.5 Implementing Ever-Changing 3D Effects Using the NDK OpenGL ES API 507

21.6 Calling Audio API 510 with NDK

21.7 Native Activity 511

21.8 Android NDK Configuration File Detail 513

21.8.1 Android NDK Defined Variables 513

21.8.2 Android NDK Defined Functions 514

21.8.3 Variables Describing Modules 515

21.8.4 Configuring Application.mk File 516

21.9 Summary 516

Chapter 22 Test Driven Development (TDD) 517

22.1 JUnit Test Framework 517

22.2 Testing Activity 517

22.3 Testing Content Provider 521

22.4 Testing Service 523

22.5 Testing Common Class 523

22.6 Summary 525

Part 4 Comprehensive examples

Chapter 23 Android Comprehensive Case 1 - Bluetooth Chat 528

23.1 Bluetooth Chat Main Interface 528

23.2 ADDING OPTIONS MENU 530

23.3 Searching and Connecting to Bluetooth Devices 530

23.4 Making the Device Discoverable by Other Bluetooth Devices 533

23.5 Sending and Receiving Chat Messages 533

23.6 Summary 537

Chapter 24 Android Comprehensive Case 2 - Moon Landing (Game) 538

24.1 How to Play the Game 538

24.2 Implementing the Game Interface 539

24.3 Set the game difficulty 540

24.4 Start Game 541

24.5 Controlling the Ship Spitfire 544

24.6 Controlling the Ship to Change the Direction of Flight 544

24.7 Determine whether the spacecraft has successfully landed 545

24.8 Summary 546

Chapter 25 Android Comprehensive Case 3 - Full Keyboard Input Method (Application) 547

25.1 Installing the Input Method 547

25.2 Initialization of Input Method 548

25.3 Responding to Keyboard Actions 549

25.4 Displaying Different Soft Keyboards Based on the Properties of the EditText Control 551

25.5 Summary 553

Chapter 26 Android Comprehensive Case 4 - Snake (Game) 554

26.1 Gameplay 554

26.2 Game Main Interface Design 555

26.3 Controlling the movement of the snake 557

26.4 Summary 560

Chapter 27 Android Comprehensive Case 5 - Sina Weibo Client (Application) 561

27.1 Introduction to Sina Weibo 561

27.1.1 Sina Weibo Client 561

27.1.2 Sina Weibo Opens API 563

27.2 Using Sina Weibo to develop API 563

27.3 Creating and Configuring the Sina Weibo Client Project 564

27.4 Log in to Sina Weibo 564

27.5 Function Button 567

27.6 Weibo 569 showing "My Home"

27.7 Comments on Weibo 572

27.8 Retweet Weibo 573

27.9 Writing Weibo 574

27.10 Summary 576

Chapter 28 Android Comprehensive Case 6 - Smiling FaceLook at it again and again(Game) 577

28.1 Gameplay 577

28.2 Preparing Image Materials 578

28.3 Implementing the Main Interface 578

28.4 Randomly Generate Continuous Viewing Images 580

28.5 Disappearance after two identical images are selected 580

28.6 Limiting Game Time with Timers 581

28.7 Summary 582

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