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Android Programming for Beginners Learn all the Java and Android skills you need to start making powerful mobile applications John Horton BIRMINGHAM - MUMBAI Android Programming for Beginners Copyright © 2015 Packt Publishing All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the publisher, except in the case of brief quotations embedded in critical articles or reviews. Every effort has been made in the preparation of this book to ensure the accuracy of the information presented. However, the information contained in this book is sold without warranty, either express or implied. Neither the author, nor Packt Publishing, and its dealers and distributors will be held liable for any damages caused or alleged to be caused directly or indirectly by this book. Packt Publishing has endeavored to provide trademark information about all of the companies and products mentioned in this book by the appropriate use of capitals. However, Packt Publishing cannot guarantee the accuracy of this information. First published: December 2015 Production reference: 1221215 Published by Packt Publishing Ltd. Livery Place 35 Livery Street Birmingham B3 2PB, UK. ISBN 978-1-78588-326-2 www.packtpub.com Credits Author Project Coordinator John Horton Nikhil Nair Reviewers Proofreader Nayanesh Ramchandra Gupte Safis Editing Klaas Kabini Márton Kodok Indexer Monica Ajmera Mehta Paresh Mayani Graphics Commissioning Editor Kirk D'Penha Edward Gordon Production Coordinator Acquisition Editor Nilesh Mohite Nadeem Bagban Cover Work Content Development Editor Nilesh Mohite Divij Kotian Technical Editor Mrunmayee Patil Copy Editor Neha Vyas About the Author John Horton is a coding and gaming enthusiast based in the UK. He has a passion for writing apps, games, books, and blog articles about coding, especially for beginners. He is the founder of Game Code School, http://www.gamecodeschool.com, which is dedicated to helping complete beginners to get started with coding, using the language and platform that suits them best. John sincerely believes that anyone can learn to code and that everybody has a game or an app inside their mind, but they just need to do enough work to bring it out. He has authored around a dozen technology books, most recently, the following: • Android Game Programming by Example (https://www.packtpub.com/game- development/android-game-programming-example) • Learning Java Building Android Games (https://www.packtpub.com/game- development/learning-java-building-android-games) Thanks to Jo, Jack, James, Ray, and Rita. Also to everybody at Packt Publishing who lent a hand with this book: Edward Gordon, Divij Kotian, and Mrunmayee Patil. Thank you for your continuous support throughout this journey. About the Reviewers Nayanesh Ramchandra Gupte is an enthusiastic Android professional based in Bangalore—the Silicon Valley of India. He is a full-stack engineer and has been exploring Android for more than 5 years. Until now, he has worked with different organizations and developed more than 40 Android applications. Some of these apps are featured with the Top Developer badge on Google Play. Programming, especially in Java and Android, is not just a part of his career, but his passion as well. Besides being a software engineer, he works as an Android consultant and is associated with the Google Developers Group based in Bangalore. Writing personal blogs and articles on Java and Android remain a couple of his interests. He works as a professional Android trainer and pursues teaching and illustration as his hobbies. Associated with one of the e-commerce giants in India, Nayanesh is a part of the core engineering team. He also works closely with the Product and UX team to build a next-generation platform for e-commerce. You can know more about him at https://about.me/NayaneshGupte, and you can find him on LinkedIn at http://in.linkedin.com/in/nayaneshgupte/. To begin with, I credit my parents who have always nurtured my dreams and constantly supported me to make them happen. I want to thank my fiancée, Aakanksha, and my in-laws who trusted my dynamic decisions while I was hopping cities and organizations with the aim of improving my career graph. I sincerely want to thank Sudarshan Shetty, my guide, because of whom I got engrossed in Java and Android. His teachings have brought me a long way. I am sure there is much more to explore. I owe a lot to my best buddies, Saurabh and Rahul, since it was all because of them that I decided to get into this field of programming. Lastly, the journey would have been incomplete without my colleagues and mentors, Rishi and Vishal, from whom I learned what passion for programming really is! Márton Kodok has extensive experience as a web, mobile, and desktop software engineer. He has also been a backend programmer and team leader, where he mostly concluded projects for various U.S. companies. He is a lead developer in various scalable projects and an active contributor to scalable solutions such as Beanstalkd Console and Riak-admin interface. He is an expert in databases and search systems such as Google, BigQuery, and Elasticsearch. He is also an active member of Stack Overflow, has spoken at many conferences, and has mentored many young, talented enthusiasts. You can find him at ro.linkedin.com/in/ pentium10 and http://stackoverflow.com/users/243782/pentium10. Paresh Mayani is a software engineer who has been exploring the horizon of Android development since Cupcake (Android 1.5). He has hands-on experience of designing, building, and publishing Android Apps. His skills range from technical documentation, UX/UI design, code and performance optimization, to writing extensive testing for applications. He's actively involved in the Android community too—writing blog posts, helping fellow Android developers by posting answers on Stack Overflow, and giving talks around the world. He is among top 0.25% with and manages more than 60,000 reputation points. He is one of the top 10 highest contributors to the Android tag on Stack Overflow. He is the founder/organizer of the Google Developers Group, Ahmedabad, India. By looking at his experience and his contribution to the Android community, he was recently nominated for the Google Developers Expert program led by Google. 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