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Pro Android 3
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Satya Komatineni
Dave MacLean
Sayed Y. Hashimi
Pro Android 3
Copyright © 2011 by Satya Komatineni, Dave MacLean, and Sayed Y. Hashimi
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To my brother Hari, to whom life yielded few favors.
—Satya Komatineni
To my wife, Rosie, and my son, Mike, for their support; I couldn't have done this without you. And
to Max, for spending so much time at my feet keeping me company.
—Dave MacLean
To my son, Sayed-Adieb.
—Sayed Y. Hashimi
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Contents at a Glance
Contents ....................................................................................................................................................... vi
Foreword ................................................................................................................................................... xviii
About the Authors ....................................................................................................................................... xix
About the Technical Reviewer ..................................................................................................................... xx
Acknowledgments ...................................................................................................................................... xxi
Preface ....................................................................................................................................................... xxii
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Chapter 1: Introducing the Android Computing Platform .......................................................................... 1
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Chapter 2: Setting Up Your Development Environment ........................................................................... 21
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Chapter 3: Understanding Android Resources ......................................................................................... 63
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Chapter 4: Understanding Content Providers .......................................................................................... 89
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Chapter 5: Understanding Intents .......................................................................................................... 125
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Chapter 6: Building User Interfaces and Using Controls ................................ ........................................ 145
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Chapter 7: Working with Menus ............................................................................................................ 217
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Chapter 8: Working with Dialogs ........................................................................................................... 243
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Chapter 9: Working with Preferences and Saving State ........................................................................ 265
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Chapter 10: Exploring Security and Permissions .................................................................................. 287
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Chapter 11: Building and Consuming Services ...................................................................................... 307
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Chapter 12: Exploring Packages ............................................................................................................ 377
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Chapter 13: Exploring Handlers ............................................................................................................. 399
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Chapter 14: Broadcast Receivers and Long-Running Services .............................................................. 425
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Chapter 15: Exploring the Alarm Manager ............................................................................................ 465
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Chapter 16: Exploring 2D Animation ...................................................................................................... 491
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Chapter 17: Exploring Maps and Location-based Services ................................................................... 519
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Chapter 18: Using the Telephony APIs ................................................................................................... 559
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Chapter 19: Understanding the Media Frameworks .............................................................................. 575
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Chapter 20: Programming 3D Graphics with OpenGL ............................................................................ 623
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Chapter 21: Exploring Live Folders ........................................................................................................ 693
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Chapter 22: Home Screen Widgets ........................................................................................................ 711
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Chapter 23: Android Search ................................................................ ................................................... 745
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Chapter 24: Exploring Text to Speech .................................................................................................... 825
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Chapter 25: Touch Screens .................................................................................................................... 845
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Chapter 26: Using Sensors ..................................................................................................................... 891
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Chapter 27: Exploring the Contacts API ................................................................................................. 937
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Chapter 28: Deploying Your Application: Android Market and Beyond ................................................. 993
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Chapter 29: Fragments for Tablets and More ...................................................................................... 1015
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Chapter 30: Exploring ActionBar ......................................................................................................... 1069
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Chapter 31: Additional Topics in 3.0 .................................................................................................... 1097
Index ....................................................................................................................................................... 1141
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Contents
Contents at a Glance .......................................................................................... iv
Foreword ........................................................................................................ xviii
About the Authors ............................................................................................. xix
About the Technical Reviewer ........................................................................... xx
Acknowledgments ............................................................................................ xxi
Preface ............................................................................................................ xxii
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Chapter 1: Introducing the Android Computing Platform ................................ 1
A New Platform for a New Personal Computer ....................................................................................................... 1
Early History of Android .......................................................................................................................................... 3
Delving Into the Dalvik VM ...................................................................................................................................... 6
Understanding the Android Software Stack ............................................................................................................ 6
Developing an End-User Application with the Android SDK .................................................................................... 8
Android Emulator ............................................................................................................................................... 8
The Android UI ................................................................................................................................................... 9
The Android Foundational Components ........................................................................................................... 10
Advanced UI Concepts ..................................................................................................................................... 11
Android Service Components ........................................................................................................................... 13
Android Media and Telephony Components .................................................................................................... 13
Android Java Packages .................................................................................................................................... 14
Taking Advantage of Android Source Code ........................................................................................................... 18
The Sample Projects in this Book ......................................................................................................................... 19
Summary .............................................................................................................................................................. 20
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Chapter 2: Setting Up Your Development Environment ................................. 21
Setting Up Your Environment ................................................................................................................................ 22
Downloading JDK 6 .......................................................................................................................................... 22
Downloading Eclipse 3.6 .................................................................................................................................. 23
Downloading the Android SDK ......................................................................................................................... 23
The Tools Window ............................................................................................................................................ 26
Installing Android Development Tools (ADT) .................................................................................................... 26
