PART 1 ■ ■ ■ Core Concepts
■CHAPTER 1 The Big Picture ............ . . 3
■CHAPTER 2 Project Structure ............ 7
■CHAPTER 3 Inside the Manifest ........... . . 9
PART 2 ■ ■ ■ Activities
■CHAPTER 4 Creating a Skeleton Application ........ . 15
■CHAPTER 5 Using XML-Based Layouts ......... . . 21
■CHAPTER 6 Employing Basic Widgets .........27
■CHAPTER 7 Working with Containers .......... 37
■CHAPTER 8 Using Selection Widgets .......... 55
■CHAPTER 9 Getting Fancy with Lists .......... 71
■CHAPTER 10 Employing Fancy Widgets and Containers ...... 93
■CHAPTER 11 Applying Menus ...........113
■CHAPTER 12 Fonts .............. . 125
■CHAPTER 13 Embedding the WebKit Browser ........ 129
■CHAPTER 14 Showing Pop-Up Messages ......... 137
■CHAPTER 15 Dealing with Threads .......... . . 141
■CHAPTER 16 Handling Activity Lifecycle Events ....... . . 147
PART 3 ■ ■ ■ Data Stores, Network Services,
and APIs
■CHAPTER 17 Using Preferences ........... . 153
■CHAPTER 18 Accessing Files ...........167
■CHAPTER 19 Working with Resources .........175
■CHAPTER 20 Managing and Accessing Local Databases ..... . . 193
■CHAPTER 21 Leveraging Java Libraries ......... . . 201
■CHAPTER 22 Communicating via the Internet ........ 207
PART 4 ■ ■ ■ Intents
■CHAPTER 23 Creating Intent Filters .......... . . 215
■CHAPTER 24 Launching Activities and Sub-Activities ...... . 221
■CHAPTER 25 Finding Available Actions via Introspection ..... . . 231
■CHAPTER 26 Handling Rotation ........... . 237
PART 5 ■ ■ ■ Content Providers and Services
■CHAPTER 27 Using a Content Provider .........253
■CHAPTER 28 Building a Content Provider ......... 259
■CHAPTER 29 Requesting and Requiring Permissions ...... . 269
■CHAPTER 30 Creating a Service ........... . 273
■CHAPTER 31 Invoking a Service ........... . 279
■CHAPTER 32 Alerting Users via Notifications ........ .
PART 6 ■ ■ ■ Other Android Capabilities
■CHAPTER 33 Accessing Location-Based Services ....... 293
■CHAPTER 34 Mapping with MapView and MapActivity ...... 299
■CHAPTER 35 Handling Telephone Calls ......... . . 309
■CHAPTER 36 Searching with SearchManager ........ 313
■CHAPTER 37 Development Tools ........... 321
■CHAPTER 38 Where Do We Go from Here? ........337
■APPENDIX Introducing Android 1.5 .......... 339
■INDEX .................347
