Android development is hot, and many programmers are interested in
joining the fun. However, because this technology is based on Java,
you should first obtain a solid grasp of the Java language and its
foundational APIs to improve your chances of succeeding as an
Android app developer. After all, you will be busy learning the
architecture of an Android app, the various Android-specific APIs,
and Android-specific tools. If you do not already know Java
fundamentals, you will probably end up with a massive headache from
also having to quickly cram those fundamentals into your knowledge
base. Learn Java for Android Development teaches programmers of any
skill level the essential Java language and foundational Java API
skills that must be learned to improve the programmer's s chances
of succeeding as an Android app developer. Each of the book's 10
chapters provides an exercise section that gives you the
opportunity to reinforce your understanding of the chapter's s
material. Answers to the book's s more than 300 exercises are
provided in an appendix.Once you complete this book, you will be
ready to dive into Android, and you can start that journey by
obtaining a copy of Beginning Android 2. Additionally, author Jeff
Friesen will provide supplementary material (such as 6 more
chapters) on his javajeff.mb.ca website, available over the next
few months following this book's release. What you'll learn * The
Java language: This book provides complete coverage of nearly every
pre-Java version 7 language feature (native methods are briefly
mentioned but not formally covered). Starting with those features
related to classes and objects, you progress to object-oriented
features related to inheritance, polymorphism, and interfaces. You
then explore the advanced language features for nested types,
packages, static imports, exceptions, assertions, annotations,
generics, and enums. Continuing, you investigate strictfp, class
literals, synchronized, volatile, the enhanced for loop statement,
autoboxing/unboxing, and transient fields. The book also briefly
presents most (if not all) of Java version 7's language features,
although not much is said about closures or modules (which were not
finalized at the time of writing).* Java APIs: In addition to
Object and APIs related to exceptions, you explore Math,
StrictMath, BigDecimal, BigInteger, Package, Boolean, Character,
Byte, Short, Integer, Long, Float, Double, Number, the References
API, the Reflection API, String, StringBuffer, System, the
Threading API, the collections framework, the concurrency
utilities, the internationalization APIs, the Preferences API,
Random, the Regular Expressions API, File, RandomAccessFile, stream
classes, and writer/reader classes. You will also get a tiny taste
of Swing in the context of internationalization. * Tools: You will
learn how to use the JDK's javac (compiler), java (application
launcher), javadoc (Java documentation generator), and jar (Java
archive creator, updater, and extractor) tools. You will also
receive an introduction to the NetBeans and Eclipse integrated
development environments. Although you can develop Android apps
without NetBeans or Eclipse, working with these IDEs is much more
pleasant.Who this book is for This book is for any programmer
(including existing Java programmers and Objective-C (iPhone/iPad)
programmers) of any skill level who needs to obtain a solid
understanding of the Java language and foundational Java APIs
before jumping into Android app development.
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