Android Programming For Beginners: The Simple Guide to Learning Android Programming Fast!

Table Of Contents

Introduction

Chapter 1: This Book and Mobile Operating History

Chapter 2: Android’s Architecture

Chapter 3: App Development Preparations

Chapter 4: Programming: Java and XML

Chapter 5: Android Studio — Creating a Project

Chapter 6: Your First Project

Chapter 7: Editing the Default App

Conclusion

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Introduction

I want to thank you and congratulate you for downloading the book, Android Programming For Beginners: The Simple Guide to Learning Android Programming Fast!

This book contains helpful information about Android programming, what it is, and how to do it. Creating apps can be a fun hobby, and also a profitable venture! Whatever your reasons for wanting to learn Android programming, this book is  a great place for you to begin.

You will soon discover the basics of Android app development, and how it differs from IOS and other operating systems. This book includes tips and techniques to help beginners learn the basics of Android programming, and begin developing their own apps!

You will also learn about the different tools, programs, and equipment needed to begin developing Android applications from home.

At the completion of this guide, you will have a good understanding of Android programming, JAVA, how code works, and how to begin developing your very own apps!

Thanks again for downloading this book, I hope you enjoy it!

Chapter 1: This Book and Mobile Operating History

Android is currently the most popular operating system for tablets and smartphones. Aside from Android devices being cheap, Android is more popular than iOS due to the fact that it is not proprietary software — meaning that you can do anything with it.

You can modify your Android OS anytime if you are capable. You can distribute it freely. And virtually, there are no restrictions that you can violate that will result in serious trouble!

This book will introduce you to the basics of programming and the history of mobile applications, companies, and operating systems. In addition, since Android development is mostly based on Java coding, introduction to Java programming is included. However, the book will not go in-depth with Java.

Also, XML will be touched on to make sure that you aren’t foreign to the layout files that you might need to edit manually when the time comes. In addition, familiarity with Android Studio will also be discussed just to make sure that you master the main tool in developing Android applications.

Overall, it will prepare you to create and develop apps for Android. Starting from setting up the software development kits and integrated development environments, to creating your very first project and testing it on your device or Android emulator, this book will cover all of these topics.

Roots of Android

Android is made from Linux. Linux is an operating system that is also an open source and has a GPL license (GNU General Public License version 2 to be precise). On the other hand, Linux is based and made from UNIX. As a fun fact, the iOS is made from Mac OS X. And Mac OS X is a UNIX system. Virtually, architecture- and origin-wise, iOS is related to