learn about android

1. Android Overview

Android Overview

History

Android Versions

Summary

2. The Stack

Stack Overview

Linux

Native Libraries

Dalvik

App Framework

Applications

Summary

3. Quick Start

Installing the Android SDK

Hello, World

The Emulator

Summary

4. Main Building Blocks

Main Building Blocks

A Real World Example

Activities

Intents

Services

Content Providers

Broadcast Receivers

Application Context

Summary

5. Yamba Project Overview

The Yamba Application

Design Philosophy

Project Design

Part 1: Android User Interface

Part 2: Preferences, File System, Options Menu, and Intents

Part 3: Android Services

Part 4: Working with Databases

Part 5: Lists and Adapters

Part 6: Broadcast Receivers

Part 7: Content Providers

Part 8: System Services

Summary

6. Android User Interface

Two Ways to Create User Interface

Views and Layouts

Starting Yamba Project

StatusActivity Layout

StatusActivity Java Class

Logging in Android

Threading in Android

Other UI Events

Adding Color & Graphics

Alternative Resources

Optimizing User Interface

Summary

7. Preferences, File System, Options Menu, and Intents

Preferences

Options Menu

Shared Preferences

File System, Explained

Summary

8. Services

Yamba Application Object

UpdaterService

Looping In The Service

Pulling Data From Twitter

Summary

9. Database

About SQLite

DbHelper

First example

Update UpdaterService

Refactoring Status Data

Summary

10. Lists and Adapters

TimelineActivity

Basic TimelineActivity Layout

About Adapters

TimelineAdapter

ViewBinder: A Better Alternative to TimelineAdapter

Updating Manifest File

Base Activity

Summary

11. Broadcast Receivers

About Broadcast Receivers

BootReceiver

The TimelineReceiver

Broadcasting Intents

The Network Receiver

Adding Custom Permissions to Send and Receive Broadcasts

Summary

12. Content Providers

Creating Content Provider

Using Content Providers Through Widgets

Summary

13. System Services

Compass Demo

Location Service

Updating Yamba to Use the Location Service

Intent Service

Sending Notifications

Summary

14. Android Interface Definition Language

Implementing the Remote Service

Implementing the Remote Client

Summary

15. Native Development Kit (NDK)

What Is and Isn’t NDK For?

Problems Solved by the NDK

NDK Example - Fibonacci