
Coding Android Apps
Margaret Kozak Polk(Author)
Chapman & Hall/CRC (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 22. August 2024
Book
Paperback/Softback
298 pages
978-1-032-25888-1 (ISBN)
Description
As Android apps continue to grow in popularity and an associated job market emerges, the ability to develop software and applications for Android smartphones will only grow more relevant in the foreseeable future. Compiled from materials used in over a decade of teaching undergraduate and graduate students majoring in computer science and information technology, this book is a hands-on, step-by-step guide to coding Android apps that have been rigorously tested.
KEY FEATURES
Each chapter begins with a list of student learning outcomes that can be used for assessment purposes and syllabus construction
The mechanics of Android app creation is presented in a very detailed, step-by-step progression, with accompanying screenshots and code explanations
New topics are introduced chapter-by-chapter in a very logical and gradational instructional manner
Very detailed exercises are provided at the end of each chapter and can be used for class activities and as homework assignments. Each chapter includes multiple exercises of varying difficulty
Video lessons are available as supplementary resources for each chapter to quickly illustrate in a demonstrative and visual manner the Java and XML code and Android Studio development actions covered in the chapter
This book is particularly appealing for students of mobile apps development courses offered in computer science and information technology departments, as well as information systems disciplines within business schools, at both the undergraduate and graduate levels.
KEY FEATURES
Each chapter begins with a list of student learning outcomes that can be used for assessment purposes and syllabus construction
The mechanics of Android app creation is presented in a very detailed, step-by-step progression, with accompanying screenshots and code explanations
New topics are introduced chapter-by-chapter in a very logical and gradational instructional manner
Very detailed exercises are provided at the end of each chapter and can be used for class activities and as homework assignments. Each chapter includes multiple exercises of varying difficulty
Video lessons are available as supplementary resources for each chapter to quickly illustrate in a demonstrative and visual manner the Java and XML code and Android Studio development actions covered in the chapter
This book is particularly appealing for students of mobile apps development courses offered in computer science and information technology departments, as well as information systems disciplines within business schools, at both the undergraduate and graduate levels.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Boca Raton
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Academic, Adult education, Further/Vocational Education, General, Postgraduate, Professional Reference, Professional Training, Undergraduate Advanced, and Undergraduate Core
Illustrations
190 farbige Abbildungen, 190 Farbfotos bzw. farbige Rasterbilder, 59 s/w Tabellen
59 Tables, black and white; 190 Halftones, color; 190 Illustrations, color
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
474 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-032-25888-1 (9781032258881)
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Coding Android Apps
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Person
Margaret Kozak Polk, PhD, is an Associate Professor at Carroll University in Waukesha, Wisconsin, since August 2020. Prior to that she was a Professor of Computer Science at Dominican University in River Forest, Illinois. She has over 25 years of experience teaching computer science and information technology courses. She earned a PhD in computer science, with an emphasis in artificial intelligence, at the Illinois Institute of Technology.
Content
1. Introduction. 2. Lift Off with Android Native Apps. 3. First Image Impressions and Launcher Icons. 4. Externalizing Resources: Strings, Colors, and Sizes. 5. Interacting with Users via Keyboard and Buttons. 6. More on Layouts and Living without Constraints. 7. Improving the UI with Selection Inputs and Dynamic Content. 8. Apps with Multiple Activities. 9. Saving App Data with Shared Preferences. 10. Android Native Databases as Persistent Storage. 11. Navigation Drawers and Implementing Fragments. 12. Tabbed Apps, Styles, and Themes. 13. Hybrid Apps. 14. Media and Communication.