Smyth N Android Studio Narwhal Essentials Java Edition 2025 [TorrentX]

Textbook in PDF format
This book, fully updated for Android Studio Narwhal Feature Drop, teaches you how to develop Android-based applications using Java.
Beginning with the basics, the book outlines how to set up an Android development and testing environment, followed by an overview of areas such as tool windows, the code editor, and the Layout Editor tool. An introduction to the architecture of Android is followed by an in-depth look at the design of Android applications and user interfaces using the Android Studio environment.
Chapters also cover the Android Architecture Components, including view models, lifecycle management, Room database access, content providers, the Database Inspector, app navigation, live data, and data binding.
Topics such as intents, touchscreen handling, gesture recognition, and the integration of Artificial Intelligence into Android apps are also included.
The concepts of material design are also covered in detail, including the use of floating action buttons, Snackbars, tabbed interfaces, card views, and collapsing toolbars.
Other key features of Android Studio and Android are also covered in detail, including the Layout Editor, the ConstraintLayout and ConstraintSet classes, view binding, constraint chains, barriers, and direct reply notifications.
Chapters also cover advanced features of Android Studio, such as Gradle build configuration, in-app billing, and submitting apps to the Google Play Developer Console.
Assuming you already have some Java programming experience, are ready to download Android Studio and the Android SDK, have access to a Windows, Mac, or Linux system, you are ready to get started.
Preface

Introduction

Creating an Example Android App in Android Studio

Creating an Android Virtual Device (AVD) in Android Studio

Using and Configuring the Android Studio AVD Emulator

A Tour of the Android Studio User Interface

Testing Android Studio Apps on a Physical Android Device

The Basics of the Android Studio Code Editor

An Overview of the Android Architecture

The Anatomy of an Android App

An Overview of Android View Binding

Introducing Gemini in Android Studio

Understanding Android Application and Activity Lifecycles

Handling Android Activity State Changes

Android Activity State Changes by Example

Saving and Restoring the State of an Android Activity

15.7 Summary

Understanding Android Views, View Groups and Layouts

A Guide to the Android Studio Layout Editor Tool

A Guide to the Android ConstraintLayout

A Guide to Using ConstraintLayout in Android Studio

Working with ConstraintLayout Chains and Ratios in Android Studio

An Android Studio Layout Editor ConstraintLayout Tutorial

Manual XML Layout Design in Android Studio

Managing Constraints using Constraint Sets

An Android ConstraintSet Tutorial

A Guide to Using Apply Changes in Android Studio

A Guide to Gradle Version Catalogs

An Overview and Example of Android Event Handling

Android Touch and Multi-touch Event Handling

Detecting Common Gestures Using the Android Gesture Detector Class

Implementing Custom Gesture and Pinch Recognition on Android

An Introduction to Android Fragments

Using Fragments in Android Studio - An Example

Modern Android App Architecture with Jetpack

An Android ViewModel Tutorial

An Android Jetpack LiveData Tutorial

An Overview of Android Jetpack Data Binding

An Android Jetpack Data Binding Tutorial

An Android ViewModel Saved State Tutorial

40.1 Lifecycle Awareness

An Android Jetpack Lifecycle Awareness Tutorial

An Overview of the Navigation Architecture Component

An Android Jetpack Navigation Component Tutorial

Working with the Floating Action Button and Snackbar

Creating a Tabbed Interface using the TabLayout Component

Working with the RecyclerView and CardView Widgets

An Android RecyclerView and CardView Tutorial

Working with the AppBar and Collapsing Toolbar Layouts

An Overview of Android Services

An Overview of Android Intents

Android Explicit Intents – A Worked Example

Android Implicit Intents – A Worked Example

Android Broadcast Intents and Broadcast Receivers

Android Local Bound Services – A Worked Example

Android Remote Bound Services – A Worked Example

An Overview of Java Threads, Handlers and Executors

Making Runtime Permission Requests in Android

An Android Notifications Tutorial

An Android Direct Reply Notification Tutorial

An Overview of Android SQLite Databases

An Android SQLite Database Tutorial

Understanding Android Content Providers

An Android Content Provider Tutorial

An Android Content Provider Client Tutorial

The Android Room Persistence Library

An Android TableLayout and TableRow Tutorial

An Android Room Database and Repository Tutorial

Creating, Testing, and Uploading an Android App Bundle

An Overview of Android In-App Billing

An Android In-App Purchasing Tutorial

An Android Biometric Authentication Tutorial

Integrating Gemini AI into Android Apps

Preparing the Gemini Firebase AI Logic Project

A Gemini AI Tutorial

Using Gemini AI for Video Analysis

Gemini AI Image Generation

Working with Material Design 3 Theming

A Material Design 3 Theming and Dynamic Color Tutorial

An Overview of Gradle in Android Studio