by Ken Kousen | Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Inc. | Release Date: July 2015 | ISBN: 9781491935521

In this follow-up to his Learning Android video, Java consultant Ken Kousen provides practical tips to further enhance your Android skills. In the previous course, you developed and ran simple applications. In this video, you'll learn how to create alert dialogs and configure dialog buttons so they react to clicks. This includes creating an interface that the activity implements. A similar technique is used to give you everything you need to know to use fragments correctly. Ken also reviews the Google Play store and deployment process.You'll also learn how to:Add sharing capabilities to the ActionBar with a ShareActionProviderUse Handlers to repeat an action periodicallyPresent a list of titles, with fragments for the details. Add string arrays to a Resources file, and keep fragments independentUse NotificationBuilder: the builder pattern, fluent interfaces, and how to add notificationsImplement services the easy way: extend the IntentService classImplement services the hard way: use bindable services and manage complexityConfigure the Gradle build for deployment, and generate a production buildKen Kousen, president of Kousen IT, Inc., is a technical trainer, mentor, and consultant in all areas related to Java, specializing in Android, Spring, Hibernate/JPA, Groovy, Grails, and Gradle. He is the author of Making Java Groovy (Manning) and the O'Reilly video courses: Groovy Programming Fundamentals, Practical Groovy Programming, and Mastering Groovy Programming.

1. Review
   • Review of Previous Course 00:16:32
   • Activities and Intents 00:13:16
   • Persistent State 00:12:14
2. Interactive Lists
   • Making a ListView Responsive 00:08:51
3. Alert Dialogs
   • Creating an AlertDialog 00:15:45
   • Configuring Dialog Buttons - Part 1 00:07:47
   • Configuring Dialog Buttons - Part 2 00:13:02
4. Accessing a Web Service
   • AsyncTask and ActionBars 00:09:16
5. Action Bar Capabilities
   • Using a Preferences Fragment 00:08:18
6. Implicit Intents
   • ShareActionProvider 00:17:43
   • Receiving an Intent 00:14:53
7. Handlers
   • Adding a Repeat Handler 00:10:13
8. Fragments, For Real This Time
   • A Master/Detail Application 00:10:52
   • Displaying a Detail Fragment 00:10:18
   • Using a List Fragment 00:06:20
   • Communicating with the Activity 00:10:02
   • Switching Displays Between Portrait and Landscape Mode 00:13:27
9. Notifications
   • Using a NotificationBuilder 00:18:16
10. Services
    • IntentService: the Easy Way 00:23:55
    • Bound Services 00:15:31
11. Deployment
    • Deploying an App 00:14:59



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