Android Apps with Eclipse
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Introduction
Android is one of the major players in the mobile phone market, and its market share is
continuously growing. Android is the first complete, open, and free mobile platform, and it offers
endless opportunities for mobile application developers. As with all other platforms, having a
robust and flexible development environment is the key for the platform’s success.
Eclipse is the most adopted integrated development environment (IDE) for Java
programmers. And now Eclipse is the preferred IDE for Android app developers.
Android Apps with Eclipse provides a detailed overview of Eclipse, including the steps
and illustrations to help Android developers quickly get up to speed on Eclipse and to streamline
their day-to-day software development.
Contents at a Glance
About the Author…………………………………………………………………………………… x
About the Technical Reviewer ……………………………………………………………….. xi
Introduction ……………………………………………………………………………………….. xii
■Chapter 1: Android Primer ……………………………………………………………………. 1
■Chapter 2: Application Architecture …………………………………………………….. 27
■Chapter 3: Eclipse Primer …………………………………………………………………… 45
■Chapter 4: Mastering Eclipse………………………………………………………………. 73
■Chapter 5: Android Development Tools for Eclipse……………………………….. 111
■Chapter 6: Project: Movie Player ……………………………………………………….. 151
■Chapter 7: Android Native Development Using Eclipse………………………….. 185
■Chapter 8: Project: Extending Movie Player for AVI Movies …………………… 239
■Chapter 9: Android Scripting Using Eclipse ………………………………………… 271
■Chapter 10: Project: Movie Player Using HTML and JavaScript ……………… 307
■Appendix A: Testing Android Applications…………………………………………… 333
■Index ……………………………………………………………………………………………… 349
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