Android in Action, Third Edition

Part 2. Exercising the Android SDK

The Android SDK provides a rich set of functionality, enabling developers to create a wide range of applications. In part 2 we systematically examine the major portions of the Android SDK, including practical examples in each chapter. We start with a look at the application lifecycle and user interfaces (chapter 3), graduating to Intents and Services (chapter 4). No platform discussion is complete without a thorough examination of the available persistence and storage methods (chapter 5), and in today’s connected world, we can’t overlook core networking and web services skills (chapter 6). Because the Android platform is a telephone, among other things, we look at the telephony capabilities of the platform ...