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| Foreword | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Introduction To Android, Mobile Devices, And The Marketplace | |
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| Product Comparison | |
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| The .NET Framework | |
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| Mono | |
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| Mono for Android | |
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| Mono for Android Components | |
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| Development Tools | |
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| Mobile Development | |
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| Getting Around Support Issues | |
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| Design Issues | |
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| Android | |
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| History of Android | |
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| Writing Web-Based Applications for Android | |
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| Writing Native Applications for Android | |
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| Android Development Issues | |
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| Android SDK Tools | |
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| Android Development Costs | |
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| Cross-Platform Alternatives | |
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| Other Cross-Platform Tools | |
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| Considerations for Selecting a Cross-Platform Tool | |
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| How Does the Tool Allow You to Author Your Application? | |
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| What Device Features Does the Tool Support? | |
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| What Platforms Does the Tool Support? | |
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| What Skill Sets Does the Tool Require? | |
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| What Tools Exist to Support Development? | |
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| How Active Are the Development Community and Support Channels? | |
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| What Are the Successful Application Deployments for This Tool? | |
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| Summary | |
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| Introduction To Mono For Android | |
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| Before You Begin Developing | |
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| What Is Mono? | |
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| Mono Implementation Goals | |
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| Mono Standards | |
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| What Is Mono for Android? | |
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| Why Do I Need Mono for Android? | |
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| Familiar Development Environment | |
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| Familiar API and Library Structure | |
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| What Are the Trade-Off s of Working with Mono for Android? | |
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| Waiting for Improvements | |
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| Taking a Potential Performance Hit | |
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| Memory Management | |
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| What Do I Need for the Mono for Android Development Environment? | |
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| Java SDK | |
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| Android SDK | |
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| Visual Studio | |
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| Visual Studio Development with Mono for Android | |
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| General Setup | |
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| Building Hello Android | |
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| Logging | |
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| Debugging | |
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| Testing | |
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| Deploying | |
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| Mono for Android Development with MonoDevelop | |
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| General Setup | |
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| Building Hello Android | |
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| Logging | |
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| Debugging | |
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| Testing | |
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| Deploying | |
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| Summary | |
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| Understanding Android/Mono For Android Applications | |
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| What Is an Android Application? | |
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| The Building Blocks of an Android Application | |
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| Activities | |
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| Services | |
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| Content Providers | |
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| Broadcast Receivers | |
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| Communicating between Components: Android Intents | |
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| Binding the Components: The Android Manifest | |
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| Android Manifest Basics | |
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| Editing the Manifest for Mono for Android via Visual Studio | |
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| Summary | |
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| PLANNING AND BUILDING YOUR APPLICATION'S USER INTERFACE | |
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| Guidelines for a Successful Mobile UI | |
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| Building an Android UI | |
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| Views | |
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| Design Surface | |
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| Choosing a Control Layout | |
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| AbsoluteLayout | |
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| FrameLayout | |
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| LinearLayout | |
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| RelativeLayout | |
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| TableLayout | |
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| Optimizing Layouts | |
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| Designing Your User Interface Controls | |
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| TextView | |
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| EditText | |
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| AutoCompleteTextView | |
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| Spinner | |
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| Button | |
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| Check Box | |
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| Radio Buttons and Groups | |
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| Clocks | |
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| Pickers | |
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| Images | |
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| ImageView | |
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| ImageButton | |
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| Gallery | |
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| Virtual Keyboards | |
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| Selecting Your Virtual Keyboard | |
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| Removing the Keyboard | |
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| Controlling Your Menus | |
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| Introducing the Menu System | |
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| Menus | |
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| Submenus | |
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| Context Menus | |
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| Defi ning Menus as a Resource | |
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| Menus | |
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| Context Menus | |
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| Resolution-Independent UI | |
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| Supporting Various Screen Resources | |
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| Supporting Screen Sizes | |
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| Supporting Pixel Densities | |
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| Using Android Market Support | |
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| Multiple Screen Resolution Best Practices | |
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| Constructing a User Interface: A Phone and Tablet Example | |
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| Summary | |
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| Working With Data | |
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| Working with SQLite | |
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| Setting Up a Database | |
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| Setting Up Tables | |
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| Using SQL Statements | |
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| Using Read/Select to Read Data | |
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| Using SQL Statements to Insert Data | |
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| Upgrading Strategies | |
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| Upgrading in Place | |
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| Copying Data | |
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| Android-Specific Database Options | |
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| SQLiteOpenHelper | |
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| Storing Data Remotely | |
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| Working with Remote Data | |
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| Accessing Enterprise Services | |
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| Using SOAP | |
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| Working with ASMX Web Services | |
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| Working with Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) | |
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| Using REST-Based Web Services | |
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| Using JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) | |
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| Posting Data with POST | |
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| Retrieving Data Using LINQ and XML | |
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| Using Asynchronous Data Retrieval | |
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| Using Web Services Responsibly | |
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| Working with Remote SQL Server Databases | |
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| Summary | |
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| Binding Data To Controls | |
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| Databinding in Mono for Android | |
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| What Is a Data Adapter? | |
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| What Is an Adapter View? | |
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| How Do These Items Relate to One Another? | |
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| Working with Adapter Views and Large Data Sets | |
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| Exploring Adapters in Depth | |
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| Using Native Adapters | |
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| Exploring Adapter Views in Depth | |
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| Using Native Adapter Views | |
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| Working with Cursors | |
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| Using a Cursor to Populate a Spinner | |
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| Setting Up the Spinner and Data Source | |
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| Using a Spinner Adapter | |
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| Adding a Listener Event for a Spinner | |
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| Using a Cursor with a Gallery | |
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| Setting Up the Project | |
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| Adding the Cursor | |
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| Completing the Custom Adapter | |
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| Working with Lists | |
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| Displaying Simple Data in a List | |
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| Working with Android's ListAdapters | |
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| Customizing ListView with a Custom List Adapter | |
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| Handling ListView Events | |
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| Preferences Screen | |
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| Nested Navigation | |
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| Grouped Lists | |
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| Displaying Data in a Grid | |
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| Summary | |
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| Working With The File System And Application Preferences | |
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| Working with the File System | |
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| File System Type and Structure | |
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| QuickEdit Sample Program: Working with a File Storage Example | |
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| Working with Application Preferences | |
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| Application Preference Types | |
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| Creating Your Own Application Preferences | |
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| Preferences Program | |
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| Listening for Preference Changes | |
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| Processing XML | |
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| Summary | |
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| Programming With The Device Hardware | |
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| Working with Sensors | |
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| Referencing the Sensor Manager | |
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| Sensor Support | |
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| Accessing Sensors | |
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| Using Sensors | |
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| Understanding the Sensor Type Values | |
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| Responding to Acceleration | |
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| Using the XYZ Coordinate System | |
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| Coding with the Accelerometer | |
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| Building a Compass | |
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| Vibration | |
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| Networking Connectivity | |
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| ConnectivityManager | |
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| Checking User Communication Preferences | |
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| Checking for Changes to BackgroundDataSetting | |
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| Checking Current Network Configuration | |
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| Creating Network Connectivity Notifications | |
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| Wifi Manager | |
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| WiFi States | |
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| WiFi Changes | |
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| Bluetooth Manager | |
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| Working with Bluetooth State | |
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| Enabling Voice Recognition in Your App | |
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| Getting Turn-by-Turn Directions | |
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| Summary | |
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| Using Multimedia - Audio, Video, And The Camera | |
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| Android Media Classes | |
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| Playing Audio and Video | |
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| Media Player Supported Formats | |
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| Programming Audio Playback | |
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| Programming Video Playback | |
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| Controlling Playback | |
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| Managing Playback Output | |
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| Recording Audio and Video | |
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| Using Intents to Record Video | |
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| Using the Media Recorder | |
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| Confi guring Video Recording | |
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| Previewing Video Recording | |
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| Audio Recording | |
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| Images and Using the Camera | |
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| Using Intents to Take Pictures | |
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| Controlling the Camera | |
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| Managing Camera Settings and Picture Options | |
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| Monitoring Autofocus | |
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| Using the Camera Preview | |
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| Taking a Picture | |
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| Reading and Writing JPEG Exif Values | |
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| Adding New Media to the Media Store | |
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| Using the Media Scanner | |
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| Adding New Media to the Store | |
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| Speech Recognition | |
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| Summary | |
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| Talking To Other Applications And Libraries | |
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| Android Application Integration | |
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| Opening the Browser | |
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| Opening E-mail | |
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| Making a Telephone Call | |
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| Sending a Text/SMS Message | |
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| Opening a Location in the Maps Application | |
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| Opening a YouTube Video | |
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| Opening the Market | |
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| Application Integration | |
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| Simple Integration with HootSuite and Other Twitter Applications | |
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| Configuring Your Intent Filters | |
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| Handling Incoming Intent Requests | |
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| Integrating with Contacts | |