The concepts of material design are also covered in detail, including the use of floating action buttons, Snackbars, tabbed interfaces, card views, navigation drawers and collapsing toolbars. This edition of the book also covers printing, transitions and cloud-based file storage. More advanced topics such as intents are also covered, as are touch screen handling, gesture recognition, camera access and the playback and recording of both video and audio. 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.Ĭhapters are also included covering the Android Architecture Components including view models, lifecycle management, Room databases, app navigation, live data and data binding. To learn about Android Studio, check out Learn Android Studio IDE by Gerber and Craig (Apress).Fully updated for Android Studio 3.4, Android 9, Android Jetpack and the modern architectural guidelines and components, the goal of this book is to teach the skills necessary to develop Android-based applications using the Java programming language.Īn overview of Android Studio is included covering areas such as tool windows, the code editor and the Layout Editor tool. This book is for those who may be new to game development who have some experience with Android Studio IDE and Android. How to debug your games using Android Studio.
How to commit to and get projects from GitHub.How to use the SDK manager to keep your Android SDK current.How to create projects in Android Studio.You'll gain skills in reading user input, responding to that input with in-game movement, and detecting collisions. The final three chapters cover topics vital to successful game development: interactivity. You'll learn about OpenGL ES and how to deal with polygons, before mastering image loading and sprite sheets. You'll then be well equipped to tackle the game-development topics that make up the rest of the book. This book takes you from installing Android Studio, through exploring the IDE to creating a new project and setting up GitHub as a VCS. Android Studio Game Development introduces you to the key tools in Android Studio and gives you the knowledge you need to develop games in Android Studio. This short book walks you through the process of creating mobile games using the new Android Studio IDE.
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