Sams Teach Yourself Android Application Development in 24 Hours, 4/e（Paperback）

In just 24 sessions of one hour or less, learn how to build powerful apps for the world’s most popular mobile platform: Android. Using this book’s straightforward, step-by-step approach, you’ll build complete Android 5 apps from the ground up with Android Studio. As you do, you’ll master key skills for designing, developing, and publishing meaningful apps of your own. Extensively updated for Android 5’s newest capabilities, every lesson builds on what you’ve already learned, giving you a rock-solid foundation for real-world success!

Highlights of this new Fourth Edition include

• Extensive new coverage: Android 5 (Lollipop), Android Studio, and Material Design; plus Android M early preview
• A laser focus on modern Android essentials, including activities, intents, resources, and background processing
• New Android 5 features for Android TV and Android Wear
• Complete Android Studio projects in nearly every chapter

Learn how to…

• Use the powerful new Android Studio development environment
• Build layouts that automatically display properly on any device
• Craft more dynamic, intuitive apps with Google’s new material design language
• Display the right information at the right time with ListViews and adapters
• Make apps more responsive with background processes
• Add sophisticated navigation with action toolbars and slide-out menus
• Integrate images and media into your apps
• Save data for your app and create public files that can be used by anyone
• Access the cloud to download and parse JSON data
• Use SQLite and content providers to create responsive, data-driven apps
• Create, update, and cancel notifications
• Start developing Android Wearable and TV apps
• Use Google Play Services to add location, mapping, and more
• Package and publish apps to Google Play and other markets

在僅僅24個小時或更少的時間內，透過這本書的直觀、逐步學習方式，您將學會如何為全球最受歡迎的移動平台Android開發強大的應用程式。您將使用Android Studio從頭開始建立完整的Android 5應用程式，同時掌握設計、開發和發佈有意義的應用程式的關鍵技能。本書已廣泛更新以適應Android 5的最新功能，每個課程都建立在您已經學到的基礎上，為您在現實世界中取得成功打下堅實的基礎！

本新版第四版的亮點包括：
- 全面的新內容：Android 5（棒棒糖）、Android Studio和Material Design；以及Android M的早期預覽
- 專注於現代Android的基本要素，包括活動、意圖、資源和背景處理
- 適用於Android TV和Android Wear的新Android 5功能
- 幾乎每個章節都有完整的Android Studio專案

學習如何...
- 使用強大的新Android Studio開發環境
- 建立可以在任何設備上自動正確顯示的佈局
- 使用Google的新材料設計語言打造更具動態和直觀的應用程式
- 在適當的時間顯示正確的資訊，使用ListViews和適配器
- 透過背景處理使應用程式更具響應性
- 使用動作工具欄和滑動菜單添加精緻的導航
- 將圖像和媒體整合到您的應用程式中
- 儲存應用程式的資料並創建可供任何人使用的公共檔案
- 存取雲端以下載和解析JSON資料
- 使用SQLite和內容提供者創建具有響應性的資料驅動應用程式
- 創建、更新和取消通知
- 開始開發Android Wearable和TV應用程式
- 使用Google Play服務添加位置、地圖等功能
- 打包並發佈應用程式到Google Play和其他市場