Android from A to D: Second Edition

This book is a collection of notes I created while learning Android programming in order to create my first Android app, "EquityYo! Stock and Fund Database". While I am no Android programming genius (that much is certain!), I thought it would be a good idea to gather together all of those tiny little programming tips and tricks I've found along the way and place them in one spot. I do not claim that everything in this book is 100% original and I fully admit to copy-and-pasting a few tidbits from the Android documentation and stackoverflow.com. (The money you are paying for this book is for the grueling six months it took me to learn basic Android programming, code the examples, test them all, research problems and, finally, write it all down in a pleasing and, hopefully, enlightening and edifying format.) With that said, all of the examples shown in the book, as well as the code, I created myself. Since I am an Android novice, whether you can actually learn Android programming by reading this collection of notes remains to be seen. I'm sure there are spots throughout this book in which you will say "What are you talking about?". Please drop me an e-mail if this book has helped you out or you have suggestions to make it better (see my e-mail address below).

It is assumed that the reader has some knowledge of programming, but no knowledge of GUI or object-oriented programming is assumed. Also, no knowledge of Java programming is assumed as two chapters are dedicated to introducing Java programming as well as object-oriented programming.

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