Android Studio IDE Quick Reference

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xvii

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2. Setup

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   Pages 1-9

3. Quick How-Tos

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   Pages 11-24

4. The IDE

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   Pages 25-39

5. Debugging

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   Pages 41-49

6. Unit Testing

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   Pages 51-61

7. Instrumented Testing

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   Pages 63-72

8. Android Studio Profiler

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   Pages 73-82

9. Gradle

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   Pages 83-93

10. Git

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    Pages 95-115

11. Navigation

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    Pages 117-133

12. Lifecycle, ViewModel, LiveData, and Room

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    Pages 135-153

13. Release Builds

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    Pages 155-165

14. Short Takes

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    Pages 167-177

15. Back Matter

    Pages 179-182

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This concise reference book for Android Studio 3 presents the essential Android Studio functions in a well-organized format that can be used as a handy reference. It will quickly demonstrate the usage of the Android Studio IDE to build an Android mobile app step by step.


You won’t find any technical jargon, bloated samples, drawn out history lessons, or witty stories in this book. What you will find is a reference that is concise, to the point and highly accessible. The Android Studio IDE Quick Reference is packed with useful information and is a must-have for any mobile or Android app developer or programmer.




What You Will Learn

• Discover the workflow basics in Android Studio 3
• Make tasks efficient with keyboard shortcuts
  
• Carry out unit testing in Android Studio 3
• Use time-saving techniques such as templates
• Master debugging basics
• Configureyour project using Gradle
• Use the profiler to monitor app performance
  

Who This Book Is For


Those who already know how to build applications in Android using Java. This book will serve as a handy and quick reference on how to get things done in Android Studio 3.

• Android
• Studio
• Android Studio
• IDE
• integrated development
• Java
• mobile
• apps
• software
• programming
• development
• source
• code

• Manila, National Capital Region, Philippines

  Ted Hagos

Ted Hagos is a software developer by trade; at the moment, he’s Chief Technology Officer and Data Protection Officer of RenditionDigital International, a software development company based out of Dublin. He wore many hats in his 20+ years in software development e.g. team lead, project manager, architect and director for development. He also spent time as a trainer for IBM Advanced Career Education, Ateneo ITI and Asia Pacific College.  He wrote a couple of books for Apress.

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