This book is written to cover all the aspects of Android in a comprehensive way. Apart from the basics of Android, this book covers its various features like tools for development of app and applications of Android platform. It teaches everything you will need to know to successfully develop your own Android applications. The book addresses all the fundamentals including Intents, Activities user interfaces, SMS messaging, databases.
It explains how to adapt to display orientation, user interface.
It explains the various elements that go into designing your user interface using views such as TextView, EditText, ProgressBar, ListView etc.
It shows how to display pictures.
It shows how to use menus.
It explains how to send and receive SMS.
It explains how to create service which runs in the background.
