Android Advanced Tutorial

1 Advanced Android Tutorial i Advanced Android Tutorial Simply Easy Learning by TUTORIALS POINT Simply Easy Learning ABOUT THE Tutorial Advanced Android Tutorial Android is an open source and Linux-based operating system for mobile devices such as smartphones and tablet computers. Android was developed by the Open Handset Alliance, led by Google, and other companies. This Tutorial will teach you basic Android programming and will also take you through some advance concepts related to Android application development . Audience This Tutorial has been prepared for the beginners to help them understand basic Android programming. After completing this Tutorial you will find yourself at a moderate level of expertise in Android programming from where you can take yourself to next levels.

2 Prerequisites Android programming is based on Java programming language so if you have basic understanding on Java programming then it will be a fun to learn Android application development . Copyright & Disclaimer Notice All the content and graphics on this Tutorial are the property of Any content from or this Tutorial may not be redistributed or reproduced in any way, shape, or form without the written permission of Failure to do so is a violation of copyright laws. This Tutorial may contain inaccuracies or errors and tutorialspoint provides no guarantee regarding the accuracy of the site or its contents including this Tutorial . If you discover that the site or this Tutorial content contains some errors, please contact us at TUTORIALS POINT Simply Easy Learning Table of Content Advanced Android Tutorial .

3 2 Audience .. 2 Prerequisites .. 2 Copyright & Disclaimer Notice .. 2 Drag and Drop .. 12 The Drag/Drop Process .. 12 The DragEvent Class .. 13 CONSTANTS .. 13 METHODS .. 13 Listening for Drag Event .. 14 Starting a Drag Event .. 14 Example .. 14 Notifications .. 19 Create and Send Notifications .. 20 STEP 1 - CREATE NOTIFICATION BUILDER .. 20 STEP 2 - SETTING NOTIFICATION PROPERTIES .. 20 STEP 3 - ATTACH ACTIONS .. 20 STEP 4 - ISSUE THE 21 The Class .. 21 Example .. 22 Big View Notification .. 28 Location Based Services .. 31 The Location Object .. 31 Get the Current Location .. 32 Get the Updated Location .. 33 Location Quality of Service .. 33 Displaying a Location Address .. 33 Example .. 34 INSTALL THE GOOGLE PLAY SERVICES SDK .. 34 CREATE Android APPLICATION.

4 34 Sending Email .. 43 Intent Object - Action to send Email .. 43 Intent Object - Data/Type to send 43 Intent Object - Extra to send Email .. 43 Example .. 44 Sending SMS .. 49 Using SmsManager to send SMS .. 49 TUTORIALS POINT Simply Easy Learning Example .. 50 Using Built-in Intent to send SMS .. 54 Intent Object - Action to send SMS .. 54 Intent Object - Data/Type to send SMS .. 54 Intent Object - Extra to send SMS .. 54 Example .. 54 Phone Calls .. 59 Intent Object - Action to make Phone Call .. 59 Intent Object - Data/Type to make Phone Call .. 59 Example .. 59 Publishing Android Application .. 64 Export Android Application .. 65 Google Play Registration .. 68 Android Alert Dialoges .. 70 Example .. 71 Android Animations .. 81 Tween Animation.

5 81 Zoom in animation .. 82 Example .. 82 Android Audio Capture .. 93 Example .. 94 Android AudioManager .. 103 Example .. 104 Android Auto Complete .. 113 Example .. 114 Android Best Practices .. 121 Best Practices - User input .. 121 Best Practices - Background jobs .. 121 ASYNCTASK VS SERVICES.. 121 Best Practices - Performance .. 122 Best Practices - Security and privacy .. 122 Example .. 122 Android Bluetooth .. 131 Example .. 132 Android Camera .. 143 Using existing Android camera application in our application .. 143 Example .. 144 Directly using Camera API provided by Android in our application .. 150 Example .. 152 TUTORIALS POINT Simply Easy Learning Android Clipboard .. 158 Copying data .. 158 Pasting data .. 159 Example .. 159 Android Custom Fonts.

6 166 Example .. 167 Android Data Backup .. 170 Example .. 171 Test your BackupAgent .. 173 INSTALL YOUR APPLICATION ON A SUITABLE Android SYSTEM IMAGE. 173 ENSURE DATA BACKUP IS ENABLED .. 173 PERFORMING BACKUP .. 173 UNINSTALL AND REINSTALL YOUR APPLICATION .. 173 Android Developer Tools .. 174 SDK tools .. 174 Android .. 175 DDMS .. 175 RUNNING DDMS .. 175 HOW IT WORKS .. 175 USING DDMS .. 175 MAKING SMS .. 175 MAKING CALL .. 176 CAPTURING SCREENSHOT .. 178 Sqlite3 .. 179 USE SQLITE3 FROM A REMOTE SHELL.. 179 USING SQLITE3 DIRECTLY .. 179 Platform tools .. 180 Android Emulator .. 181 Creating AVD .. 181 Creating Snapshots .. 181 Changing Orientation .. 182 Emulator 183 Emulator - Sending SMS .. 184 SENDING SMS THROUGH TELNET.. 184 Emulator - Making Call.

7 185 Emulator - Transferring files .. 186 Android Facebook Integration .. 187 Integrating Facebook SDK .. 187 GENERATING APPLICATION SIGNATURE .. 187 TUTORIALS POINT Simply Easy Learning REGISTERING YOUR 188 DOWNLOADING SDK AND INTEGRATING IT .. 188 CREATING FACEBOOK LOGIN APPLICATION .. 188 Intent share .. 189 Example .. 190 Android Gestures .. 197 Handling Pinch Gesture .. 197 Example .. 198 Android Google Maps .. 205 Adding Google Map .. 205 GOOGLE MAP - ACTIVITY FILE .. 205 GOOGLE MAP - LAYOUT FILE .. 205 GOOGLE MAP - ANDROIDMANIFEST FILE .. 205 Customizing Google Map .. 206 ADDING MARKER .. 206 CHANING MAP 206 ENABLE/DISABLE ZOOM .. 206 Example .. 207 Integrating Google Maps .. 207 Download and configure. Google Play Services SDK .. 208 INSTALL GOOGLE SERVICES SDK.

8 208 IMPORT SDK TO ECLIPSE .. 208 CONFIGURE YOUR PROJECT WITH SDK .. 208 Obtaining the API 209 GETTING CERTIFICATE FROM KEYTOOL .. 209 GETTING KEY FROM GOOGLE CONSOLE .. 210 Specify Android Manifest settings .. 210 Adding Google Maps to your application.. 211 Android Image Effects .. 215 Example .. 216 Android Image Switcher .. 224 Example .. 225 Android Internal Storage .. 231 Writing file .. 231 Reading file .. 231 Example .. 232 Android JetPlayer .. 239 Example .. 240 Using JetCreator .. 240 TUTORIALS POINT Simply Easy Learning INSTALLING PYTHON .. 240 INSTALLING WXPYTHON .. 241 RUUNING JETCREATOR .. 241 CREATING JETCONTENT .. 242 Verifying Results .. 243 Android JSON 244 JSON - Elements .. 244 JSON - Parsing .. 245 Example .. 246 Android Linkedin Integration.

9 254 Integrating Linkedin SDK .. 254 REGISTERING YOUR APPLICATION .. 254 DOWNLOADING SDK AND INTEGRATING IT .. 255 POSTING UPDATES ON LINKEDIN APPLICATION .. 255 Intent share .. 255 Example .. 256 Android Loading Spinner .. 263 Example .. 264 Android Localization .. 268 LOCALIZING STRINGS .. 268 ITALY, RES/VALUES- .. 268 SPANISH, RES/VALUES- .. 269 FRENCH, RES/VALUES- .. 269 Example .. 269 Android Login 274 Example .. 275 Android MediaPlayer .. 283 Example .. 284 Android Multitouch .. 295 Example .. 296 Android Navigation .. 305 Providing Up Navigation .. 305 Handling device back button .. 305 Example .. 306 Android Network 314 Checking Network Connection .. 314 Performing Network Operations .. 315 Example .. 315 Android NFC Guide .. 324 TUTORIALS POINT Simply Easy Learning How It Works.

10 324 THREE MODES OF OPERATION .. 324 How it works with Android : .. 324 Future applications : .. 325 Android PHP/MySQL .. 326 PHP - MYSQL .. 326 CREATING 326 CREATING TABLES .. 326 INSERTING VALUES IN TABLES .. 327 PHP - GET AND POST METHODS .. 327 Android - CONNECTING MYSQL .. 327 CONNECTING VIA GET METHOD .. 327 CONNECTING VIA POST METHOD .. 328 EXAMPLE .. 328 PHP - MYSQL 328 Android PART .. 329 Android Progress Circle .. 340 Example .. 341 Android ProgressBar .. 347 Example .. 348 Android Push Notification .. 355 Example .. 356 Android RenderScript .. 365 How RenderScript Works: .. 365 How to Begin: .. 365 A RENDERSCRIPT KERNEL .. 366 RENDERSCRIPT APIS .. 366 HOW TO USE RENDERSCRIPT SUPPORT LIBRARY .. 367 Android RSS Reader .. 368 RSS Example.