Learn Java for Android Development

Migrating Java SE Programming Skills to Mobile Development

By: Peter Späth, Jeff Friesen

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eText | 8 July 2020 | Edition Number 4

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Gain the essential Java language skills necessary for using the Android SDK platform to build Java-based Android apps. This book includes the latest Java SE releases that Android supports, and is geared towards the Android SDK version 10. It includes new content including JSON documents, functional programming, and lambdas as well as other language features important for migrating Java skills to Android development.

Android is still the world's most popular mobile platform and because this technology is still mostly based on Java, you should first obtain a solid grasp of the Java language and its APIs in order to improve your chances of succeeding as an effective Android apps developer. Learn Java for Android Development, 4th Editionhelps you do that.

Each of the book's chapters provides an exercise section that gives you the opportunity to reinforce your understanding of the chapter's material. Answers to the book's more than 500 exercises are provided in an appendix. Once you finish, you will be ready to begin your Android app development journey using Java.

What You Will Learn

Discover the latest Java programming language features relevant to Android SDK development
Apply inheritance, polymorphism, and interfaces to Android development
Use Java collections, concurrency, I/O, networks, persistence, functional programming, and data access in Android apps
Parse, create, and transform XML and JSON documents
Migrate your Java skills for mobile development using the Android platform

Who This Book Is For

Programmers with at least some prior Java programming experience looking to get into mobile Java development with the Android platform.