Today, it’s rare to encounter an Android application that never connects to the internet. Whether your app is backing up data to the cloud, authenticating users via “Sign In With Google,” downloading ...

This article is excerpted from Sams Teach Yourself Android Application Development in 24 Hours (Amazon price at press time: $32.39), reprinted with permission of Sams ...

Each screen in an Android application is represented within the code as an activity. When you create Android applications, you can create an activity class for each screen you need. If you need to ...

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Virtually every application works with some form of data. This data can be fetched from the Internet, a database on the target device, or even created by the application user. Typically, developers ...

Find out what to look for in the latest version of Android Studio, including support for Kotlin, Java 8, and a wealth of new tools and plugins. If you’re new to Android Studio, this tutorial series ...