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<p>INTRODUCTION xxxi</p> <p><b>CHAPTER 1: HELLO, ANDROID 1</b></p> <p>Android Application Development 1</p> <p>A Little Background 2</p> <p>The Not-So-Distant Past 3</p> <p>Living in the Future 3</p> <p>The Android Ecosystem 3</p> <p>Pre-installed Android Applications 4</p> <p>Android SDK Features 5</p> <p>What Does Android Run On? 6</p> <p>Why Develop for Mobile? 6</p> <p>Why Develop for Android? 7</p> <p>Introducing the Development Framework 7</p> <p>What Comes in the Box 8</p> <p>Understanding the Android Software Stack 8</p> <p>The Android Run Time 10</p> <p>Android Application Architecture 11</p> <p>Android Libraries 12</p> <p><b>CHAPTER 2: GETTING STARTED 13</b></p> <p>Getting Started Developing Android Apps 14</p> <p>Developing for Android 15</p> <p>What You Need to Begin 15</p> <p>Creating Your First Android Application 20</p> <p>Getting Started Writing Android Apps Using Kotlin 35</p> <p>Using the Android Support Library Package 36</p> <p>Developing for Mobile and Embedded Devices 39</p> <p>Hardware-Imposed Design Considerations 39</p> <p>Considering the User’s Environment 43</p> <p>Developing for Android 44</p> <p>Android Development Tools 48</p> <p>Android Studio 49</p> <p>The Android Virtual Device Manager 51</p> <p>The Android Emulator 51</p> <p>Android Profiler 52</p> <p>The Android Debug Bridge 54</p> <p>APK Analyzer 54</p> <p>The Lint Tool 55</p> <p>Monkey, Monkey Runner, and Espresso UI Testing 55</p> <p>Gradle 56</p> <p><b>CHAPTER 3: APPLICATIONS AND ACTIVITIES AND FRAGMENTS, OH MY! 57</b></p> <p>Applications, Activities, and Fragments 58</p> <p>The Components of an Android Application 58</p> <p>The Android Application Life Cycle, Priority, and Process States 59</p> <p>Introducing the Android Application Class 61</p> <p>A Closer Look at Android Activities 61</p> <p>Creating Activities 62</p> <p>Using the AppCompatActivity 63</p> <p>The Activity Life Cycle 64</p> <p>Responding to Memory Pressure 71</p> <p>Introducing Fragments 73</p> <p>Creating New Fragments 73</p> <p>The Fragment Life Cycle 74</p> <p>Introducing the Fragment Manager 79</p> <p>Adding Fragments to Activities 79</p> <p>Communicating Between Fragments and Activities 85</p> <p>Fragments without User Interfaces 86</p> <p>Building an Earthquake Viewer Application 87</p> <p><b>CHAPTER 4: DEFINING THE ANDROID MANIFEST AND GRADLE BUILD FILES, AND EXTERNALIZING RESOURCES 95</b></p> <p>The Manifest, Build Files, and Resources 96</p> <p>Introducing the Android Manifest 96</p> <p>Configuring the Gradle Build 101</p> <p>Gradle Settings File 101</p> <p>Project Gradle Build File 102</p> <p>Module Gradle Build Files 102</p> <p>Externalizing Resources 107</p> <p>Creating Resources 108</p> <p>Using Resources 119</p> <p>Creating Resources for Different Languages and Hardware 122</p> <p>Runtime Configuration Changes 126</p> <p><b>CHAPTER 5: BUILDING USER INTERFACES 129</b></p> <p>Fundamental Android Design 130</p> <p>Density-Independent Design 130</p> <p>Android User Interface Fundamentals 131</p> <p>Assigning User Interfaces to Activities 132</p> <p>Introducing Layouts 132</p> <p>Defining Layouts 134</p> <p>Using Layouts to Create Device-Independent User Interfaces 136</p> <p>Optimizing Layouts 139</p> <p>The Android Widget Toolbox 143</p> <p>Working with Lists and Grids 144</p> <p>Recycler View and Layout Managers 145</p> <p>Introducing Adapters 146</p> <p>Returning to the Earthquake Viewer Application 149</p> <p>Introducing Data Binding 150</p> <p>Enabling Data Binding 151</p> <p>Variables in Data Binding 152</p> <p>Data Binding for the Earthquake Viewer Application 153</p> <p>Creating New Views 155</p> <p>Modifying Existing Views 155</p> <p>Creating Compound Controls 159</p> <p>Creating Simple Compound Controls as a Layout 161</p> <p>Creating Custom Views 162</p> <p>Using Custom Controls 176</p> <p><b>CHAPTER 6: INTENTS AND BROADCAST RECEIVERS 177</b></p> <p>Using Intents and Broadcast Receivers 178</p> <p>Using Intents to Launch Activities 178</p> <p>Explicitly Starting New Activities 179</p> <p>Implicit Intents and Late Runtime Binding 179</p> <p>Determining If an Intent Will Resolve 180</p> <p>Returning Results from Activities 181</p> <p>Using Platform-Native Actions to Launch Activities 184</p> <p>Creating Intent Filters to Receive Implicit Intents 186</p> <p>Defining an Intent Filter 186</p> <p>Using Intent Filters for Plug-Ins and Extensibility 194</p> <p>Introducing Linkify 198</p> <p>Native Linkify Link Types 198</p> <p>Creating Custom Link Strings 199</p> <p>Using the Match Filter 200</p> <p>Using the Transform Filter 200</p> <p>Using Intents to Broadcast Events 200</p> <p>Broadcasting Events with Intents 201</p> <p>Listening for Intent Broadcasts with Broadcast Receivers 202</p> <p>Registering Broadcast Receivers in Code 203</p> <p>Registering Broadcast Receivers in Your Application Manifest 204</p> <p>Managing Manifest Receivers at Run Time 204</p> <p>Monitoring Device State Changes through Broadcast Intents 205</p> <p>Introducing the Local Broadcast Manager 207</p> <p>Introducing Pending Intents 208</p> <p><b>CHAPTER 7: USING INTERNET RESOURCES 211</b></p> <p>Connecting to the Internet 211</p> <p>Connecting, Downloading, and Parsing Internet Resources 212</p> <p>Why Build a Native Internet App? 212</p> <p>Connecting to an Internet Resource 213</p> <p>Performing Network Operations on Background Threads Using View Models, Live Data, and Asynchronous Tasks 214</p> <p>Parsing XML Using the XML Pull Parser 219</p> <p>Connecting the Earthquake Viewer to the Internet 220</p> <p>Parsing JSON Using the JSON Parser 228</p> <p>Using the Download Manager 233</p> <p>Downloading Files 233</p> <p>Customizing Download Manager Notifications 235</p> <p>Specifying a Download Location 237</p> <p>Canceling and Removing Downloads 238</p> <p>Querying the Download Manager 238</p> <p>Best Practices for Downloading Data without Draining the Battery 241</p> <p>An Introduction to Internet Services and Cloud Computing 242</p> <p><b>CHAPTER 8: FILES, SAVING STATE, AND USER PREFERENCES 245</b></p> <p>Saving Files, States, and Preferences 246</p> <p>Saving and Restoring Activity and Fragment Instance</p> <p>State Using the Lifecycle Handlers 246</p> <p>Retaining Instance State with Headless Fragments and View Models 248</p> <p>View Models and Live Data 248</p> <p>Headless Fragments 251</p> <p>Creating and Saving Shared Preferences 252</p> <p>Retrieving Shared Preferences 253</p> <p>Introducing On Shared Preference Change Listeners 254</p> <p>Configuring Auto Backup of Application Files and Shared Preferences 254</p> <p>Building a Preference UI 256</p> <p>Using the Preference Support Library 256</p> <p>Defining a Preference Screen Layout in XML 257</p> <p>Introducing the Preference Fragment 260</p> <p>Creating a Settings Activity for the Earthquake Monitor 261</p> <p>Including Static Files as Resources 267</p> <p>Working with the Filesystem 267</p> <p>File-Management Tools 267</p> <p>Creating Files on Application-Specifi c Internal Storage 268</p> <p>Creating Files on Application-Specifi c External Storage 268</p> <p>Accessing Public Directories Using Scoped Directory Access 270</p> <p>Sharing Files Using File Provider 274</p> <p>Creating a File Provider 274</p> <p>Sharing a File Using a File Provider 275</p> <p>Receiving a File from a File Provider 275</p> <p>Accessing Files from Other Applications Using the Storage Access Framework 275</p> <p>Requesting Temporary Access to Files 276</p> <p>Requesting Persistent Access to Files 277</p> <p>Requesting Access to Directories 277</p> <p>Creating New Files 278</p> <p>Using URI-Based Permissions 278</p> <p><b>CHAPTER 9: CREATING AND USING DATABASES 281</b></p> <p>Introducing Structured Data Storage in Android 282</p> <p>Storing Data Using the Room Persistence Library 282</p> <p>Adding the Room Persistence Library 283</p> <p>Defining a Room Database 284</p> <p>Persisting Complex Objects Using Type Convertors 286</p> <p>Defining Room Database Interactions Using Data Access Objects 288</p> <p>Performing Room Database Interactions 291</p> <p>Monitoring Query Result Changes with Live Data 292</p> <p>Persisting Earthquakes to a Database with Room 294</p> <p>Working with SQLite Databases 298</p> <p>Input Validation and SQL Injection 299</p> <p>Cursors and Content Values 299</p> <p>Defining a Database Contract 300</p> <p>Introducing the SQLiteOpenHelper 300</p> <p>Opening Databases with the SQLite Open Helper 302</p> <p>Opening and Creating Databases without the SQLite Open Helper 303</p> <p>Adding, Updating, and Deleting Rows 303</p> <p>Querying a Database 305</p> <p>Extracting Values from a Cursor 307</p> <p>Introducing the Firebase Realtime Database 308</p> <p>Adding Firebase to Your App 309</p> <p>Defining a Firebase Database and Defining Access Rules 311</p> <p>Adding, Modifying, Deleting, and Querying Data from a Firebase Realtime Database 313</p> <p><b>CHAPTER 10: CONTENT PROVIDERS AND SEARCH 317</b></p> <p>Introducing Content Providers 318</p> <p>Why Should I Use Content Providers? 318</p> <p>Creating Content Providers 319</p> <p>Creating the Content Provider’s Database 320</p> <p>Registering Content Providers 321</p> <p>Publishing Your Content Provider’s URI Address 321</p> <p>Implementing Content Provider Queries 322</p> <p>Content Provider Transactions 325</p> <p>Sharing Files Using a Content Provider 327</p> <p>Adding Permission Requirements to Content Providers 328</p> <p>Accessing Content Providers with Content Resolvers 330</p> <p>Querying Content Providers 330</p> <p>Cancelling Queries 333</p> <p>Querying for Content Asynchronously with a Cursor Loader 333</p> <p>Adding, Deleting, and Updating Content 336</p> <p>Accessing Files Stored in Content Providers 338</p> <p>Accessing Permission-Restricted Content Providers 339</p> <p>Using Native Android Content Providers 341</p> <p>Accessing the Call Log 341</p> <p>Using the Media Store Content Provider 342</p> <p>Using the Contacts Content Provider 344</p> <p>Using the Calendar Content Provider 351</p> <p>Adding Search to Your Application 354</p> <p>Defining Your Search Metadata 354</p> <p>Creating a Search Results Activity 355</p> <p>Searching a Content Provider 357</p> <p>Using the Search View Widget 360</p> <p>Providing Search Suggestions Using a Content Provider 362</p> <p><b>CHAPTER 11: WORKING IN THE BACKGROUND 377</b></p> <p>Working in the Background 378</p> <p>Using Background Threads 379</p> <p>Using Asynchronous Tasks to Run Tasks Asynchronously 379</p> <p>Manual Thread Creation Using Handler Threads 383</p> <p>Scheduling Background Jobs 385</p> <p>Creating a Job Service for the Job Scheduler 386</p> <p>Scheduling Jobs with the Job Scheduler 388</p> <p>Scheduling Jobs with the Firebase Job Dispatcher 391</p> <p>Scheduling Work with the Work Manager 393</p> <p>An Earthquake-Monitoring Job Service Example 396</p> <p>Using Notifications to Notify Users 401</p> <p>Introducing the Notification Manager 401</p> <p>Working with Notification Channels 402</p> <p>Creating Notifications 403</p> <p>Setting a Notification’s Priority 407</p> <p>Adding Notification Actions 411</p> <p>Adding Direct Reply Actions 412</p> <p>Grouping Multiple Notifications 413</p> <p>Adding Notifications to the Earthquake Monitor 414</p> <p>Using Firebase Cloud Messaging 417</p> <p>Triggering Notifications Remotely with Firebase Notifications 418</p> <p>Receiving Data with Firebase Cloud Messaging 421</p> <p>Using Alarms 422</p> <p>Creating, Setting, and Canceling Alarms 423</p> <p>Setting an Alarm Clock 424</p> <p>Introducing Services 424</p> <p>Using Bound Services 425</p> <p>Creating a Started Service 427</p> <p><b>CHAPTER 12: IMPLEMENTING THE ANDROID</b></p> <p>DESIGN PHILOSOPHY 433</p> <p>Introducing the Android Design Philosophy 434</p> <p>Designing for Every Screen 434</p> <p>Resolution Independence 435</p> <p>Supporting and Optimizing for Different Screen Sizes 436</p> <p>Creating Scalable Graphics Assets 439</p> <p>Introducing Material Design 445</p> <p>Thinking in Terms of Paper and Ink 446</p> <p>Using Color and Keylines as Guides 447</p> <p>Continuity through Motion 449</p> <p>Material Design UI Elements 452</p> <p>The App Bar 452</p> <p>Applying Material Design to the Earthquake Monitor 455</p> <p>Using Cards to Display Content 456</p> <p>Floating Action Buttons 460</p> <p><b>CHAPTER 13: IMPLEMENTING A MODERN ANDROID USER EXPERIENCE 463</b></p> <p>The Modern Android UI 464</p> <p>Creating Consistent, Modern User Interfaces</p> <p>Using AppCompat 464</p> <p>Creating and Applying Themes Using AppCompat 465</p> <p>Creating Theme Overlays for Specific Views 466</p> <p>Adding a Menu and Actions to the App Bar 467</p> <p>Defining a Menu Resource 467</p> <p>Adding a Menu to an Activity 468</p> <p>Adding a Menu to a Fragment 469</p> <p>Updating Menu Items Dynamically 469</p> <p>Handling Menu Selections 470</p> <p>Adding Action Views and Action Providers 470</p> <p>Going Beyond the Default App Bar 472</p> <p>Replacing Your App Bar with a Toolbar 472</p> <p>Advanced Scrolling Techniques for the Toolbar 473</p> <p>Incorporating Menus without the App Bar 476</p> <p>Improving the Earthquake Monitor’s App Bar 477</p> <p>App Navigation Patterns 479</p> <p>Navigating with Tabs 479</p> <p>Implementing a Bottom Navigation Bar 482</p> <p>Using a Navigation Drawer 485</p> <p>Combining Navigation Patterns 491</p> <p>Adding Tabs to the Earthquake Monitor 492</p> <p>Choosing the Right Level of Interruption 496</p> <p>Initiating a Dialog 497</p> <p>Let’s Make a Toast 498</p> <p>Inline Interruptions with Snackbars 499</p> <p><b>CHAPTER 14: ADVANCED CUSTOMIZATION OF YOUR USER INTERFACE 501</b></p> <p>Expanding the User Experience 502</p> <p>Supporting Accessibility 502</p> <p>Supporting Navigation without a Touch Screen 502</p> <p>Providing a Textual Description of Each View 503</p> <p>Introducing Android Text-to-Speech 503</p> <p>Using Speech Recognition 505</p> <p>Using Speech Recognition for Voice Input 506</p> <p>Using Speech Recognition for Search 507</p> <p>Controlling Device Vibration 508</p> <p>Going Full Screen 508</p> <p>Working with Property Animations 510</p> <p>Enhancing Your Views 513</p> <p>Advanced Canvas Drawing 514</p> <p>Creating Interactive Controls 530</p> <p>Composite Drawable Resources 536</p> <p>Transformative Drawables 536</p> <p>Layer Drawables 537</p> <p>State List Drawables 537</p> <p>Level List Drawables 538</p> <p>Copy, Paste, and the Clipboard 539</p> <p>Copying Data to the Clipboard 539</p> <p>Pasting Clipboard Data 539</p> <p><b>CHAPTER 15: LOCATION, CONTEXTUAL AWARENESS,AND MAPPING 541</b></p> <p>Adding Location, Maps, and Contextual Awareness to Your</p> <p>Applications 542</p> <p>Introducing Google Play Services 542</p> <p>Adding Google Play Services to Your Application 543</p> <p>Determining the Availability of Google Play Services 545</p> <p>Finding Device Location Using Google Location Services 546</p> <p>Using the Emulator to Test Location-Based Functionality 548</p> <p>Finding the Last Known Location 549</p> <p>“Where Am I” Example 551</p> <p>Requesting Location Change Updates 555</p> <p>Changing Device Location Settings 560</p> <p>Updating the Location in the “Where Am I” Example 563</p> <p>Best Practices When Using Location 566</p> <p>Setting and Managing Geofences 567</p> <p>Using the Legacy Platform Location-Based Services 571</p> <p>Selecting a Location Provider 572</p> <p>Finding the Last Known Location 574</p> <p>Requesting Location Change Updates 575</p> <p>Best Practice for Using the Legacy Location-Based Services 577</p> <p>Using the Geocoder 580</p> <p>Reverse Geocoding 581</p> <p>Forward Geocoding 582</p> <p>Geocoding Where Am I 583</p> <p>Creating Map-Based Activities 585</p> <p>Getting Your Maps API Key 586</p> <p>Creating a Map-Based Activity 586</p> <p>Configuring Google Maps 589</p> <p>Changing the Camera Position with Camera Updates 590</p> <p>Mapping Where Am I 592</p> <p>Displaying the Current Location with the My Location Layer 596</p> <p>Displaying Interactive Map Markers 596</p> <p>Adding Shapes to Google Maps 599</p> <p>Adding Image Overlays to Google Maps 602</p> <p>Adding Markers and Shapes to Where Am I 602</p> <p>Mapping the Earthquake Example 605</p> <p>Adding Contextual Awareness 609</p> <p>Connecting to the Google Play Services API Client and Obtaining API Keys 610</p> <p>Using Awareness Snapshots 612</p> <p>Setting and Monitoring Awareness Fences 613</p> <p>Awareness Best Practices 617</p> <p><b>CHAPTER 16: HARDWARE SENSORS 619</b></p> <p>Introducing Android Sensors 620</p> <p>Using the Sensor Manager 620</p> <p>Understanding the Android Sensors 621</p> <p>Discovering and Identifying Sensors 623</p> <p>Determining Sensor Capabilities 625</p> <p>Wakeup and Non-Wakeup Sensors 627</p> <p>Monitoring Sensor Results 627</p> <p>Interpreting Sensor Values 632</p> <p>Testing Sensors with the Android Virtual Device and Emulator 635</p> <p>Best Practices for Working with Sensors 637</p> <p>Monitoring a Device’s Movement and Orientation 637</p> <p>Determining the Natural Orientation of a Device 638</p> <p>Introducing Accelerometers 639</p> <p>Detecting Acceleration Changes 640</p> <p>Creating a Gravitational Force Meter 642</p> <p>Determining a Device’s Orientation 645</p> <p>Creating a Compass and Artificial Horizon 650</p> <p>Using the Environmental Sensors 654</p> <p>Using the Barometer Sensor 654</p> <p>Creating a Weather Station 655</p> <p>Using Body Sensors 659</p> <p>User Activity Recognition 662</p> <p><b>CHAPTER 17: AUDIO, VIDEO, AND USING THE CAMERA 665</b></p> <p>Playing Audio and Video, and Using the Camera 666</p> <p>Playing Audio and Video 666</p> <p>Introducing the Media Player 667</p> <p>Using Media Player for Video Playback 669</p> <p>Using ExoPlayer for Video Playback 672</p> <p>Requesting and Managing Audio Focus 674</p> <p>Pausing Playback When the Output Changes 676</p> <p>Responding to the Volume Controls 677</p> <p>Working with a Media Session 678</p> <p>Using the Media Router and Cast Application Framework 682</p> <p>Background Audio Playback 686</p> <p>Building an Audio Playback Service 686</p> <p>Using a Media Browser to Connect Your Activity to a</p> <p>Media Browser Service 688</p> <p>Life Cycle of a Media Browser Service 690</p> <p>Playing Audio as a Foreground Service 691</p> <p>Creating Media Style Notifications 693</p> <p>Using the Media Recorder to Record Audio 695</p> <p>Using the Camera for Taking Pictures 697</p> <p>Using Intents to Take Pictures 697</p> <p>Controlling the Camera Directly 699</p> <p>Reading and Writing JPEG EXIF Image Details 706</p> <p>Recording Video 706</p> <p>Using Intents to Record Video 707</p> <p>Using the Media Recorder to Record Video 707</p> <p>Adding Media to the Media Store 710</p> <p>Inserting Media Using the Media Scanner 710</p> <p>Inserting Media Manually 711</p> <p><b>CHAPTER 18: COMMUNICATING WITH BLUETOOTH,NFC, AND WI-FI PEER-TO-PEER 713</b></p> <p>Networking and Peer-to-Peer Communication 713</p> <p>Transferring Data Using Bluetooth 714</p> <p>Managing the Local Bluetooth Device Adapter 714</p> <p>Being Discoverable and Remote Device Discovery 716</p> <p>Bluetooth Communications 720</p> <p>Bluetooth Profiles 725</p> <p>Bluetooth Low Energy 726</p> <p>Transferring Data Using Wi-Fi Peer-to-Peer 728</p> <p>Initializing the Wi-Fi Peer-to-Peer Framework 729</p> <p>Discovering Peers 731</p> <p>Connecting with Peers 732</p> <p>Transferring Data between Peers 733</p> <p>Using Near Field Communication 735</p> <p>Reading NFC Tags 735</p> <p>Using the Foreground Dispatch System 736</p> <p>Using Android Beam 738</p> <p>Creating Android Beam Messages 739</p> <p>Assigning the Android Beam Payload 740</p> <p>Receiving Android Beam Messages 742</p> <p><b>CHAPTER 19: INVADING THE HOME SCREEN 743</b></p> <p>Customizing the Home Screen 743</p> <p>Introducing Home Screen Widgets 744</p> <p>Defining the Widget Layout 745</p> <p>Defining Your Widget Size and Other Metadata 746</p> <p>Implementing Your Widget 748</p> <p>Updating the Widget UI Using the App Widget Manager and Remote Views 749</p> <p>Forcing Refreshes of Your Widget Data and UI 753</p> <p>Creating and Using a Widget Configuration Activity 756</p> <p>Creating an Earthquake Widget 757</p> <p>Introducing Collection View Widgets 763</p> <p>Creating Collection View Widget Layouts 764</p> <p>Updating Collection View Items with a Remote Views Factory 765</p> <p>Updating Collection View Items with a Remote Views Service 767</p> <p>Populating Collection View Widgets Using a Remote Views Service 768</p> <p>Adding Interactivity to the Items within a Collection View Widget 769</p> <p>Refreshing Your Collection View Widgets 770</p> <p>Creating an Earthquake Collection View Widget 770</p> <p>Creating Live Wallpaper 777</p> <p>Creating a Live Wallpaper Definition Resource 778</p> <p>Creating a Wallpaper Service Engine 778</p> <p>Creating a Wallpaper Service 780</p> <p>Creating App Shortcuts 781</p> <p>Static Shortcuts 783</p> <p>Dynamic Shortcuts 784</p> <p>Tracking App Shortcut Use 785</p> <p><b>CHAPTER 20: ADVANCED ANDROID DEVELOPMENT 787</b></p> <p>Advanced Android 788</p> <p>Paranoid Android 788</p> <p>Linux Kernel Security 788</p> <p>Re-introducing Permissions 789</p> <p>Storing Keys in the Android Keystore 792</p> <p>Using the Fingerprint Sensor 792</p> <p>Dealing with Different Hardware and Software Availability 793</p> <p>Specifying Required Hardware 794</p> <p>Confirming Hardware Availability 795</p> <p>Building Backward-Compatible Applications 795</p> <p>Optimizing UI Performance with Strict Mode 797</p> <p>Telephony and SMS 798</p> <p>Telephony 799</p> <p>Sending and Receiving SMS Messages 806</p> <p><b>CHAPTER 21: RELEASING, DISTRIBUTING, AND MONITORING APPLICATIONS 825</b></p> <p>Preparing for Release 826</p> <p>Preparing Release Support Material 826</p> <p>Preparing Your Code for a Release Build 827</p> <p>Updating Application Metadata in Your Application Manifest 828</p> <p>Reviewing Application Installation Restrictions 828</p> <p>Application Versioning 830</p> <p>Signing Production Builds of Your Application 830</p> <p>Creating a Keystore and Signing Key with Android Studio 832</p> <p>Obtaining API Keys Based on Your Private Release Key 833</p> <p>Building and Signing a Production Release 834</p> <p>Distributing Your Application on the Google Play Store 835</p> <p>Introducing the Google Play Store 835</p> <p>Getting Started with the Google Play Store 836</p> <p>Creating an Application on the Google Play Store 837</p> <p>Publishing Your Application 845</p> <p>Monitoring Your Application in Production 848</p> <p>An Introduction to Monetizing Applications 853</p> <p>Application Marketing, Promotion, and Distribution Strategies 854</p> <p>Application Launch Strategies 854</p> <p>Internationalization 855</p> <p>Using Firebase to Monitor Your Application 856</p> <p>Adding Firebase to Your Application 856</p> <p>Using Firebase Analytics 857</p> <p>Firebase Performance Monitoring 860</p> <p>INDEX 863</p>

<p><b>About the authors</b> <p><b>Reto Meier</b> has been helping Android developers create the best applications possible for their users since the initial Android release in 2007. Reto is an experienced software developer with more than 20 years of experience in application design and development. He has spent 10 years as a Developer Advocate, contributing countless articles, online training, conference talks, and YouTube videos to the developer community. <p><b>Ian Lake</b> has approached Android development from multiple angles over the course of the last 8 years. Ian has worked professionally on high profile Android apps as an application developer, provided outreach to the development community as a Developer Advocate, and has contributed to improving the Android framework APIs themselves as part of the Android Framework team.

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