Android, an open source operating system for mobile devices (Smartphone and tablet), led by Google. The Android SDK provides a set of tools and APIs to develop Android applications, using Java. So, if you know Java, Android programming is easy :)
In this series of tutorials, we show you the list of basic tutorials to get you start program Android easily.
Note
All Android tutorials are developed in Eclipse 3.7, and tested with Android 2.3.3.
All Android tutorials are developed in Eclipse 3.7, and tested with Android 2.3.3.
P.S This is just the initial version of Android tutorials, will keep publishing more in future.
1. Quick Start
Get you start in Android programming.
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Android hello world
example
Tools and SDK to develop Android applications.
2. Fundamentals
Some Android basic stuffs.
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activity example
Understand Android’s activity, a simple example to navigate from one screen (activity) to another screen (activity). -
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wrap_content and fill_parent example
The different between wrap_content and fill_parent to control the component’s width and height. -
Attach
Android source code to Eclipse IDE
Android source code is important to understand how Android works, a guide to attach Android’s source code to Eclipse IDE.
3. User Interface Controls
Play with Android UI controls.
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button example
Use “Button” to display a simple button. -
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textbox example
Use “EditText” to render an editable textbox component. -
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password example
Use “EditText” + inputType=”textPassword” to render a password component. -
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checkbox example
Use “CheckBox” to render the checkbox component. -
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radio buttons example
Use “RadioButton” and “RadioGroup” to render radio button component in the group. -
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toggle button example
Use “ToggleButton” to render a button which has only two states (On and Off). -
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rating bar example
Use “RatingBar” to render a rating bar in stars icon. -
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spinner (drop down list) example
Use “Spinner” to render a drop down box for selecting items. -
Android date
picker example
Use “DatePicker” and “DatePickerDialog” to render a date picker component. -
Android time
picker example
Use “TimePicker” and “TimePickerDialog” to render a time picker component. -
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analogclock and digitalclock example
Use “AnalogClock” and “DigitalClock” to render a clock like component, which supports hours, minutes and seconds. -
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progress bar example
Use “ProgressDialog” to display a progress bar in dialog to tell us that your task takes time to finish. -
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alert dialog example
How to display an alert box. -
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prompt dialog example
Custom AlertDialog example. -
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custom dialog example
Custom Dialog example. -
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Toast example
Custom Toast view example. -
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ImageView example
Use “ImageView” to display an image file. -
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ImageButton example
Use “ImageButton” to display a button with a customized background image. -
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ImageButton selector example
Use “Button” and “selector” tag to display buttons’ images depend on the button states.
4. Layouts
Play with Android layout controls.
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LinearLayout example
Most common layouts, arranges components in horizontal or vertical order. -
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RelativeLayout example
Most flexible layouts, arranges components based on the “relative” or sibling component. -
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TableLayout example
Most flexible layout, arranges components in row and column format, just like HTML table , <tr> and <td>. -
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ListView example
Display components in a vertical scrollable list. -
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GridView example
Display componenets in a two-dimensional scrolling grid. -
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WebView example
Allow you to open an own windows for viewing URL or custom html markup page.
5. FAQs
Some common asked questions in Android.
- How to open an URL in Android’s web browser
- How to set default activity for Android application
- How to make a phone call in Android
- Where to download Samsung Galaxy S2 USB driver?
- Android debugging on real device
- Android – How to center button on screen
- How to turn on/off camera LED/flashlight in Android
- Android : how to check if device has camera
- How to send SMS message in Android
- How to send Email in Android
- Android : The connection to adb is down, and a severe error has occurred.