Android™ Application Development - Bahar Ali Khan

Contents
Introducing Layouts 79
Using Layouts 79
Creating New Views 80
Modifying Existing Views 81
Creating Compound Controls 85
Creating Custom Widgets and Controls 88
Using Custom Controls 98
Creating and Using Menus 99
Introducing the Android Menu System 99
Defi ning an Activity Menu 101
Dynamically Updating Menu Items 104
Handling Menu Selections 104
Submenus and Context Menus 105
To-Do List Example Continued 107
Summary 112
Chapter 5: Intents, Broadcast Receivers, Adapters, and the Internet 113
Introducing Intents 114
Using Intents to Launch Activities 114
Using Intent Filters to Service Implicit Intents 121
Using Intent Filters for Plug-ins and Extensibility 130
Using Intents to Broadcast Events 132
Introducing Adapters 136
Introducing Some Android-Supplied Adapters 136
Using Adapters for Data Binding 136
Using Internet Resources 141
Connecting to an Internet Resource 142
Leveraging Internet Resources 143
Introducing Dialogs 143
Introducing the Dialog Class 144
Using Activities as Dialogs 147
Creating an Earthquake Viewer 148
Summary 157
Chapter 6: Data Storage, Retrieval, and Sharing 159
Android Techniques for Saving Data 160
Saving Simple Application Data 160
Creating and Saving Preferences 161
Retrieving Shared Preferences 161
Saving the Activity State 162
Creating a Preferences Page for the Earthquake Viewer 165
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