Pluralsight Android for NET Developers 2 Building Apps With Android Studio

This course provides an introduction to building Android applications using Android Studio focusing on those issues that are familiar to developers with desktop and web-based application experience. Topics covered include user interface management, multi-Activity applications, Android resource management, and exchanging information between Activities.

Activities and the Options Menu 00:31:40
Introduction 00:38
Course Prerequisites and Expectations 01:43
Anatomy of An Activity 03:03
Walkthrough: Anatomy of An Activity 06:06
Options Menu 01:46
Walkthrough: Options Menu Definition 05:56
Walkthrough: Options Menu Handling 11:04
Summary 01:24
Add Activities 00:32:39
Introduction 00:46
Creating and Displaying Activities 04:43
Adding New Activities 07:30
Displaying Activities 10:53
Demo: Creating and Display Activities 00:39
Adding Menus to New Activities 03:58
Closing Activities 01:25
Demo: Closing Activities 01:34
Summary 01:11
Views and Layouts 00:41:21
Introduction 00:40
The role of Views and Layouts 03:54
Using Layouts 05:20
Working with LinearLayout 08:40
Working with RelativeLayout 05:20
Demo: LinearLayout and RelativeLayout 00:40
Handling Event Callbacks with Interfaces 08:20
Mimicking Delegates to Handle Event Callbacks 03:59
Handling Event Callbacks More Easily 02:55
Summary 01:31
Activity Lifecycle 00:39:09
Introduction 00:54 Mobile Resource Challenge 01:14
Traditional Resource Management 01:22
Moving Beyond Processes and Threads 01:22
Android Resource Management 05:12
Activity States 01:50
Activity State Callback Methods 05:22
Demo: Activity State Callback Methods 04:46
Device Orientation and State 02:02
Demo: Manage State of Activity Views 07:23
Demo: Manage State of Activity Fields 04:51
Demo: Views with Self-Managing State 00:54
Summary 01:57
Accessing Activity Results 00:40:07
Introduction 01:07
Working with Activity Results 01:46
Handling Activity Results 02:23
Starting Custom Activity for Results 03:47
Custom Activity Return Results 06:59
Handling Returned Activity Results 06:40
Walkthrough: Handling Activity Results 02:01
Starting Camera from Your App 04:12
Handling Camera Results 05:36
Walkthrough: Starting Camera and Handling Results 01:59
Configuring the Emulator for Camera Support 01:59
Summary 01:38