Android Design Patterns and Best Practice电子书

Android Design Patterns and Best Practice

Android Design Patterns and Best Practice

Credits

About the Author

About the Reviewer

www.PacktPub.com

Why subscribe?

Customer Feedback

Preface

What this book covers

What you need for this book

Who this book is for

Conventions

Reader feedback

Customer support

Downloading the example code

Downloading the color images of this book

Errata

Piracy

Questions

1. Design Patterns

How this book works

What we will build

The scenario

The problem

The solution

Targeting platform versions

The support library

The factory pattern

UML diagrams

Running and testing an app

Connecting to a real device

Connecting to a virtual device

Monitoring devices

The abstract factory pattern

Working with more than one factory

Summary

2. Creational Patterns

Applying themes

Customizing color and text

Using palettes

Customizing text

Adding image resources

Managing screen densities

Using designated resources

Creating a card view

Understanding card view properties

Applying CardView metrics

Updating the factory pattern

Applying a builder pattern

Summary

3. Material Patterns

The app-bar

Image assets

Applying actions

App bar structure

Phones

Tablets

The navigation drawer

Drawer construction

Ratio keylines

Activating the drawer

Adding fragments

Right handed drawers

The singleton pattern

Summary

4. Layout Patterns

Linear layouts

Weight and gravity

Relative layouts

The percent support library

Screen rotation

Large screen layouts

Width qualifiers

Layout aliases

The strategy pattern

Summary

5. Structural Patterns

Generating lists

List item layouts

Material font sizes

Connecting data

Translating string resources

Adapters and layout managers

The adapter pattern

The bridge pattern

The facade pattern

The criteria pattern

Summary

6. Activating Patterns

Collapsing toolbars

Applying a data factory pattern

Positioning item layouts

Using the factory with the RecyclerView

Adding dividers

Configuring the floating action button

The dialog builder

Custom dialogs

Adding swipe and dismiss actions

Constructing layout builders

Summary

7. Combining Patterns

Outlining specifications

The prototype pattern

Setting up a prototype

Applying the prototype

The decorator design pattern

Setting up a decorator

Applying the decorator

Extending the decorator

A sandwich builder pattern

Applying the pattern

Connecting to a UI

Selecting patterns

Adding a decorator

Attaching the pattern

Connecting the pattern to the UI

Summary

8. Composing Patterns

The composite pattern

Adding a builder

A Layout composer

Adding components

Creating composites

Create composite layouts

Formatting layouts at runtime

Storage options

Creating static files

Creating and editing application files

Storing user preferences

The activity life cycle

Applying preferences

Adding a unique identifier

Summary

9. Observing Patterns

The Observer pattern

Creating the pattern

Adding a notification

Utility observers and observables

Notifications

Setting an intent

Customizing and configuring notifications

Visibility and priority

Services

Summary

10. Behavioral Patterns

The template pattern

Extending templates

The strategy pattern

The visitor pattern

The state pattern

Summary

11. Wearable Patterns

Android TV

TV home screen

TV model-view-presenter pattern

TV app structure

Recommendation cards

Android Wear

Pairing with a wearable device

Managing screen shapes

Wearable notifications

Reading sensors

Android Auto

Auto safety considerations

Configuring Auto apps

Summary

12. Social Patterns

Adding web pages

Including a link

Configuring WebSettings and JavaScript

Writing HTML for WebViews

Connecting with Facebook

Adding the Facebook SDK

Obtaining a Facebook App ID

Adding a LikeView

Content builders

Integrating Twitter

Sending tweets

Summary

13. Distribution Patterns

Extending platform scope

Publishing apps

Generating a signed APK

Registering as a developer

Publishing an app on the Google Play store

Distributing by e-mail and on websites

Promoting and monetizing apps

Promoting an app

Monetizing an app

In-app billing

Including an advertisement

Summary