Beginning Android 2

1: The Big Picture

2: Project Structure

3: Inside the Manifest

4: Creating a Skeleton Application

5: Using XML-Based Layouts

6: Employing Basic Widgets

7: Working with Containers

8: Using Selection Widgets

9: Getting Fancy with Lists

10: Employing Fancy Widgets and Containers

11: Applying Menus

12: Fonts

13: Embedding the WebKit Browser

14: Showing Pop-Up Messages

15: Dealing with Threads

16: Handling Activity Lifecycle Events

17: Using Preferences

18: Accessing Files

19: Working with Resources

20: Handling Rotation

21: Managing and Accessing Local Databases

22: Leveraging Java Libraries

23: Communicating via the Internet

24: Creating Intent Filters

25: Launching Activities and Sub-Activities

26: Finding Available Actions via Introspection

27: Using a Content Provider

28: Building a Content Provider

29: Requesting and Requiring Permissions

30: Creating a Service

31: Invoking a Service

32: Alerting Users Via Notifications

33: Accessing Location-Based Services

34: Mapping with MapView and MapActivity

35: Handling Telephone Calls

36: Searching with SearchManager/Integrated Local and Web Search APIs

37: Google Translate

38: Google Text-to-Speech Features

39: Development Tools

40: Touch Screen Considerations

41: Handwriting Gesture UI

42: Android Optional APIs

43: Android Resource

Mark Murphy is the founder of CommonWare and the author of Beginning Android (Apress) and The Busy Coder's Guide to Android Development. A three-time entrepreneur, his experience ranges from consulting on open source and collaborative development for Fortune 500 companies to application development on just about anything smaller than a mainframe. He has been a software developer for over 25 years, working on platforms ranging from the TRS-80 to the latest crop of mobile devices. A polished speaker, Mark has delivered conference presentations and training sessions on a wide array of topics internationally.

Mark writes the "Building Droids" column for AndroidGuys and the "Android Angle" column for NetworkWorld.

Outside of CommonsWare, Mark has an avid interest in how the Internet will play a role in citizen involvement with politics and government. He is a contributor to the Rebooting America essay collection, and his personal blog features many posts discussing "cooperative democracy."