Java Programming for Android Developers For Dummies

This page is for the old first edition of the book. For the latest stuff, please visit the 2nd edition web page.

Download the code for Android Studio and IntelliJ IDEA!

For Android Studio users: Instructions on using Android Studio (instead of Eclipse) with the examples in my book

Download the code for Eclipse!

If you want to use Eclipse, visit eclipse.org and get Eclipse for Java Developers. After installing Eclipse for Java Developers, follow the instructions at http://developer.android.com/sdk/installing/installing-adt.html to add the ADT (Android Developer Tools) to Eclipse.

For Eclipse users: Information about changes in the ADT

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How to verify that a device (a phone or a tablet) is properly connected to your development computer via USB

• After Figure 6-10, change appString to ageString. (Thanks to Ehsan Alikhani for finding this mistake.)
• In Listing 9-17, to be consistent with the rest of the material in that section, change the name of the renderingMethod field. Rename it renderingValue. (Thanks to Phong Nguyen for finding this mistake.)
• In Figure 10-4, the Employee class has two children. The right-most child's name should be PartTimeEmployee. (Thanks to Phong Nguyen for finding this mistake.)
• In Project 12-10, in the AndroidManifest.xml file, delete the entire intent-filter inside the .MyListActivity. (Thanks to Jim McIntosh.)

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