Android Tutorial

Android tutorial or android development tutorial covers basic and advanced concepts of android technology. Our android tutorial is developed for beginners and professionals.
Android is a complete set of software for mobile devices such as tablet computers, notebooks, smartphones, electronic book readers, set-top boxes etc.
It contains a linux-based Operating System, middleware and key mobile applications.
It can be thought of as a mobile operating system. But it is not limited to mobile only. It is currently used in various devices such as mobiles, tablets, televisions etc.

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Android Development Tutorial

In this fundamental chapter, you will learn about android, its components, how to create first android application, internal of first android application etc.
What is Android
History and Version
Software Stack
Core Building Blocks
Android Emulator
Installing softwares
Setup Eclipse
Hello Android example
Internal Details
Dalvik VM
AndroidManifest.xml
R.java
Hide Title Bar

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Activity and Intent

It provides the detail of activity, its life cycle with example, implicit intent, sending information from one activity to another etc.
Activity LifeCycle
Implicit Intent
Explicit Intent
StartActivityForResult

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Android UI Widgets

There are given a lot of android ui widgets examples such as toggle button, alert dialog, spinner, progress bar, alert dialog etc.
UI Widgets
Working with Button
Toast
Custom Toast
ToggleButton
CheckBox
AlertDialog
Spinner
AutoCompleteTextView
RatingBar
DatePicker
TimePicker
ProgressBar

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Menus in Android

Here, you will learn about the option menu that is primary menu, context menu that works on long press and popup menu.
Option Menu
Context Menu
Popup Menu

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Service in Android

It can be used to perform any task in background. It doesn't have any user interface(UI).
Android Service

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Data Storage

You can store data in android using preferences, internal storage, external storage and sqlite database. Preferences are used to primitives, internal storage stores data in device internal memory, external storage stores data in device external memory such as SD card and SQLite is used to store data in sqlite database i.e. inbuilt in android Operating System (OS).
Internal Storage
External Storage

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SQLite Database

SQLite Tutorial and Example
SQLite Example with GUI by Spinner

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XML and JSON Parsing

There are three ways to parse the xml file but android recommends XMLPullParser to parse the XML. Instead of XML, JSON is preferred because it is fast and short.
XML Parsing SAX
XML Parsing DOM
XMLPullParser
JSON Parsing

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Android Multimedia

Android multimedia api deals in playing and controlling the audio and video.
Playing Audio in android Example
Playing Video in android Example

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Android Speech API

Speech API is used to convert text into speech.
Android TextToSpeech Tutorial
TextToSpeech Example with Speed option

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Telephony API

It can be used to get details about the device, making phone calls, sending sms, sending emails etc. TelephonyManager
Get Call State
Call State BroadcastReceiver
How to make a Phone Call
How to Send SMS
How to Send Email

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Device Connectivity

We can connect and control bluetooth, wifi and camera in android.
Bluetooth Tutorial
List Paired Devices

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Android Sensor Tutorial

Android sensor tutorial covers concept and example of motion sensor, position sensor and environmental sensor.
Android Sensor Tutorial

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Web Service Tutorial

Android web service tutorial enables you to interact with other programming language such as Java, .Net, PHP and Python.
Android Web Service

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Android Animation

Android animation enables you to rotate, slide and flip images and text.
Android Animation Example

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Free Java Projects

Features of Javatpoint Projects

1) All the advance java projects can be downloaded in Eclipse, Myeclipse and Netbeans IDE's.
2) Projects have SRS including Objective of the project, Users of the Project and their Role, Functional Requirement, Non-functional requirement etc.
3) Projects have detailed information of How Project Works?, including Snapshots of the project in the document file with full illustration.
4) You need to create table in the database manually. Go to src folder, there is given Listener class, open this class and see the table structure only. Now create the table in the oracle 10g database. All the column names must be same as mentioned in the table query, id must be primary key and generated by sequence.
5) All the advance java projects uses Oracle 10g database. Here, we are assuming that username is system and password is oracle for the oracle database.

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Connect Globe	JSP, Javascript, Ajax
Online Banking Project	JSP, Javascript, Ajax
Online Quiz Project	JSP, Javascript, Ajax
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Online Library Project	JSP, Javascript, Ajax
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The Essential Android Game Development Tutorials

Games are among the most popular and profitable types of mobile applications. New games are developed and released every day on Google Play and other app marketplaces and once in a while we also come across a Flappy Bird like wonder story. This is a roundup of some of the best tutorials available online on Andorid game development that can be useful to developers in learning how to develop games for Android. Note that this list doesn’t cover any specific game engine or game creation tool, (which will be covered in later posts) but concentrates mainly on game development with Canvas/Open GL.

Android Game Development Tutorial - Kilobolt

This set of tutorials is perhaps one of the most popular sources for learning Android game development. The comprehensive series of tutorials is also nicely organized into different units and sections. If you are a complete beginner to Java and Android you can start following the series right from Unit 1, titled “Beginning Java” and which essentially deals with various Java concepts from basics to advanced. Unit 2 & 3 covers various aspects of creating a game and lays down the foundation of gaming concepts (you can skip this too if you have created a game in Java before and are familiar with game development concepts). Unit 4 exclusively deals with Android game development and covers a wide range of topics right from setting up a development environment to creating your Android game.

The ABCs of Android game development

A tutorial in five parts. First part discusses how to create a drawing surface and a framework for the game, second part covers the basics of how to load and display sprites when developing an Android game, the third installment of the tutorial deals with sprite animations, the fourth part walks you through the concept of collision detection while the final installment of the tutorial shows how to derive input from a user and how to use the input to influence the on-screen action (user input). The tutorial linked here is the final installment of the tutorials as it contains the links to all the previous parts. You can also download the project covered in the tutorial and import it into Eclipse.

OpenGL ES 2.0 Tutorial for Android

OpenGL ES (OpenGL for Embedded Systems)  is an implementation of OpenGL for embedded devices. Android features good support for OpenGL ES and it is also widely used in developing Android games. This tutorial shows how to get started with OpenGL ES 2.0 for Android.

Game Development Days

These series of tutorials walks you through the process of creating a simple 2-dimensional game engine for Android from scratch. During the course of development you will learn about design decisions and understand how each component works in a game engine. The series starts with a detailed introduction to OpenGL ES and then progresses to other topics such as setting up your development environment, concepts related to game engine, stage, scenes, sprites, primitive drawing, textures etc.

How to Draw a 2D Object in Android With a Canvas

You can draw 2D objects in Android either on a View or with a Canvas. If you are drawing objects that need to be be redrawn regularly (which is the case in games) Canvas is the better solution. This tutorials walks you through the process of drawing a 2D object with a Canvas and also shows how to use a secondary thread to perform the drawing for better performance.

Create a Hangman Game

Another multi-part tutorial on Android game development. This series walks you through the process of developing a hangman game for Android and discusses the core game development concepts right from basics such as setting up your project to developing the user interface and user interaction. The tutorial also deals with topics such as adapters, XML resources, action bar etc. You can also download the source code of the project developed in the course of the tutorial.

Android Game Tutorials From Java Code Geeks

A lengthy series of Android game development tutorials that is somewhat outdated but useful nonetheless. The series guides you through the process of developing an Android game right from the conception of the game idea to its execution. You will learn important game development concepts such as a basic game architecture, game loop, sprite animation, particle explosion, bitmap fonts, moving images on screen, MVC pattern, OpenGL ES, OpenGL texture mapping, collision detection etc. The tutorials are also accompanied with relevant illustrations and source code. You can also download the source code and the eclipse project.

Displaying Graphics with OpenGL ES

This section of the Android documentation is a must read for developers getting started with OpenGL ES in Android. It walks you through the basics of developing applications using OpenGL  and covers topics such as setup, drawing objects, moving drawn elements and responding to touch input. The example code uses the  OpenGL ES 2.0 APIs. It is divided into several sections, each one of which discusses a different aspect of working with OpenGL. Building an OpenGL ES Environment, which starts the series shows you how to create a view container for  OpenGL ES while the next couple of sections guide you through the basics of how to define and draw OpenGL shapes in your application. The rest of the documentation covers various other important topics such as  how to use projection and camera views to get a new perspective on your drawn objects, how to do basic movement and animation of drawn objects, basic interaction with OpenGL graphics etc.

A Real Open GL ES 2.0 2D Tutorial

A series of tutorials on OpenGL ES 2.0 that specifically focuses on the 2D aspects of OpenGL ES 2.0 for Android. The tutorials are descriptive and include example source code, which are also available for download. The tutorials cover topics starting from how to render a triangle (first part) to rendering an image, handling input, transforming images, the OpenGL texture system, screens and dimensions etc.

Getting Started With Google Play Game Services for Android

Google Play game services lets you create great game experiences by helping you implement achievement, leaderboards, and real-time multiplaying capability to your game. These elements greatly enhance the game experience for the user/player. A leaderboard allows the players to compare their scores with other players or friends, rewards and achievements encourage better user engagement and multiplayer capability provides a competitive and cooperative experience often using social platforms. In short, you can add a lot to your game experience by utilizing the Google Play Game Services. This official documentation guides you through the basics of how to get started with Google Play Game Services.