Android From Scratch

This series focuses on getting started with Android development. If you ever wanted to create an Android application, then now is the time to take action. In this series, we guide you from the very basics to creating your very first application.

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Android From Scratch: An Overview of Android Application Development
The Android operating system and its development tools have changed tremendously over the years. Early adopters, like myself, can't help but marvel at how...
Ashraff Hathibelagal
14 Mar 2016
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Android From Scratch: Setting Up the Development Environment
So you've decided to take your first steps into learning about Android app development. Great choice. Android is currently the most widely used smartphone...
Paul Trebilcox-Ruiz
21 Mar 2016
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Android From Scratch: Exploring Android Sample Apps
One of the most daunting tasks when developing for Android, for both beginners and experts, is figuring out where to start when using a new feature. Luckily,...
Paul Trebilcox-Ruiz
4 Apr 2016
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Android From Scratch: Building Your First Android Application
In this tutorial, you will build your first Android application. You will have the chance to look at how Android Studio works and to understand the concepts...
Nitish Kumar
30 Jun 2022
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Android From Scratch: How to Run Your Application on a Physical Device
If you are building an app that you to plan to publish on Google Play, it is very important that you understand how it behaves on a physical device. In this...
Ashraff Hathibelagal
11 Aug 2022
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Android From Scratch: Common UI Design Patterns
While Android allows you to create almost any custom view or user interface that you could possibly want, there are a few user interface patterns that have...
Paul Trebilcox-Ruiz
18 Apr 2016
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Android From Scratch: Understanding Views and View Groups
Aside from a handful of edge cases, every application that you build has some form of user interface. On Android, this is accomplished through the use of...
Paul Trebilcox-Ruiz
19 Sep 2022
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Android From Scratch: Activities and Fragments
When a user interacts with an app on an Android device, they are almost always interacting with an Activity. After Google released the Honeycomb version of...
Paul Trebilcox-Ruiz
25 May 2016
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Android From Scratch: Connecting Activities and Applications
Before you start creating complex applications with dozens of activities, and thus screens, you need to understand how to switch from one activity to...
Ashraff Hathibelagal
1 Jun 2016
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Android From Scratch: Understanding Adapters and Adapter Views
Adapter views are so ubiquitous that you'd have a hard time finding a popular Android app that doesn't use them. Every time you see an Android app display...
Ashraff Hathibelagal
15 Jun 2016
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Android From Scratch: How to Use Resources In an Application
Any app that you develop will have to include some sort of local resources and values, such as strings, image assets (even if it's just the app icon) and...
Paul Trebilcox-Ruiz
29 Jun 2016
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Android From Scratch: How to Store Application Data Locally
When it comes to persisting application data locally, Android developers are definitely spoiled for choice. In this tutorial, I'll show you how to make use...
Ashraff Hathibelagal
28 Jul 2023
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Android From Scratch: Background Operations
Threading in any programming language or platform is difficult, and Android is no exception. In this tutorial you will learn about some of the tools...
Paul Trebilcox-Ruiz
22 Jul 2016
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Android From Scratch: Creating Styles and Themes
On Google Play, which hosts well over a million apps today, looks are just as important as functionality, if not more! In this tutorial, you'll learn how to...
Ashraff Hathibelagal
25 Jul 2022
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Android From Scratch: Google Play Services
The Google Play Services library allows Android developers to easily connect to and use Google-powered features, and provides backwards compatibility for new...
Paul Trebilcox-Ruiz
12 Aug 2016
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Android From Scratch: Understanding Android Broadcasts
In this tutorial, you'll learn how to create, send and receive both local and system-wide broadcasts. You'll also learn how to use a popular third-party...
Ashraff Hathibelagal
15 Aug 2016
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Android From Scratch: Hardware Sensors
One of the things that makes developing for mobile devices different from other platforms is that a mobile phone or tablet is packed full of sensors and...
Paul Trebilcox-Ruiz
29 Aug 2016
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Android From Scratch: Using REST APIs
In this tutorial, I'm going to show you how to use the classes and methods available in the Android SDK to connect to remote web servers and interact with...
Ashraff Hathibelagal
18 Apr 2021
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