Learning Android Development – continued

Currently learning Android Development using the book ‘Beginning Android Application Development’ from Wrox.

Have worked through Chapter 2 – Activities and Intents – quite a lot of information to cover there, including:-

– Creating an activity
– Life cycle of an activity
– The function of an intent
– Calling an activity
– Passing data to an activity
– Displaying notifications

Also worked through Chapter 3 – Getting to Know the Android User Interface – this included:-

– The different types of Layout and View
– Adapting to changes in orientation

And worked through Chapter 4 – Designing Your User Interface Using Views – this included:-

– A brief look at some of the commonly used views and user interface elements – including TextView, Button, ImageButton, EditText and several more