

File Size: 16237 KB
Print Length: 486 pages
Publisher: Apress; 1 edition (May 11, 2015)
Publication Date: May 11, 2015
Sold by: Digital Services LLC
Language: English
ASIN: B00IJ20W2W
Text-to-Speech: Enabled
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Pros: Lots of explanations Some descriptions beforehand Small examples of many Android Studio features Many images Instructions are usually very clearCons: Not all chapters seem to be in order Examples can go on and on Some instruction gotchas are explained afterward (instead of warning ahead of time)I purchased the book from the manufacturer's website . It was $35 - a $15 coupon,. and $20 is a decent price for this book.The first chapters go through setting up the environment and introducing many of the tabs and menus in Android Studio. Small examples of each are provided, such as automatically creating a constructor or moving lines of code up and down, and the shortcuts are given for each, both on Windows and the Mac. This is a lot of information to remember, but the cheatsheet is introduced and also ctrl-shift-a (Windows) which helps find commands. If you know what Android Studio will do and have a good idea what it is called, ctrl-shift-a will find it for you. These chapters introduce those features. Very nice.Chapters 5, 6, and 7 are the book's sore point. 5 and 6 is a lab, where code is written and tried. Chapter 7 introduces git and how to download the source code with it (which can be used to follow, or compared to what you yourself type in.) Unfortunately, git is referred to earlier, and you end up having to read part of chapter 7, then back to 5 and 6, then 7 again. It gets confusing. This should be much clearer both instruction-wise and progression-wise.The code in chapters 5 and 6 is interesting. It's a working app, and you can download the code. Some things are explained ahead of time. But the nitty-gritty details are, "do this, now do that.
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