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Developing an Android App
Notes taken by Edward Tanguay on June 17, 2014 (go to class or lectures)
Choose from these words to fill the blanks below:
publishes, continue, events, language, animations, background, ContentProvider, database, messaging, plurals, Java, shares, users, Activity, developer
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four kinds of application components
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1. Activity
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           see these
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enables users to give and receive
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2. Service
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supports long-running                      operations
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3. Broadcastreceiver
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listens for and responds to device             
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4. Contentprovider
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stores and              data between multiple applications
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applications have any number of the above kinds of components
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implemented as          classes
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Activity class
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primary class for user interaction
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an activity should provide a single, focused thing for a user to do
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e.g. phone dialer
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DialtactsActivity.java
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a sub-class of                 
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Service class
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run in the background
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run away from UI thread
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e.g. music application
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allows music to                  playing even when you move to another app
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users a service to play the music file
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BroadcastReceiver
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listens for and responds to events
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events are represented by the intent class
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use e.g. sendBroadcast
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e.g. the                    application
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someone wants to send me an SMS message
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arrives at my phone
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Android sits and waits for SMS messages to arrive and when one arrived,                    an SMSmessageReceived intent
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Content Providers
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stores and shares data across applications
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use                 -style interface
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handle interprocess communication
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e.g. browser application
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browser opens bookmarks in a Content
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BrowserProvider extends                               
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more complex application with two activities
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MapLocation
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user enters address
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presses button
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building an application
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you get an apk file
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apk is signed to identify the                   
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steps
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1. define resources
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apps are more than source code
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layout files
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strings
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images
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you can easily alter these resources
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e.g. strings
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individual strings
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arrays of strings
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e.g. book/books
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in java, you refer to them as R.string.string_name
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implement applicatoin classes
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package application
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install and run application
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you can add another                  of strings by adding a directory, e.g.
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Flashcards:

what are the four fundamental components of an Android application?
ContentProvider (data), Activity (interface), BroadcastReceiver (events), Service (background)
Android Architecture
The Android Development Environment
Developing an Android App
The Activity Class
Fields of the Intent Class
Android Permissions
The Fragment Class