Mastering the Android Developer Tools: Working with Layout Tools, Ddms, Avd, and Adt

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Mike Wolfson

Mastering the Android Developer Tools

Working with Layout Tools, Ddms, Avd, and Adt

Mike Wolfson

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O'Reilly Media
30 August 2013

PDAs & other handheld devices: consumer & user guides; PDA & Handheld programming

Developing Android apps is a challenge: it's hard enough to write high-performing apps that run well, but you've also got to make them look good on a wide variety of Android devices. Fortunately, there are a many tools that take the pain out of developing Android, but they don't readily give up their secrets. To help with your user interface, the Android Graphical Layout Tools make laying out complicated Activities easy, and the HierarchyViewer does a great job of identifying complexity in your layouts. To help identify memory or resource issues you can use the Dalvik Debug Manager Service (DDMS) tools, which include TraceView and AllocationTracker. These make it easy to understand exactly where your application is allocating resources. There are tools to help simulate devices: the Android Virtual Device (AVD) tools. Lastly, there is a rich set of plugins for a variety of Integrated Development Environments that help streamline the development process:the Android Developer Tools (ADT) plug-ins. This book will guide you through the proper usage of all of these tools.

It will describe in detail what each tool is designed to do, when and how to use them, and how to integrate them into your development workflow, making the development process less painful. This book will give you a better understanding of the variety of tools available, and empower your to design and deliver great Android Applications.

By: Mike Wolfson
Imprint: O'Reilly Media
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 233mm, Width: 178mm, Spine: 15mm
Weight: 431g
ISBN: 9781449328214
ISBN 10: 1449328210
Pages: 125
Publication Date: 30 August 2013
Audience: General/trade
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

"Mike is a passionate mobile designer/developer working out of Phoenix, AZ. He has been working in the software field for over 15 years, and with Android since its introduction. Currently, he runs his own consultancy group, developing Android applications for a variety of customers. He has written a variety of successful apps, and is probably best known for the """"Droid Of The Day"""" App. Mike has spent his career helping others learn technology. He currently runs the local Google Technology Users Group, and has been a lifelong supporter of a variety of other group learning activities. Mike has spoken about Android and mobile development at a variety of conferences and user groups. When he is not geeking out about phones, he enjoys the outdoors (snowboarding, hiking, scuba diving), collecting PEZ dispensers, and chasing his young (but quick) daughter."