The Busy Coder's Guide to Android Development Version 7.3 Released
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In terms of content, this update:
Updated the book for Android Studio 2.1, including a much larger
chapter on using the emulator, covering many of the new emulator
features
Expanded the appendix on the N Developer Preview, updating
it to the N Developer Preview 2 and adding material on TileService
and network security configuration
Expanded the coverage of
consuming documents through the Storage Access Framework,
including covering ACTION_OPEN_DOCUMENT_TREE and Android N���s
StorageVolume option
Expanded coverage of Android N multi-window, both in
the Android N appendix and in
the Storage Access Framework chapter, the latter
adding a multi-tab/multi-window text editor example
Merged the JUnit and JUnit4 chapters into one, with related fixes to the
other major chapters on testing and updates based on Android Studio 2.1
Updated coverage of Notification to improve the material on progress
notifications and custom views, coverage of Android N���s
quick-reply working on the lockscreen, and the use of FileProvider
over file: Uri values
Added an improved ACTION_IMAGE_CAPTURE sample to
the chapter on working with the camera, using a FileProvider
instead of File objects, to deal with Android N
Expanded the coverage of preferences to include MultiSelectListPreferences
and ListPreferences with dynamic contents (generated in Java on the fly,
not hard-coded as resources)
Added more material on StreamProvider, as an alternative to FileProvider
Retired the tapjacking chapter, migrating the relevant portions of that
material to the chapter on miscellaneous security techniques
Deleted obsolete chapters on ActionBarSherlock and non-Android Wear
wrist wearables
Removed material on ViewPagerIndicator
The APK edition of the book has a few more appinars in
the Community Theater, including:
Doing Periodic Work
Consuming Content from a Uri
Notification Basics
Lockscreen Notifications
Version 7.4 is tentatively slated for early June and will include material
on whatever fun stuff Google will announce at Google I|O later this month.
