The Busy Coder's Guide to Android Development Version 7.6 Released

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This update represents a whole lot of ���miscellaneous���, since I was
uncertain of Google���s release schedule for a bunch of stuff (Android Studio
2.2, Android 7.0, and ConstraintLayout).

In this update, I:

Extracted the material on multi-window implementations into a
separate chapter, one that includes information about
supporting Samsung���s and LG���s proprietary multi-window approaches

Expanded the coverage of drag-and-drop to mention
how it works with the Samsung/LG multi-window environments, Chrome OS, etc.

Added a new section to the chapter on Espresso,
covering IdlingResource

Added a new section to the chapter on RecyclerView,
covering having items that expand and contract

Added a new section to the chapter on the media projection APIs,
covering andshooter, a screenshot utility app

Updated the chapter on consuming documents to cover
the duration of access to content identified by Uri values

Added material on the problems with custom Parcelable implementations
to the chapter on Parcelable

Added a short section on @InverseBindingAdapter to
the chapter on the data binding framework

Added a section on supporting APPLICATION_PREFERENCES on Android N
devices

Added a section on onRetainNonConfigurationInstance() to
the chapter on configuration changes

Added a section on the OnAlarmListener APIs offered by AlarmManager
on Android N

Added a section on writing a custom Loader implementation

Refreshed the chapter on audio playback, which was seriously
old

Updated the Decktastic sample app and chapter, which
also was out of date

Also, the APK edition of the book has new appinars on:

the 2016 updates to the data binding framework

printing

publishing content with a FileProvider or StreamProvider

consuming documents from the Storage Access Framework

FLAG_SECURE

The next book update is tentatively slated for early October. That may
change based upon when Android Studio 2.2 hits the release channel.