The Busy Coder's Guide to Android Development Version 8.4 Released

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This is a fairly small and sooner-than-expected update,
mostly to revise everything for Android Studio
2.3. In addition to updating screenshots and descriptions for the new IDE
version, I:

Added a chapter on Stetho

Added material on the Espresso Test Recorder to the chapter on
Espresso

Updated the coverage of consuming documents
with a new ���diceware��� sample and the use of the CWAC-Document library

Updated the chapter on RecyclerView to cover the new(-ish) built-in
list divider option

Fixed a bug in the Sensor/Monitor sample app in the chapter on sensors

Added more material on working with removable storage to the chapter on files

Made various miscellaneous improvements and errata fixes

Readers of the APK edition of the book who were running into crashes from the
new double-tap gesture to
hide and show the action bar should have better luck now.

Also, the APK edition has an appinar on viewing PDF files in your Android app.

Alas, Google Play Books continues to not like my EPUB edition.
That situation is unlikely to change any time soon, as I have no means of
debugging the problem.

The next book update should be in late April or early May. As with this update,
the next one is contingent on what Google might do over the next several weeks,
such as release an O (Oh? Owe?!?) Developer Preview.