The Busy Coder's Guide to Android Development Version 8.10 Released

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This update:

Adds a new chapter on authenticating the user against the device,
including through fingerprints

Adds a new chapter on working with the Android keystore,
particularly for encrypting data with keys backed by device authentication,
including through fingerprints

Migrates some more material out of the Android 8.0 appendix into mainstream
chapters; what remains will stick around as an appendix for the foreseeable future

Begins a mass migration away from native fragments to the fragments backport,
amid rumors that native fragments will be deprecated in Android P

Drops the chapter on integrating a JVM-based scripting language, as the
chapter was too old, and embedding a language interpreter raises security
issues

Drops the chapter on implementing a plugin-based system, as the chapter
was too old (though this chapter may be revisited in the future)

Fixes a variety of errata

If you���re wondering about the naming convention, this book will hit 9.0
sometime later this year, once Exploring Android
hits 1.0. At that time, I will retire the EmPubLite series of tutorials
and start the 9.x numbering series.

In terms of the next update to this book��� the next 4 months should bring us
the first couple of developer previews of Android P, if Google sticks with the
approach that they have used for the past few years. My release schedule
for this book is contingent upon Google���s release schedule for P, as I will aim
to publish an update covering P shortly after the first developer preview.
If Google elects
to not do developer previews for P, then the next update to this book
will be out in about two months, with updates to some of the other books in
the interim.