The Busy Coder's Guide to Android Development Version 6.7 Released
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This update includes:
An appendix covering the M Developer Preview. I have elected to keep
all of this consolidated for now in this appendix. Once Android M ships
���for realz���, I will move all of the material from the appendix to more
appropriate locations in the book. But, until then, if you want to
learn more about M, head to the back of the book.
A new chapter on adding custom diagnostic tools to debug builds
of your app. Specifically, this chapter shows how you can add
activities, Web servers(!), and overlays to debug builds with the
minimum possible changes to the main sourceset, so the debug stuff
will not ship in production.
Updated material on RecyclerView (specifically SortedList),
JUnit4 and UI Automator (new versions), BlackBerry (changes in the
mix of tools for getting your apps on BB10), and Traceview (covering
Android Studio���s native UI).
Updated Android Studio references and descriptions to be accurate for
the 1.2 series of releases.
Another edition of the remote service binding example, this time
blending in signature validation, so you know the service that you are
binding to is the right one and not an imposter or hacked edition.
A ton of other minor improvements, errata fixes, and the like.
Also, the PDF version is being built using some different tools. If you
encounter any problems with Version 6.7���s PDF that you did not have
with Version 6.6���s PDF, please let me know.
The next update is planned for the first half of August, and it will
be primarily focused on deeper dives into what���s new in the M Developer
Preview.
However, also note that the next update will begin the slow
de-Eclipse-ification of the book. I have not used Eclipse in earnest in
nearly a year, and so I no longer feel comfortable providing Eclipse-specific
instructions. The next update (Version 6.8) will remove the Eclipse
instructions from the tutorials, as part of a general cleanup up
the tutorials. Then, over the next year or so, more and more of the Eclipse
coverage will be pulled from the rest of the book, starting with the
trails, and ending with the core chapters. Hence, if you are an Eclipse
user, please plan on holding onto Version 6.7 in addition to taking
on new updates, so you can retain the maximum amount of Eclipse information.
