Learn Android Studio

Learn Android Studio covers Android Studio and its rich tools ecosystem, including Git and Gradle: this book covers how Android Studio works seamlessly with Git, for source control, and Gradle, a build and test tool. In addition, this book demonstrates how to develop/collaborate with BitBucket—a web-based hosting service running Git. A complete example Android project will accompany this volume and be available for download from a public Git repository on BitBucket.With this book, you learn the latest and most productive tools in the Android tools ecosystem, and the best practices for Android app development. A complete case study is woven throughout this book. You will be able to take away the case study code as a template or framework to re-use and customize for your own similar app.Android Studio is an intuitive, feature-rich, and extremely forgiving Integrated Development Environment (IDE). This IDE is more productive and easier to use for your Android app creations than Eclipse. While it can be productive, Eclipse is a general framework that is not optimized for building Android apps specifically. With this book you will quickly master Android Studio and really maximize your Android development time.