Java. Preparation for programming on the Android platform

• Discover Java - from scratch to advanced language mechanisms
• Find out how to use the potential of the platform's API
• Learn about all aspects of programming necessary to create applications for mobile devices

Java language , present on the market for the last fifteen years, has already established itself in the developer environment . It is used in almost every area of the IT world, ranging from web applications, through traditional office software, to solutions for portable devices. It has also been chosen as the main language of the Android platform - applications for this system are written in Java and use a variety of standard APIs of that language. Thanks to this, thousands of programmers started creating apps for Android almost from the march without actually incurring any additional costs.

One of the best introductory books in Java ... you are holding in your hands. Thanks to it, you will instantly master the Java language and the principles of object-oriented programming, focusing primarily on those aspects of Java that will allow you to understand the essence of creating applications. With such solid foundations you will begin to discover the possibilities and limitations of Java. On the following pages you will find in detail the discussed platform API, its potential in using the collection and creating multilingual applications. In addition, you will learn to perform input-output operations. This book is an ideal item for all those who want to learn about the nuances of Java, and then use them when creating the application. Thanks to the exercises included in it, you will instantly verify your knowledge.

• Java - programming language and platform
• Installation and use of the Eclipse and NetBeans development environment
• JAVA language primer - classes, interfaces, and inheritance
• Advanced language elements - exceptions, annotations, general and enumeration types
• The use of threads
• Managing element collections - Collections Framework
• I / O operations - access to files and streams