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Collected code examples from the O'Reilly Android Cookbook

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Android Cookbook Examples

This repo contains about seventy source code examples from the recipes published in the O’Reilly Android Cookbook (see http://androidcookbook.com/), a great source of tutorial material for the Android Developer. Not all recipes in the book or online have code accompanying them; this repo features code that was either linked by the contributor, or in a few cases, re-constructed as a New Project by the editor, for your convenience.

Further note that not all programs used in the book/online appear here; some of the examples in the book/online are only program fragments taken from other programs that can’t be included. And of course some projects used as examples in the book/online are routinely hosted elsewhere.

Each Directory comprises its own Eclipse project, and has a name that is cited at the end of the corresponding Recipe, under the "Source Code Download" section. If you open the repo in Eclipse with eGit, be sure to check the "create all projects" checkbox. If you want to keep these mini-projects separate from your "regular" work, you may want to use the Git repo as an Eclipse workspace (use File→Switch Workspace→Other→Browse). The .metadata directory is already in .gitignore.

Obviously the Googlezilla has spoken and we will have to migrate kicking and screaming to Android Studio and Gradle; pull requests for this would also be welcomed.

You can download this as a Zip file, but then you won’t get updates, and it will be hard to collaborate with the Editor and other contributors. If you’re new to Git, see the page on GitHub about how to collaborate. You can either send diff/patch files or, if you forked your own copy, send a pull request. Remember that GitHub is a free service for public projects!

If you open the repo as an Eclipse Workspace and no projects appear, despair not! Just do File→Import…​→General→Existing Projects Into Workspace, browse to the top of the repo (the list of projects should appear), be sure "Import projects into workspace" is NOT checked, and click Finish; wait a bit.

Many of the projects may (depending on your version of Eclipse) give you some noise when you first open them due to bin and/or gen being missing. The Eclipse plug-in will usually create them but not notify that it’s done so, meaning you just have to do Refresh (F5), failing that, close and re-open the project. Does not happen with current Eclipse, last I tried.

There is neither a Wiki or a Tracker for this project, since bugs and suggestions about the code should be made on the Android Cookbook web site (http://androidcookbook.com/). Bugs or suggesions on the published edition of the book should go to http://shop.oreilly.com/product/0636920010241.do; you can also purchase the book there (which helps fund my continued work on this code base).

Changes since the book

N.B. There have been quite a few projects added since the first published edition of the book, and a few renamed, so if you have the printed edition prior to December, 2012 you should rummage around here before re-typing anything that looks like a full example, and you will need to make the following adjustments:

Wishlist

There are some things I’d love it if people would contribute:

Maven and/or Gradle files for each project that doesn't already have one: always automate dependencies where possible!
Readme file for each project, to include a link back to the recipe in the book.

What’s here?

Project Function What it shows

AndroidPlot

Graphing

plotting library

AndroidRss

RSS Reader

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AppDownloader

Installs another app

Downloading, package management

AutocompleteTextViewContacts

Contact picker with autocomplete

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AutoUpdater

App can update itself

see AppDownloader

BackupManager

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BluetoothDemo

Bluetooth Connection

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CalAdder

Add appointment to Calendar

Calendar via Content Provider

CheckBoxRadioButton

GUI demo

name says it

ContentProviderBookmarks

List of bookmarks

Browser ContentProvider

ContentProviderList

List of ContentProviders

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ContentProviderSample

Implement a ContentProvider

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ContentProviderTest

Test it

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CountDownTimerExample

Time-based activity

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CurrentMoodWidget

Application Widget

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CustomMenu

Menu

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CustomToast

Toast

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DialogDemos

Dialogs

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DigitalClock

Clock

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DisplayInfo

Info about the display

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DreamsDemo

Demo of "Dreams" (4.x screensaver)

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EmailTextView

Send contents of EditText via email

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EmailWithAttachments

Attach file to email

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EpochJSCalendar

Java + JavaScript

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FaceFinder

Face locator API in photos

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FacebookSdk

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FontDemo

Using a custom font

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GcmClient

Google Cloud Messaging - receiver

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GcmMockServer

Google Cloud Messaging - sender

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HelloCommandLine

HelloWorld

SDK

HelloEclipse

HelloWorld

Eclipse ADT

HelloMaven

HelloWorld

Maven, JayWay Plug-in

HelloTestingTarget

ADT Testing - subject

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HelloTestingTestProject

ADT Testing - Tests

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HomeAppListView

A Home Application

ListView, running a program

HoneycombGallery

Simple photo gallery

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HotContacts

Add a contact

ContactsContract, content provider

IconizedListView

List View with Icon

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IntentsDemo

Intents

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JavascriptDataDemo

JavaScript from Java

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JpsTrack

This app has moved to its own repo

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ListViewAdvanced

ListView

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ListViewDemos

ListView

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ListViewEmpty

ListView with empty list: don’t show blank screen!

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ListViewSectionHeader

ListView with section headers

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LocalBroadcastDemo

Local Broadcast Receiver

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MapDemosV2

Google Maps V2 API

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MarketSearch

Search the Play Store

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MediaPlayerDemo

Play media

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MediaRecorderDemo

Simple sound recorder

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MyAccountAndSyncDemo

User account on device

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NdkDemo

Native Development Kit

C Code

NotificationDemo

Notifications

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NumberPickers

UI for picking numbers

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OpenGlDemo

OpenGL graphics

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OrientationChanges

Rotation

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PdfShare

Create and share a PDF

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PhoneGapDemo

HTML5 app

phonegap/cordova

PreferencesDemo

Preferences

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RGraphDemo

Using a graphing library

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RangeGraphDemo

Using a graphing library

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Rebooter

How to reboot, and why you can’t

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SecondScreen

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SendSMS

Sends an SMS

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SelfUpdater

App that tests for updates and downloads them

App management, IntentService, Socket

ShareActionProviderDemo

ICS "Share" action

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SimpleCalendar

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SimpleJumper

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SimplePool

Graphics

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SimpleTorchLight

Flashlight/torch from camera flash

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SlidingDrawer-Topdown

The "Sliding Drawer" view

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SoapDemo

XML SOAP Web Service

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Speaker

Text To Speech (TTS)

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SplashDialog

Splash screen

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TeleCorder

Telephone call recorder (in progress!)

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TelephonyManager

Displays phone info

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Tipster

Full app: compute and show restaurant bill with tip

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TodoModel

Part of TODO List

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TodoSyncClient

Part of TODO List

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TodoSyncServer

Part of TODO List

JavaEE-based server

UniqueId

Find device’s unique ID

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Vibrate

Make the device vibrate

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ViewPagerDemo

Swipe among views

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WindowBackgroundDemo

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