Make Your First Android App: Part 3/3

Build upon the foundations of the first two part on how to make your first Android app and create a book search application using web APIs. By Matt Luedke.

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Where to Go From Here?

Congratulations on putting together your app! This tutorial has introduced you to a variety of Android capabilities and techniques, and I hope you feel comfortable with the basics of development on the Android platform.

You can get the full source code for this app on GitHub or as a .zip.

If you’re looking for a few more challenges, how about trying some of these?

  • Add a contentDescription attribute to your ImageViews for accessibility. Here’s an explanation.
  • Display more details about the book in the Detail View, like more information about the book or even the first few lines of the book.
  • Reposition some of the views to a different layout structure.
  • Investigate android:background and add background colors to your layouts and views.
  • Add a hashtag to the share text.

Thank you for following this tutorial series. Please leave any comments or questions below!

The Android robot is reproduced or modified from work created and shared by Google and used according to terms described in the Creative Commons 3.0 Attribution License.

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