[EBOOK] Building Android Apps with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript

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Building Android Apps with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript

Jonathan Stark

Copyright © 2010 Jonathan Stark

Abstract

If you know HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, you already have the tools you need to develop Android applications. This hands-on book shows you how to use these open source web standards to design and build apps that can be adapted for any Android device -- without having to use Java. Buy the print book or ebook or purchase it in iBooks.

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Preface

Who Should Read This Book

What You Need to Use This Book

Conventions Used in This Book

Using Code Examples

Safari® Books Online

How to Contact Us

1. Getting Started

Web App vs. Native App

Web Programming Crash Course

2. Basic Styling

Don’t have a website?

First Steps

Adding the Android CSS

Adding the Android Look and Feel

Adding Basic Behavior with jQuery

What You’ve Learned

3. Advanced Styling

Adding a Touch of Ajax

Traffic Cop

Simple Bells and Whistles

Adding an Icon to the Home Screen

What You’ve Learned

4. Animation

With a Little Help from Our Friend

Sliding Home

Adding the Dates Panel

Adding the Date Panel

Adding the New Entry Panel

Adding the Settings Panel

Putting It All Together

Customizing jQTouch

What You’ve Learned

5. Client-Side Data Storage

Web Storage

Web SQL Database

What You’ve Learned

Web Database Error Code Reference

6. Going Offline

The Basics of the Offline Application Cache

Online Whitelist and Fallback Options

Creating a Dynamic Manifest File

Debugging

What You’ve Learned

7. Going Native

Intro to PhoneGap

Download the Android SDK

Download PhoneGap

Setting Up the Environment

Create an Android Virtual Device (AVD)

Build KiloGap

Installing KiloGap in the Emulator

Installing KiloGap on your Phone

Controlling the Phone with JavaScript

What You’ve Learned

8. Submitting Your App To Android Market

Preparing a Release Version of Your App

Uploading Your App to the Android Market

Distributing Your App Directly

Further Reading

A. Detecting Browsers with WURFL

Installation

Configuration

Testing wurfl-php