There are many times when your Android app will need to fetch data from the internet, to provide users with fresh information. In this course, Building Your First Connected App with Android Studio, you’ll learn how to make your Android app connect to a web service and retrieve JSON data from the web. First, you’ll connect to the Google Books API to make searches and retrieve book titles, covers and detailed information about your favorite books. Next, you’ll learn how to add networking and internet permissions, build URIs, use AsyncTask and NetworkUtils to connect to the web asynchronously. Then, you’ll discover how to parse JSON content and correctly use a RecyclerView. Finally, you’ll see the Google data binding library in action, and how to use Parcelable classes in order to obtain greater speed of execution. By the end of this course, you’ll have a better understanding on how to build your first connected app with Android Studio.
Author Name: Simone Alessandria
Author Description:
Simone Alessandria wrote his first program when he was 12: it was a text based fantasy game for Commodore 64. A few years later, he is now a trainer (MCT), author, speaker, passionate software architect, and always a proud coder. He is founder and owner at Softwarehouse.it. His areas of expertise include business data-driven apps and mobile development, and his mission is helping developers achieve more through training and mentoring.

Table of Contents

• Course Overview
  1min
• Getting Started
  4mins
• Connecting to a Web Service
  38mins
• Parsing JSON Content
  33mins
• Showing Images and Using Parcelable Classes
  29mins
• Saving Data with SharedPreferences and Recap
  32mins