tabs,that allows us developers to embed web content into our application,modify the Ul, and adjust it to our app's theme and colors and the look and feel.This helps us keep the user in our application and still provide a nice UI and overall feel. Chapter 8,Authentication,discuss how Android Marshmallow gives us a new API to authenticate users with the fingerprint aPl.We can use the sensor and authenticate the user even within our application and save it for later usage if we want to save the need of user login using the Credentials grace period abilities Android Marshmallow has introduced.We also covered a way to make our application more secure using HTTPS only.The StrictMode policy,enforced with the help of the usesCleartextTraffic flag, allows us to make sure that all the nodes we connect to the outer world are examined to check if there's a need for a secure connection or not
tabs, that allows us developers to embed web content into our application, modify the UI, and adjust it to our app’s theme and colors and the look and feel. This helps us keep the user in our application and still provide a nice UI and overall feel. Chapter 8, Authentication, discuss how Android Marshmallow gives us a new API to authenticate users with the fingerprint API. We can use the sensor and authenticate the user even within our application and save it for later usage if we want to save the need of user login using the Credentials grace period abilities Android Marshmallow has introduced. We also covered a way to make our application more secure using HTTPS only. The StrictMode policy, enforced with the help of the usesCleartextTraffic flag, allows us to make sure that all the nodes we connect to the outer world are examined to check if there’s a need for a secure connection or not
What you need for this book For this book,you will require previous knowledge of the Android platform,APIs,and the application development process.You will also need to set up your work environment to have at least the following: Android Studio,which can be downloaded from https://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html The latest Android SDK tools and platforms.Make sure that you upgrade to the latest versions and add the Android 6.0(Marshmallow)platform if it's missing An Android device is helpful,but you may use an emulator if you prefer,or you may use the great solution of Genymotion as an emulator,at https://www.genymotion.com/
What you need for this book For this book, you will require previous knowledge of the Android platform, APIs, and the application development process. You will also need to set up your work environment to have at least the following: Android Studio, which can be downloaded from https://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html The latest Android SDK tools and platforms. Make sure that you upgrade to the latest versions and add the Android 6.0 (Marshmallow) platform if it’s missing An Android device is helpful, but you may use an emulator if you prefer, or you may use the great solution of Genymotion as an emulator, at https://www.genymotion.com/
Who this book is for This book is for Android developers who are looking to move their applications into the next Android version with ease.In the chapters of this book,the author has referred to Android 6 as Android Marshmallow.You should have a good understanding of Java and previous Android APIs,and you should be able to write applications with APIs prior to Marshmallow
Who this book is for This book is for Android developers who are looking to move their applications into the next Android version with ease. In the chapters of this book, the author has referred to Android 6 as Android Marshmallow. You should have a good understanding of Java and previous Android APIs, and you should be able to write applications with APIs prior to Marshmallow
Conventions In this book,you will find a number of text styles that distinguish between different kinds of information.Here are some examples of these styles and an explanation of their meaning. Code words in text,database table names,folder names,filenames,file extensions, pathnames,dummy URLs,user input,and Twitter handles are shown as follows:"The setTorchMode()method has been added to control the flash torch mode." A block of code is set as follows: <?xml version="1.0"encoding="utf-8"?> <full-backup-content> <exclude domain="database"path="sensitive_database_name.db"/> <exclude domain="sharedpref"path="androidapp_shared_prefs_name"/> <exclude domain="file"path="some_file.file_Extension"/> <exclude domain="file"path="some_file.file_Extension"/> </full-backup-content> Any command-line input or output is written as follows: s adb shell sm set-force-adoptable true New terms and important words are shown in bold.Words that you see on the screen for example,in menus or dialog boxes,appear in the text like this:"When heading to Settings More VPN,you can now view the VPN apps." Note Warnings or important notes appear in a box like this. Tip Tips and tricks appear like this
Conventions In this book, you will find a number of text styles that distinguish between different kinds of information. Here are some examples of these styles and an explanation of their meaning. Code words in text, database table names, folder names, filenames, file extensions, pathnames, dummy URLs, user input, and Twitter handles are shown as follows: “The setTorchMode() method has been added to control the flash torch mode.” A block of code is set as follows: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <full-backup-content> <exclude domain="database" path="sensitive_database_name.db"/> <exclude domain="sharedpref" path="androidapp_shared_prefs_name"/> <exclude domain="file" path="some_file.file_Extension"/> <exclude domain="file" path="some_file.file_Extension"/> </full-backup-content> Any command-line input or output is written as follows: $ adb shell sm set-force-adoptable true New terms and important words are shown in bold. Words that you see on the screen, for example, in menus or dialog boxes, appear in the text like this: “When heading to Settings | More | VPN, you can now view the VPN apps.” Note Warnings or important notes appear in a box like this. Tip Tips and tricks appear like this
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