Overview

This is a standalone Gradle-based version of the Dots/DotView/TouchMe MVC Android UI Demo from chapter 6 of Programming Android, 2nd Edition by Zigurd Mednieks et al., O'Reilly Media, 2012, ISBN-13: 978-1-4493-1664-8.

Please refer to the book chapter for detailed information on this example.

Learning Objectives

• Mapping the model-view-controller (MVC) architecture to Android
• Defining custom view components in Android
• Understanding the difference between model-view-controller and model-view-adapter (MVA)
• Android application life cycle management

Setting up the Environment

Check out the project using Android Studio. This creates the local.properties file with the required line

sdk.dir=<root folder of Android Studio's Android SDK installation>

Running the Application

In Android Studio: Run > Run AndroidUIDemo