Saving Data on Android

Document Outline

• Book License
• Who This Book Is For
• What You Need
• Book Source Code & Forums
• About the Cover
• Chapter 1: Using Files
  • Reading and writing files in Android
  • Getting started
  • Viewing the files in Device File Explorer
  • Securing user data with a password
  • Understanding Parcelization and Serialization
  • Key points
  • Where to go from here?
• Chapter 2: Shared Preferences
  • Understanding SharedPreferences
  • Getting a reference to the SharedPreferences file
  • Getting started
  • Saving the user preferences
  • Reading the user preferences
  • Reading and writing the prefs from MainActivity
  • Key points
  • Where to go from here?
• Chapter 3: SQLite Database
  • Getting started
  • Using the SQLiteOpenHelper class
  • Reading from a database
  • Updating a TODO
  • Deleting a TODO
  • Unit Testing with Robolectric
  • Key points
  • Where to go from here?
• Chapter 4: ContentProvider
  • Understanding content provider basics
  • Getting Started
  • Implementing the methods in the content provider
  • Challenge: Creating a client
  • Key Points
  • Where to go from here
• Chapter 5: Room Architecture
  • Object Relational Mappers
  • Room and Google's architecture components
  • Room advantages and concerns
  • Frequently asked Room questions
  • Your app
  • Key points
• Chapter 6: Entity Definitions
  • Getting started
  • Tables and entities
  • Creating your entities
  • Key points
  • Where to go from here?
• Chapter 7: Mastering Relations
  • Getting started
  • Relations and entity-relationship diagrams
  • Creating your relations
  • Key points
• Chapter 8: The DAO Pattern
  • Getting started
  • Using DAOs to query your data
  • Creating a provider class
  • Testing your database
  • Key points
  • Where to go from here?
• Chapter 9: Using Room with Google's Architecture Components
  • Getting started
  • Using LiveData with a repository
  • Creating ViewModels
  • Defining your Views
  • Key points
  • Where to go from here?
• Chapter 10: Migrations with Room
  • Getting started
  • Migrations
  • Understanding Room migrations
  • Creating Room migrations
  • Key points
  • Where to go from here?
• Chapter 11: Firebase Overview
  • Firebase history
  • Why Firebase?
  • Getting started
  • Key points
  • Where to go from here?
• Chapter 12: Introduction to Firebase Realtime Database
  • Overview
  • Setting up Realtime Database
  • Data structure
  • Key points
  • Where to go from here?
• Chapter 13: Reading to & Writing from Realtime Database
  • Reading and writing data
  • Key points
  • Where to go from here?
• Chapter 14: Realtime Database Offline Capabilities
  • Enabling disk persistence
  • Other offline scenarios and network connectivity features
  • Key points
  • Where to go from here?
• Chapter 15: Usage & Performance
  • Pricing model
  • Limitations
  • Performance
  • Key points
  • Where to go from here?
• Chapter 16: Introduction to Cloud Firestore
  • What is Cloud Firestore?
  • Cloud Firestore vs. Realtime database
  • Cloud Firestore data structure
  • Key points
  • Where to go from here?
• Chapter 17: Managing Data with Cloud Firestore
  • Getting started
  • Writing data
  • Updating data
  • Deleting data
  • Firebase console
  • Key points
  • Where to go from here?
• Chapter 18: Reading Data from Cloud Firestore
  • Reading data
  • Performing queries
  • Working offline
  • Other features
  • Key points
  • Where to go from here?
• Chapter 19: Securing Data in Cloud Firestore
  • What are security rules?
  • Getting started
  • Adding security rules
  • Key points
  • Where to go from here?
• Chapter 20: Cloud Storage
  • Cloud Storage overview
  • Getting started
  • Integrating Cloud Storage with your app
  • Key points
  • Where to go from here?
• Conclusion