应用程序基础Android Developers-毕业设计外文翻译

1、 1 装订线附录二 英文原文及译文Application FundamentalsAndroid applications are written in the Java programming language. The compiled Java code along with any data and resource files required by the application is bundled by the aapt tool into an Android package, an archive file marked by an .apk suffix. This file is the vehicle for distributing the application and installing it on mobile devices; its the file users download to their devices. All the code in a single .apk file is considered to be one applica

2、tion.In many ways, each Android application lives in its own world:1. By default, every application runs in its own Linux process. Android starts the process when any of the applications code needs to be executed, and shuts down the process when its no longer needed and system resources are required by other applications.2. Each process has its own virtual machine (VM), so application code runs in isolation from the code of all other applications.3. By default, each application is assigned a uni

3、que Linux user ID. Permissions are set so that the applications files are visible only to that user and only to the application itself although there are ways to export them to other applications as well.Its possible to arrange for two applications to share the same user ID, in which case they will be able to see each others files. To conserve system resources, applications with the same ID can also arrange to run in the same Linux process, sharing the same VM.Application ComponentsA central fea

4、ture of Android is that one application can make use of elements of other applications (provided those applications permit it). For example, if your application needs to display a scrolling list of images and another application has developed a suitable scroller and made it available to others, you can call upon that scroller to do the work, rather than develop your own. Your application doesnt incorporate the code of the other application or link to it. Rather, it simply starts up that piece of

5、 the other application when the need arises.For this to work, the system must be able to start an application process when any part of it is needed, and instantiate the Java objects for that part. Therefore, unlike applications on most other systems, Android applications dont have a single entry point for everything in the application (no main() function, for example). Rather, they have essential components that the system can instantiate and run as needed. There are four types of components:Act

6、ivities 2 装订线An activity presents a visual user interface for one focused endeavor the user can undertake. For example, an activity might present a list of menu items users can choose from or it might display photographs along with their captions. A text messaging application might have one activity that shows a list of contacts to send messages to, a second activity to write the message to the chosen contact, and other activities to review old messages or change settings. Though they work toget

7、her to form a cohesive user interface, each activity is independent of the others. Each one is implemented as a subclass of the Activity base class.An application might consist of just one activity or, like the text messaging application just mentioned, it may contain several. What the activities are, and how many there are depends, of course, on the application and its design. Typically, one of the activities is marked as the first one that should be presented to the user when the application i

8、s launched. Moving from one activity to another is accomplished by having the current activity start the next one.Each activity is given a default window to draw in. Typically, the window fills the screen, but it might be smaller than the screen and float on top of other windows. An activity can also make use of additional windows for example, a pop-up dialog that calls for a user response in the midst of the activity, or a window that presents users with vital information when they select a par

9、ticular item on-screen.The visual content of the window is provided by a hierarchy of views objects derived from the base View class. Each view controls a particular rectangular space within the window. Parent views contain and organize the layout of their children. Leaf views (those at the bottom of the hierarchy) draw in the rectangles they control and respond to user actions directed at that space. Thus, views are where the activitys interaction with the user takes place.For example, a view might display a small image and initiate an action when the user taps that image. Android has a number of ready-made views that you can use including buttons, text fields, scroll bars, menu items, check boxes, and more.A view hierarchy is placed within an activitys window by the Activity.setContentView() method. The content view is the V

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