Any plans for a 5th edition?

jpaone · February 12, 2021, 7:13pm

I’ve been with this book since the 2nd edition and it has been a great reference & resource for my class. As with any documentation, particularly Android, it quickly becomes deprecated/obsolete and needs revision. There are several key updates that have been identified and solutions are being posted here (apologies for the self links).

View Model creation Solution to Deprecated method ViewModelProviders#of - #5 by jpaone
View Binding Ch. 19 Data Binding includes View Binding?
NavGraphs
Fragment Listeners setTargetFragment deprecated - #5 by jpaone
Paging

Plus components/features to add back in:

ViewPager2
Preferences
Location
Maps
Non-single fragment activities

With Android 10 & 11 there are updates for:

Notifications
Permissions

Another option is to add a segment on Jetpack Compose.

I’m sure there are many other possibilities and the danger is a 1,000 page book that includes everything to date.

wilsoner5 · February 17, 2021, 5:00pm

Eric from BNR here. To answer your question, yes we are planning a 5th edition of the Android book. It’s our goal to release the edition before the end of 2021, probably in December.

While I can’t speak to what specifically will change, we are aware of areas where the book needs work and will look to address those as we get toward a release.

jpaone · February 18, 2021, 4:06am

Wonderful news!

I had posted prior to the 4th edition, but I’d love to get involved in assisting in any way possible. As either a contributor, tester, reviewer, etc. I have converted much of the book to work with ViewBinding, NavGraphs, Paging, etc.

Please feel free to reach out.