The Android documentation is located in the Docs folder within the Android SDK at ../%sdk folder%/DOCS. The documentation that is supplied with the SDK includes steps on downloading and installing the SDK, “Getting Started” quick steps for developing applications, and package definitions. The documentation is in HTML format and can be accessed though the documentation.html file in the root of the SDK folder. The following illustration depicts the main page of the Android SDK documentation. You can navigate to all of the documentation that is included in the Android SDK by using the links within documentation.html.
CAUTION
As you are navigating the Android SDK, you may think some pages are mislinked or missing, because the right side of the screen may be blank when you click some links. However, if you scroll down you will see that the pages are just misaligned. In working with the Android SDK, we have found that there are sections of the documentation that we refer to more than others. For me, the most valuable segments of the Android SDK documentation are as follows (as they appear in the navigation bar):
● Reference Information
● Class Index
● List of Permissions
● List of Resource Types
● FAQs
● Troubleshooting
The Troubleshooting subsection of the documentation will be especially helpful as you are starting out. As you progress through the book and begin to develop your own Android applications, you will find that the Reference Information section of the documentation is more helpful. For example, while it would have little to no use to you now, the List of Permissions subsection will be very helpful to you when you progress to
the section of the book that deals with creating more complex applications. Take some time to familiarize yourself with the Android SDK documentation and the hundreds of documents that have been provided for you.
