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<h2>Dependencies and prerequisites</h2>

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  <li>API level 14</li>
  <li>Understanding of fragments and Android layouts</li>
  <li><a href="{@docRoot}tools/extras/support-library.html">The Android Support Package</a></li>
  <li><a href="{@docRoot}training/design-navigation/index.html">Designing Effective Navigation</a></li>
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<h2>You should also read</h2>

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  <li><a href="{@docRoot}guide/topics/ui/actionbar.html">Action Bar</a></li>
  <li><a href="{@docRoot}guide/components/fragments.html">Fragments</a></li>
  <li><a href="{@docRoot}training/multiscreen/index.html">Designing for Multiple Screens</a></li>
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<h2>Try it out</h2>

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<p>This class demonstrates how to implement the key navigation design patterns detailed in the
<a href="{@docRoot}training/design-navigation/index.html">Designing Effective Navigation</a> class.
The lessons in this class cover implementing navigation up, down, and across your application's <a
href="{@docRoot}training/design-navigation/screen-planning.html#diagram- relationships">screen
map</a>.</p>

<p>After reading through the lessons in this class and exploring the associated sample application
(see right), you should also have a basic understanding of how to use
{@link android.app.ActionBar} and {@link android.support.v4.view.ViewPager}, two components that are fundamental to core app navigation.</p>


<h2 id="lessons">Lessons</h2>


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  <dt><strong><a href="lateral.html">Implementing Lateral Navigation</a></strong></dt>
    <dd>Learn how to implement tabs and horizontal paging (swipe views).</dd>

  <dt><strong><a href="ancestral.html">Implementing Ancestral Navigation</a></strong></dt>
    <dd>Learn how to implement <em>Up</em> navigation.</dd>

  <dt><strong><a href="temporal.html">Implementing Temporal Navigation</a></strong></dt>
    <dd>Learn how to correctly handle the <em>Back</em> button.</dd>

  <dt><strong><a href="descendant.html">Implementing Descendant Navigation</a></strong></dt>
    <dd>Learn the finer points of implementing navigation into your application's information hierarchy.</dd>
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