Book description
When it comes to mobile apps, Android can do almost anything&mdash:and with this book, so can you! Android runs on mobile devices ranging from smart phones to tablets to countless special-purpose gadgets. It's the broadest mobile platform available.
Android in Action, Second Edition is a comprehensive tutorial for Android developers. Taking you far beyond "Hello Android," this fast-paced book puts you in the driver's seat as you learn important architectural concepts and implementation strategies. You'll master the SDK, build WebKit apps using HTML 5, and even learn to extend or replace Android's built-in features by building useful and intriguing examples.
About the Technology
About the Book
What's Inside
- Android 2 from the ground up
- SDK and web development
- Drive a robot via Bluetooth and Sensors
- Integrate with Social Media Contacts
- Image processing with native C code
About the Reader
This book is written for hobbyists and developers. A background in Java is helpful—no prior experience with Android is assumed.
About the Authors
Frank Ableson is a writer, product strategist, and mobile developer. Robi Sen specializes in new products, and Chris King is a senior mobile engineer.
Quotes
A deep dive into Android 2. Outstanding!
- Frank Wang, Digital Velocity LLC
Invaluable examples. A worthy update.
- Ben Ogden, Whiteboard Federal
Android from A to Z!
- Loïc Simon, SII
I rate this book a G—great for geeks.
- Steve Prior, geekster.com
Best coverage of Android.
- Jérôme Bâton, Consultant
Table of contents
- Copyright
- Brief Table of Contents
- Table of Contents
- Preface
- Preface to the First Edition
- Acknowledgments
- About this Book
- About the Cover Illustration
- Part 1. What is Android?—The Big Picture
- Chapter 1. Introducing Android
- Chapter 2. Android’s development environment
- Part 2. Exercising the Android SDK
- Chapter 3. User interfaces
- Chapter 4. Intents and Services
- Chapter 5. Storing and retrieving data
- Chapter 6. Networking and web services
- Chapter 7. Telephony
- Chapter 8. Notifications and alarms
- Chapter 9. Graphics and animation
- Chapter 10. Multimedia
- Chapter 11. Location, location, location
- Part 3. Android applications
- Chapter 12. Putting Android to work in a field service application
- Chapter 13. Building Android applications in C
- Part 4. The maturing platform
- Chapter 14. Bluetooth and sensors
- Chapter 15. Integration
- Chapter 16. Android web development
- Chapter 17. AppWidgets
- Chapter 18. Localization
- Chapter 19. Android Native Development Kit
- Appendix A. Installing the Android SDK
- Appendix B. Publishing applications
- Index
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- List of Listings
Product information
- Title: Android in Action, Second Edition
- Author(s):
- Release date: January 2011
- Publisher(s): Manning Publications
- ISBN: 9781935182726
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