Unlocking Android

Acknowledgments

Naïvely, we thought this book would be completed a year ago. Boy, did we learn a thing or two about what it takes to write a technical book! There were some tense times during the writing of this book, particularly during the conference calls when we were trying to decide how to navigate the numerous SDK updates and indefinite timelines of Android releases. Thankfully those decisions were made, and made well, by the team at Manning.

In particular we’d like to acknowledge and thank those at Manning who helped bring this book about. First, Troy Mott, our acquisitions editor, who was there from the beginning, from the “what if” stages, through helping push us over the goal line; Tom Cirtin, our book editor, who provided input on structure ...