Android for Programmers: An App-Driven Approach (Deitel Developer (Paperback))

The professional programmer€s Deitel guide to Android„ smartphone and tablet app development and the Eclipse IDE with the Android Development Tools (ADT) plug-in

 

Billions of apps have been downloaded from Android Market! This book gives you everything you€ll need to start developing great Android apps quickly and getting them published on Android Market. The book uses an app-driven approach€"each new technology is discussed in the context of 16 fully tested Android apps, complete with syntax coloring, code walkthroughs and sample outputs. Apps you€ll develop include:

• SpotOn Game
• Slideshow
• Flag Quiz
• Route Tracker
• Favorite Twitter Searches
• Address Book
• Tip Calculator
• Doodlz
• Weather Viewer
• Cannon Game
• Voice Recorder
• Pizza Ordering 

Practical, example-rich coverage of:

• Smartphone and Tablet Apps, Android Development Tools (ADT) Plug-In for Eclipse
• Activities, Intents, Content Providers
• GUI Components, Menus, Toasts, Resource Files, Touch and Gesture Processing
• Tablet Apps, ActionBar and AppWidgets
• Tweened Animations, Property Animations
• Camera, Audio, Video, Graphics, OpenGL ES
• Gallery and Media Library Access
• SharedPreferences, Serialization, SQLite
• Handlers and Multithreading, Games
• Google Maps, GPS, Location Services, Sensors
• Internet-Enabled Apps, Web Services, Telephony, Bluetooth
• Speech Synthesis and Recognition
• Android Market, Pricing, Monetization
• And more€¦

PLUS:  Register your product at www.informit.com/register for additional online chapters that cover Android Ice Cream Sandwich (Android 4), including a complete, working Ice Cream Sandwich app!

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