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Android Apps for Absolute Beginners

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ISBN-10: 1430234466

ISBN-13: 9781430234463

Edition: 2011

Authors: Wallace Jackson

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The Android is arguably the hottest mobile operating and development platform of our generation. Over 200,000 devices activated or sold per day and with nearly 100,000 Android Apps in the Google Android Market. Everyone has an idea for the next best-selling Android app-presumably that's why you're reading this now. And with the release of the Android, this demand will just continue to grow. So how do you build an application for the Android? Don't you need to spend years learning complicated programming languages? What about Java, C/C++, scripting with Python/Ruby?#xA0;#xA0; The answer is that you don't need to know any of those things. Anybody can start building simple apps for the Android…    
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Book details

List price: $23.50
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: Apress L. P.
Publication date: 4/6/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 344
Size: 7.01" wide x 10.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.298
Language: English

Wallace Jackson has been writing for leading multimedia publications about his work in new media content development since the advent of Multimedia Producer Magazine nearly two decades ago, when he wrote about computer processor architectures for centerfolds (removable "mini-issue" insert) distributed at SIGGRAPH. Since then, Wallace has written for several other publications about his work in interactive 3D and new media advertising campaign design, including 3D Artist,Desktop Publishers Journal, CrossMedia, AVvideo and Kiosk Magazine.

Preliminary Information: Before We Get Started
What's Next? Our Road Ahead
Setting Up an Open Source Android Development Environment
An Introduction to Java, XML and How Android Works
An Overview of the Android Application Framework
Screen Layout Design: Views, ViewGroups and Layout Types
User Interface Design: Buttons, Menus, Dialogs and Alerts
Designing Graphics for Android: 2D Images & Animation
Adding Interactivity: Handling UI Events
Understanding Content Providers
Understanding Intents and Intent Filters
The Future: 3D, Widgets, Bluetooth, Maps, Search, and More