Hello, Android Introducing Google's Mobile Development Platform

Name: Hello, Android Introducing Google's Mobile Development Platform
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ISBN: 9781934356562

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ISBN-13: 9781934356562

Edition: 3rd 2010

Authors: Ed Burnette

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Android is a software toolkit for mobile phones, created by Google and the Open Handset Alliance. It's inside millions of cell phones and other mobile devices, making Android a major platform for application developers. That could be your own program running on all those devices. Getting started developing with Android is easy. You don't even need access to an Android phone, just a computer where you can install the Android SDK and the phone emulator that comes with it. Within minutes, "Hello, Android" will get you creating your first working application: Android's version of "Hello, World." From there, you'll build up a more substantial example: an Android Sudoku game. By gradually adding…

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List price: $43.95
Edition: 3rd
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Pragmatic Programmers, LLC, The
Publication date: 8/7/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 280
Size: 7.50" wide x 9.25" long x 0.60" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English

Ed Burnette is a software industry veteran with more than 30 years of experience as a programmer, author, and analyst. He is a founding member and senior researcher at the SAS Advanced Server Research group, and is the creator of Planet Android (www.planetandroid.com). Ed has authored numerous technical articles and books, including Google Web Toolkit: Taking the Pain out of Ajax and Eclipse IDE Pocket Guide. In his copious spare time, you can often find him playing video games with his two sons at their home in central North Carolina.



Acknowledgments


Preface


What Makes Android Special?


Who Should Read This Book?


What's in This Book?


What's New in the Third Edition?


Online Resources


Fast-Forward >>



Introducing Android



Quick Start



Installing the Tools



Creating Your First Program



Running on the Emulator



Running on a Real Phone



Fast-Forward >>



Key Concepts



The Big Picture



It's Alive!



Building Blocks



Using Resources



Safe and Secure



Fast-Forward >>



Android Basics



Designing the User Interface



Introducing the Sudoku Example



Designing by Declaration



Creating the Opening Screen



Using Alternate Resources



Implementing an About Box



Applying a Theme



Adding a Menu



Adding Settings



Starting a New Game



Debugging



Exiting the Game



Fast-Forward >>



Exploring 2D Graphics



Learning the Basics



Adding Graphics to Sudoku



Handling Input



The Rest of the Story



Making More Improvements



Fast-Forward >>



Multimedia



Playing Audio



Playing Video



Adding Sounds to Sudoku



Fast-Forward >>



Storing Local Data



Adding Options to Sudoku



Continuing an Old Game



Remembering the Current Position



Accessing the Internal File System



Accessing SD Cards



Fast-Forward >>



Beyond the Basics



The Connected World



Browsing by Intent



Web with a View



From JavaScript to Java and Back



Using Web Services



Fast-Forward >>



Locating and Sensing



Location, Location, Location



Set Sensors to Maximum



Bird's-Eye View



Fast-Forward >>



Putting SQL to Work



Introducing SQLite



SQL 101



Hello, Database



Data Binding



Using a ContentProvider



Implementing a ContentProvider



Fast-Forward >>



3D Graphics in OpenGL



Understanding 3D Graphics



Introducing OpenGL



Building an OpenGL Program



Rendering the Scene



Building a Model



Lights, Camera



Action!



Applying Texture



Peekaboo



Measuring Smoothness



Fast-Forward >>



The Next Generation



Multi-Touch



Introducing Multi-Touch



Building the Touch Example



Understanding Touch Events



Setting Up for Image Transformation



Implementing the Drag Gesture



Implementing the Pinch Zoom Gesture



Fast-Forward >>



There's No Place Like Home



Hello, Widget



Live Wallpaper



Fast-Forward >>



Write Once, Test Everywhere



Gentlemen, Start Your Emulators



Building for Multiple Versions



Evolving with Android APIs



Bug on Parade



All Screens Great and Small



Installing on the SD Card



Fast-Forward >>



Publishing to the Android Market



Preparing



Signing



Publishing



Updating



Closing Thoughts



Appendixes



Java vs. the Android Language and APIs



Language Subset



Standard Library Subset



Third-Party Libraries



Bibliography


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