Overview
- Pro Android is a detailed look at application development on Google's Mobile OS.
- It uses the development of a sample application to work through all the options you might want to build a flexible mobile application.
- The focus is on making viable commercial applications work.
- The book includes detailed coverage of the Android API.
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Pro Android is the first book to include coverage of Google Android 1.5 SDK (including the branch formerly called Cupcake). This essential book covers the fundamentals of building applications for embedded devices thru through to advanced concepts, such as custom 3D components.
- Takes a pragmatic approach to developing Google Android applications.
- Examines the Android Virtual Device; the Input-Method Framework, special development considerations for touch screen vs. keyboard/traditional input, Voice Recognition, and Live Folders,
- Covers the Android media APIs (media APIs, Wi-Fi APIs, etc), including the new simplified OpenGL, improved media framework and more.
With Android 1.5 and this book that includes Android 1.5 coverage, developers should will be able to build leading-edge mobile applications ranging from games to Google Apps like add-ons to Google Docs and more—no matter the device interface. Extend and run APIs of the Google Chrome browser/WebOS on G1, G2 and other forthcoming next-generation Google phones and other Android-enabled devices and netbooks.
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Book Title: Pro Android
Authors: Sayed Y. Hashimi, Satya Komatineni
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4302-1597-4
Publisher: Apress Berkeley, CA
eBook Packages: Professional and Applied Computing, Apress Access Books, Professional and Applied Computing (R0)
Copyright Information: Satya Komatineni and Sayed Hashimi 2009
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4302-1596-7Published: 25 June 2009
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4302-1597-4Published: 31 July 2009
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXIII, 464
Topics: Mobile Computing, Computer Applications