Professional Android 4 Application Development

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Title:

Author:

Meier, Reto, 1978-

ISBN:

9781118102275

Personal Author:

Meier, Reto, 1978-

Edition:

Updated for Android 4.

Publication Information:

Indianapolis : John Wiley & Sons, 2012.

Physical Description:

xlii, 817 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

General Note:

Includes index.

Contents:

Hello, Android -- Getting Started -- Creating Applications and Activities -- Building User Interfaces -- Intents and Broadcast Receivers -- Using Internet Resources -- Files, Saving State, and Preferences -- Databases and Content Providers -- Working in the Background -- Expanding the User Experience -- Advanced User Experience -- Hardware Sensors -- Maps, Geocoding, and Location-Based Services -- Invading the Home Screen -- Audio, Video, and Using the Camera -- Bluetooth, NFC, Networks, and Wi-Fi -- Telephony and SMS -- Advanced Android Development -- Monetizing, Promoting, and Distributing Applications.

Abstract:

Written by an Android authority, this up-to-date resource is an ideal guide to building mobile apps using the Android 4 SDK. It provides in-depth coverage, showing experienced Android developers how to take full advantage of new features, while covering the fundamentals that novice developers need to get started. Serving as a hands-on guide to building mobile apps using Android, the book walks you through a series of increasingly sophisticated projects, each introducing a new Android platform feature and highlighting the techniques and best practices that will help you write compelling Android apps.

Title Subject:

Android (Electronic resource)

Subject Term:

Application software -- Development.

Mobile computing.

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Summary

Developers, build mobile Android apps using Android 4

The fast-growing popularity of Android smartphones and tabletscreates a huge opportunities for developers. If you're anexperienced developer, you can start creating robust mobile Androidapps right away with this professional guide to Android 4application development. Written by one of Google's lead Androiddeveloper advocates, this practical book walks you through a seriesof hands-on projects that illustrate the features of the AndroidSDK. That includes all the new APIs introduced in Android 3 and 4,including building for tablets, using the Action Bar, Wi-Fi Direct,NFC Beam, and more.

Shows experienced developers how to create mobile applicationsfor Android smartphones and tablets Revised and expanded to cover all the Android SDK releasesincluding Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich), including all updatedAPIs, and the latest changes to the Android platform. Explains new and enhanced features such as drag and drop,fragments, the action bar, enhanced multitouch support, newenvironmental sensor support, major improvements to the animationframework, and a range of new communications techniques includingNFC and Wi-Fi direct. Provides practical guidance on publishing and marketing yourapplications, best practices for user experience, and more

This book helps you learn to master the design, lifecycle, andUI of an Android app through practical exercises, which you canthen use as a basis for developing your own Android apps.