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Title:
Programming with mobile applications : Android, iOS, and Windows Phone 7
Author:
Duffy, Thomas J.
ISBN:
9781133628132
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
Boston, MA : Course Technology/Cengage, 2013.
Physical Description:
xiv, 353 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm
General Note:
Includes index.
Contents:
Ch. 1 The Computer of the Future Is in Your Hand -- What You Need to Know -- Mobile Device Programming -- How Do You Choose a Platform? -- What Is a Smartphone? -- History of the Smartphone -- Device Capabilities -- Chapter Summary -- Key Terms -- Review Questions -- Up for Discussion -- Programming Exercises -- ch. 2 Developing for Small Devices -- Platform Architecture -- The Android Platform -- The iOS Platform -- The Windows Phone 7 Platform -- The App Life Cycle -- The Android App Life Cycle -- The iOS App Life Cycle -- The Windows Phone 7 App Life Cycle -- Comparing Life Cycles -- Chapter Summary -- Key Terms -- Review Questions -- Up for Discussion -- Research Projects -- ch. 3 Best Practices for Small Device Programming -- Object-Oriented Programming -- Encapsulation -- Inheritance -- Polymorphism -- Design Patterns -- Model-View-Controller -- Delegates -- Optimization -- Strings, Buffers, and Operations -- Loops and Conditional Statements -- Memory Management -- Chapter Summary -- Key Terms -- Review Questions -- Up for Discussion -- Programming Exercises -- ch. 4 Google Android: App Inventor -- Review of the Android Architecture -- Your First App: Hello App Inventor -- Designing a User Interface -- Working with Blocks -- Running in the Emulator -- Detective Work -- Advanced Android Apps: Where's My Phone? -- Packaging and Deploying Applications -- Detective Work -- Chapter Summary -- Key Terms -- Review Questions -- Up for Discussion -- Programming Exercises -- ch. 5 Google Android: Motorola MOTODEV Studio -- Eclipse and MOTODEV Studio -- Android App Development -- The Anatomy of a Java Class -- Your First Android App: Hello Android! -- Running in the Emulator -- Detective Work -- Working with MOTODEV Studio and Eclipse -- Advanced Android Apps: DotSmasher -- Detective Work -- Packaging and Deploying Apps in MOTODEV Studio -- Advanced Android Apps: Where's My Phone? -- Detective Work -- Chapter Summary -- Key Terms -- Review Questions -- Up for Discussion -- Programming Exercises -- ch. 6 Apple iOS -- An Objective-C Primer -- Back to the Beginning -- Moving Forward: Hello iPhone! -- Detective Work -- Troubleshooting -- Advanced iOS Apps: ButtonChaser -- Detective Work -- Working with the iOS Development Tools -- Packaging and Deploying iOS Apps -- So Where Is Where's My Phone? -- Using the Core Location Framework -- Chapter Summary -- Key Terms -- Review Questions -- Up for Discussion -- Programming Exercises -- ch. 7 Microsoft Windows Phone 7 -- A Quick Look at C# -- Your First Windows Phone 7 App: Hello Windows! -- Running in the Emulator -- Detective Work -- Working with Visual Studio 2010 -- Advanced Windows Phone 7 Apps: ButtonChaser -- Detective Work -- Packaging and Deploying Windows Phone 7 Apps -- Again, Where Is Where's My Phone? -- Using the Location Service -- Chapter Summary -- Key Terms -- Review Questions -- Up for Discussion -- Programming Exercises -- ch. 8 Web Applications -- Developing for Mobile Browsers -- Choosing an Editor -- Detective Work -- A Quick Look at Web Technologies -- HTML -- CSS -- JavaScript -- Your First Web App: Hello Web! -- Testing Web Apps in Emulators -- Android -- Ios -- Windows Phone 7 -- Detective Work -- Advanced Web App: DotSmasher -- Detective Work -- Chapter Summary -- Key Terms -- Review Questions -- Up for Discussion -- Programming Exercises -- ch. 9 Cross-Platform Development with PhoneGap -- Introducing PhoneGap -- Your First PhoneGap App: Hello PhoneGap! -- Creating the Project Files in MOTODEV Studio -- Creating the Project with Existing Files in Xcode -- Detective Work -- Advanced PhoneGap Apps: DotSmasher -- Creating the Project Files in Xcode -- Creating the Project with Existing Files in MOTODEV Studio -- Detective Work -- Using PhoneGap's Geolocation API -- Chapter Summary -- Key Terms -- Review Questions -- Up for Discussion -- Programming Exercises -- APPENDIX A Installation and Setup -- Android -- App Inventor -- MOTODEV Studio -- Apple iOS -- Windows Phone 7 -- PhoneGap -- Using PhoneGap with Xcode 3 -- Using PhoneGap with MOTODEV Studio -- Getting Help.
Abstract:
Discover how to create effective native apps across platforms and Web apps for today's most popular smartphone platforms with Duffy's PROGRAMMING MOBILE APPLICATIONS: ANDROID", iOS, AND WINDOWS PHONE 7. This unique, hands-on tutorial approach combines clear presentations with numerous screenshots and step-by-step instructions to guide readers in developing applications for Google" Android", Apple iOS, and Windows Phone 7. Readers learn to create identical native and Web apps for each platform, which allows comparing each platform's development processes. The book's complete coverage ranges from platform architecture to native app life cycle management with an emphasis on fundamental programming concepts. This book's unique coverage of multiple platforms not only demonstrates the portability of apps that readers create, but also ensures an solid understanding of programming principles that benefits readers throughout any career.
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