Android Wireless Application Development, Rough Cuts
- By Shane Conder, Lauren Darcey
- Published Feb 17, 2009 by Addison-Wesley Professional. Part of the Developer's Library series.
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Description
- Copyright 2010
- Dimensions: 7" x 9"
- Pages: 600
- Edition: 1st
- Rough Cuts
- ISBN-10: 0-321-61967-6
- ISBN-13: 978-0-321-61967-9
This is the Rough Cut version of the printed book.
As the mobile application platform most competitive to Apple's iPhone platform, Android has been making waves in the wireless world, and the interest in application development for phones has never been stronger. Authors Shane Conder and Lauren Darcey, with years of collective experience in software development and wireless technologies, show software developers how to create and distribute marketable Android applications from start to finish. This book is the comprehensive resource for Android application development, taking the reader from initial conceptualization of their Android application to building it and then packaging it for the Android Market.
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Table of Contents
Introduction
Part I: An Overview of Android
Chapter 1: Introducing Android
Chapter 2: Your Android Development Environment
Chapter 3: Writing Your First Android Application
Part II: Android Application Design Essentials
Chapter 4: Understanding the Android Application Life Cycle
Chapter 5: Managing Application Resources
Part III: Android User Interface Design Essentials
Chapter 6: Exploring User Interface Screen Elements
Chapter 7: Designing Android User Interfaces with Layouts
Chapter 8: Drawing and Working with Animation in Android
Part IV: Using Common Android APIs
Chapter 9: Using Android Data and Storage APIs
Chapter 10: Using Android Networking APIs
Chapter 11: Using Location-Based Services (LBS) APIs
Chapter 12: Using Android Multimedia APIs
Chapter 13: Using Android Telephony APIs
Chapter 14: Using Android 3D Graphics With OpenGL ES
Chapter 15: Using Android's Optional Hardware APIs
Part V: More Android Application Design Principles
Chapter 16: Working With Notifications
Chapter 17: Working With Services
Part VI: Deploying Your Android Application to the World
Chapter 18: The Mobile Software Development Process
Chapter 19: Developing and Testing Bulletproof Android Applications
Chapter 20: Selling Your Android Application
Part VII: Appendixes
Appendix A: The Android Emulator Quick-Start Guide
Appendix B: The Android DDMS Quick-Start Guide
Appendix C: The Android Debug Bridge Quick-Start Guide
Appendix D: The SQLite Quick-Start Guide
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