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Android Wireless Application Development |  | Authors: Shane Conder, Lauren Darcey
Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional
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Edition: 1 Pap/Cdr
Pages: 600
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Dimensions (in): 9 x 6.9 x 1.3
ISBN: 0321627091
Dewey Decimal Number: 621.38456
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Product Description
The start-to-finish guide to Android development–from concept to market! Android Wireless Application Development combines all the reliable information, sample code, and best practices you need to build, distribute, and market successful Android mobile applications. Drawing on their extensive experience with mobile and wireless development, Shane Conder and Lauren Darcey cover everything you need to execute a successful Android project: from concept and design through coding, testing, packaging, and delivery. Conder and Darcey explain how mobile development differs from conventional development, how Android differs from other mobile platforms, and how to take full advantage of Android’s unique features and capabilities. They present detailed, code-rich coverage of Android’s most important APIs, expert techniques for organizing development teams and managing Android projects, and dozens of time-saving tricks and pitfalls to avoid. - Master the latest Android development tools and Android SDK 1.5
- Use the Eclipse Development Environment for Java to develop and debug Android applications
- Design Android applications that are more efficient, reliable, and easier to use and offer better performance
- Work with Android’s optional hardware-specific APIs
- Use Android’s APIs for data, storage, networking, telephony, Location-Based Services (LBS), multimedia, and 3D graphics
- Leverage advanced Android capabilities such as Notifications and Services
- Ensure quality through solid test planning, efficient testing, and comprehensive defect tracking
- Make more money from your Android applications
This book is an indispensable resource for every member of the Android development team: software developers with all levels of mobile experience, team leaders and project managers, testers and QA specialists, software architects, and even marketers.
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 Exactly what I look for in a development book! October 20, 2009
Rory Rezzelle (Augusta, GA USA)
15 out of 18 found this review helpful
As I have used Android more and more my developer sense started to tingle and I wanted to create my own Android app. I looked at a couple of development books but they all just seemed to be the same: how to install the development environment and then all about how great the Android is to develop for. Nothing I could find actually moved past walking you through your first app on the code side. So when I was emailed about a new book by authors Shane Conder and Lauren Darcey all about Android Application Development I jumped at the chance to review it!
Android Wireless Application Development is a hefty book, weighing in at 573 pages with appendices and a CD, it is chock full of wonderful little tidbits of information that make Android so much fun to develop for. I was never a fan of Java in my programming classes but now that I see it in another light I'm slowly coming around to it. Of course the book starts you off by getting you to install Eclipse (Win/Mac/Linux) and all the tools necessary to create that app that's going to make you rich in the end, then you are walked through how to write your first app, run it on the virtual Android phone, and then how to install it on a device to test. The book follows that with introductions in design, interface essentials, common Android APIs, 3D graphics, and finally how to deploy and sell your marvelous app through the Marketplace.
I found the book a marvellous teaching tool, it keeps your attention and has plenty of screenshots, images, and code snippets to satisfy even a beginner (like myself). I was so excited in the intro app when I was able to get my app to play a media file from the web with a small bit of code. The authors have the perfect balance of teaching and explaining that this is one book you will not get bored reading, you will definitely be ready to use what you've learned to make a new app as soon as you are done reading about it.
I'll be looking for YOUR app in the marketplace soon!
Best of four books March 17, 2010
J. L. Gillaspy (Portland, OR)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
This is my fourth Android book and by far the best. Concepts that I was uncertain about are explained clearly and completely. I especially like the order in which the topics are covered. The other books launched into developing an application without much underlying explanation of the individual topics - putting that off until later, and not doing it as well. If I had bought this book first, I probably wouldn't have or need the others.
Finally an Andriod book that takes you from 0 to 60 May 7, 2010
Kirk Lashley (Chicago, IL, USA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I've read most Android tutorials online, following the documentation from Google and was ready to give up until I stumbled unto this book from Amazon. The previous reviewers gave it such a glowing recommendation, I thought I'd try it. There were other books with more review, but less than stellar recommendations. So I want to echo what everyone else here is saying, if you're serious about learning to develop for the Android platform, you need to start here. This book comes with code references from every snippet referenced in the book and a safari pass to read it online for a limited time. So within one evening I was already using the Android API to interface with the hardware for such things like geolocation and playing music and video.
Anyway, this book is written by fellow programmers, so expect a few typos and grammatical errors. The logic and explanations however are sound and clear.
Great All Around Book June 5, 2010
Gregory S. Macbeth (Melbourne, FL)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
If you are a professional developer then this is a great book. It easily teaches you everything you need to know to code on a new platform. The book covers all the general concepts from, OS Design, GIU Development, Multi-threading, DB storage, IO, Networking & Web, plus more. The examples are great. There are few errors. Each code snip is called out during a topic discussion and in full.
If you are new to coding this would not be a good choice as a lot of knowledge is assumed.
Overall, this is a great book for the transitioning developer. This is the best Android book I have read so far.
Great for beginners December 19, 2009
Nicholas Nezis (Baltimore, MD)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I've read almost every Android development book out there, and this book is by far my favorite. The author has done a great job in laying out the content and covers just enough to give it a quick read through while jumping into code samples (included on the CD). I've recommended this book to other budding Android developers.
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