Raleigh, NC—Watch out, iPhone. Here comes Android.
Android combines the ubiquity of cell phones, the excitement of open source software, and the corporate backing of Google and other Open Handset Alliance members. The result is a mobile platform you can't afford not to learn. This second edition is completely updated for Android 1.5 (Cupcake) and Android 1.6 (Donut).
Getting started developing with Android is easy. You don't even need access to an Android phone, just a computer where you can install the Android SDK and the phone emulator that comes with it. Within minutes, Hello, Android (Pragmatic Bookshelf, $32.95 USD) will get you creating your first working application: Android's version of "Hello, World."
From there, you'll build up a more substantial example: an Android Sudoku game. By gradually adding features to the game throughout the course of the book, you'll learn about many aspects of Android programming including user interfaces, multimedia, and the Android life cycle.
Every page and example in this second edition was reviewed and updated for compatibility with the new versions of Android. In addition, two new appendixes show you how to create Widgets for the Home screen and publish your application to the Android Market.
If you're a busy developer who'd rather be coding than reading about coding, this book is for you. To help you find what you need to know fast, each chapter ends with a "Fast-Forward" section. These sections provide guidance for where you should go next when you need to read the book out of order.
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Ed Burnette is a professional developer and author living in Cary, North Carolina.
Additional Resources
For more information about the book, including code, errata, discussions, full table of contents, excerpts from the book and more, see the catalog page for Hello, Android.
Publisher: Pragmatic Bookshelf
Ed Burnette
ISBN: 9781934356494, 250 pages,
Book Price: $32.95 USD, £25.50 GBP
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