Pro Android 3

eBook Details:

• Paperback: 1200 pages
• Publisher: WOW! eBook; 1st edition (April 21, 2011)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1430232226
• ISBN-13: 978-1430232223

eBook Description:

Pro Android 3

Using the tutorials and expert advice, you’ll quickly be able to build cool mobile apps and run them on dozens of Android-based smartphones. You’ll explore and use the Android APIs, including those for media and sensors. And you’ll check out what’s new with Android 3.0, including the improved user interface across all Android platforms, integration with WebM, and more, giving you the knowledge to create stunning, cutting-edge apps, while keeping you agile enough to respond to changes in the future.

Pro Android 3 shows you how to build real-world and fun mobile applications using the Android 3.0 software development kit. It covers everything from the fundamentals of building apps for embedded devices, phones, and tablets to advanced concepts such as custom 3D components and multi-tasking.

Using the tutorials and expert advice, you’ll quickly be able to build cool mobile apps and run them on dozens of Android-based smartphones. You’ll explore and use the Android APIs, including those for media and sensors. And you’ll check out what’s new with Android 3.0, including the improved user interface across all Android platforms, integration with WebM, and more, giving you the knowledge to create stunning, cutting-edge apps, while keeping you agile enough to respond to changes in the future.

What you’ll learn

• How to use Android to build Java-based mobile applications for Google phones with a touch screen or keyboard
• How to design and implement irresistible user interfaces for touchscreens with Views and layouts
• How to populate your application with data from data sources, using content providers
• How to create 3D graphics with OpenGL and custom components
• How to build multimedia and game apps using Android’s media APIs and OpenGL
• How to use Android’s location-based services, network-based services, and security
• How to use new Android 3.0 features, such as Fragments and the ActionBar

Who this book is for

This book is for professional software engineers/programmers looking to move their ideas and applications into the mobile space with Android. It assumes a passable understanding of Java, including how to write classes and handle basic inheritance structures.

About the Author

Sayed Y. Hashimi is the author of Pro Android, as well as a consultant and trainer in Jacksonville, Florida. Sayed has worked for startups and Fortune 100 companies. He has developed large-scale distributed applications with a variety of programming languages and platforms, including C++, Java, and .NET. Sayed has published in major software journals on topics ranging from low-level programming techniques to high-level architecture concepts.

Satya Komatineni has been programming for more than 20 years in the IT and Web space. He has had the opportunity to work with Assembly, C, C++, Rexx, Java, C#, Lisp, HTML, JavaScript, CSS, SVG, relational databases, object databases and related technologies. He has published more than 30 articles touching many of these areas, both in print and online. He has been a frequent speaker at O’Reilly Open Source Conference, speaking on innovations around Java and Web. Satya has done a considerable amount of original work in creating Aspire, a comprehensive open-source Java-based web framework, and has explored personal web productivity and collaboration tools through his open sourced work for knowledgefolders.com. Satya holds a master’s degree in electrical engineering from Indian Institute of Technology and a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from Andhra University, India. You can find his website at www.satyakomatineni.com.

Dave MacLean is a software engineer and architect living and working in Jacksonville, Florida. Since 1980, he has programmed in many languages, developing solutions ranging from robot automation systems to data warehousing, from web self-service applications to electronic data interchange transaction processors. Dave has worked for Sun Microsystems, IBM, Trimble Navigation, General Motors, and several small companies. He graduated from the University of Waterloo in Canada with a degree in systems design engineering. Visit his blog at http://davemac327.blogspot.com or contact him at [email protected].

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