Sams Teach Yourself Android Application Development in 24 Hours, 2nd Edition
eBook Details:
- Paperback: 512 pages
- Publisher: Sams; 2nd edition (August 7, 2011)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0672335697
- ISBN-13: 978-0672335693
eBook Description:
Sams Teach Yourself Android Application Development in 24 Hours, 2nd Edition
Android is the world’s #1 mobile development platform, and with the new Android 3.0, it’s becoming as popular for tablets as it is for smartphones. If you are a beginner, in just 24 lessons of one hour or less, this friendly, full-color book will help you master modern Android development. You can build a fully-featured app from scratch, learning all the skills you’ll need to create your own. Each lesson builds on prior chapters, providing a solid foundation for success. This edition is thoroughly updated for Android’s newest features and development tools, while still supporting the popular Android 2.0.
In just 24 sessions of one hour or less, learn how to build powerful applications for the world’s first complete, open, and free mobile platform: Android. Using this book’s straightforward, step-by-step approach, you’ll build a fully-featured Android application from the ground up and master the skills you need to design, develop, test, and publish powerful applications. Each lesson builds on what you’ve already learned, giving you a rock-solid foundation for real-world success!
Android is the world’s #1 mobile development platform, and with the new Android 3.0, it’s becoming as popular for tablets as it is for smartphones. If you are a beginner, in just 24 lessons of one hour or less, this friendly, full-color book will help you master modern Android development. You can build a fully-featured app from scratch, learning all the skills you’ll need to create your own. Each lesson builds on prior chapters, providing a solid foundation for success. This edition is thoroughly updated for Android’s newest features and development tools, while still supporting the popular Android 2.0.
Android is the world’s #1 mobile development platform, and with the new Android 3.0, it’s becoming as popular for tablets as it is for smartphones. If you are a beginner, in just 24 lessons of one hour or less, this friendly, full-color book will help you master modern Android development. You can build a fully-featured app from scratch, learning all the skills you’ll need to create your own. Each lesson builds on prior chapters, providing a solid foundation for success. This edition is thoroughly updated for Android’s newest features and development tools, while still supporting the popular Android 2.0.
In just 24 sessions of one hour or less, learn how to build powerful applications for the world’s first complete, open, and free mobile platform: Android. Using this book’s straightforward, step-by-step approach, you’ll build a fully-featured Android application from the ground up and master the skills you need to design, develop, test, and publish powerful applications. Each lesson builds on what you’ve already learned, giving you a rock-solid foundation for real-world success!
Some of the highlights of this new edition include:
- More comprehensive code listings
- New, improved exercises based upon reader feedback
- Completely overhauled sample code on a new companion CD
- New coverage of hot topics like tablet design, services, app widgets, Android Market updates, and more
- Even more tips and tricks from the trenches to help you design, develop, and test applications for a different device targets, including an all-new chapter on tackling compatibility issues
Learn how to…
- Develop Android applications quickly and successfully with Java
- Master the latest Android SDK and development tools
- Leverage the Eclipse programming environment to develop Android projects
- Understand the Android application lifecycle
- Build effective, user-friendly user interfaces
- Store, retrieve, and manipulate application data
- Add popular network, social, and location-based features to your applications
- Take advantage of Android device hardware like the camera
- Internationalize, test, and publish your applications
Coverage includes:
- Using Eclipse to write apps quickly and efficiently
- Understanding the application lifecycle
- Building robust, friendly user interfaces
- Retrieving, storing, and using data
- Adding network, social, and location-based features
- Supporting the camera and other hardware
- Internationalizing, testing, and publishing apps
From the Back Cover
Sams Teach Yourself Android Application Development in 24 Hours, 2nd Edition
Android is the world’s #1 mobile development platform, and with the new Android 3.0, it’s becoming as popular for tablets as it is for smartphones. If you are a beginner, in just 24 lessons of one hour or less, this friendly, full-color book will help you master modern Android development. You can build a fully-featured app from scratch, learning all the skills you’ll need to create your own. Each lesson builds on prior chapters, providing a solid foundation for success. This edition is thoroughly updated for Android’s newest features and development tools, while still supporting the popular Android 2.0.
Coverage includes:
- Using Eclipse to write apps quickly and efficiently
- Understanding the application lifecycle
- Building robust, friendly user interfaces
- Retrieving, storing, and using data
- Adding network, social, and location-based features
- Supporting the camera and other hardware
- Internationalizing, testing, and publishing apps
Android is the world’s #1 mobile development platform, and with the new Android 3.0, it’s becoming as popular for tablets as it is for smartphones. If you are a beginner, in just 24 lessons of one hour or less, this friendly, full-color book will help you master modern Android development. You can build a fully-featured app from scratch, learning all the skills you’ll need to create your own. Each lesson builds on prior chapters, providing a solid foundation for success. This edition is thoroughly updated for Android’s newest features and development tools, while still supporting the popular Android 2.0.
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