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The Android ® Developer's Cookbook, Second Edition, has been extensively updated to reflect all Android 4.2.2 releases. You'll find all-new chapters on advanced threading and UI development, in-app billing, push messages, and native development, plus new techniques for everything from accessing NFC hardware to using Google Cloud Messaging. Proven modular recipes take your students from the basics all the way to advanced services, helping them to make the most of the newest Android APIs and tools. The authors' fully-updated code samples are designed to serve as templates for your students' own projects and components. They'll learn best-practice techniques for efficiently solving common problems and for avoiding pitfalls throughout the entire development lifecycle.
List of contents
Preface
About the Authors
Chapter 1: Overview of Android
Chapter 2: Application Basics: Activites and Intents
Chapter 3: Threads, Services, Receivers, and Alerts
Chapter 4: Advanced Threading Techniques
Chapter 5: User Interface Layout
Chapter 6: User Interface Events
Chapter 7: Advanced UI Techniques
Chapter 8: Multimedia Techniques
Chapter 9: Hardware Interface
Chapter 10: Networking
Chapter 11: Data Storage Methods
Chapter 12: Location-Based Services
Chapter 13: In-App Billing
Chapter 14: Push Messages
Chapter 15: Native Android Development
Chapter 16: Debugging
Appendix A: Using the OpenIntents Sensor Simulator
Appendix B: Using the Compatibility Pack
Appendix C: Using a Continuous Integration System
Appendix D: Android OS Releases
Index
About the author
Ronan “Zero” Schwarz, cofounder of OpenIntents, has built Android apps since 2007 and helped create SplashPlay and Droidspray–top Google Android Developer Challenge finalists.
Phil Dutson is lead eCommerce developer for ICON Health and Fitness. He wrote Sams Teach Yourself jQuery Mobile in 24 Hours.
James Steele, vice president of engineering at Sensor Platforms, focuses on helping app developers leverage user motion and context information more easily.
Nelson To markets multiple apps at Google Play. He has worked on enterprise Android apps for Think Computer, Inc., AOL (AIM), Stanford University, and Logitech.
Summary
The Android™ Developer’s Cookbook, Second Edition, has been extensively updated to reflect all Android 4.2.2 releases. You’ll find all-new chapters on advanced threading and UI development, in-app billing, push messages, and native development, plus new techniques for everything from accessing NFC hardware to using Google Cloud Messaging. Proven modular recipes take your students from the basics all the way to advanced services, helping them to make the most of the newest Android APIs and tools. The authors’ fully-updated code samples are designed to serve as templates for your students' own projects and components. They'll learn best-practice techniques for efficiently solving common problems and for avoiding pitfalls throughout the entire development lifecycle.
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