The Android Developer's Cookbook: Building Applications with the Android SDK

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Название: The Android Developer's Cookbook: Building Applications with the Android SDK

Издательство: Addison Wesley

Автор: James Steele, Nelson To

Год: 2010

Количество страниц: 400

Формат: PDF

Размер: 3 Mb

Язык: English

Want to get started building applications for Android, the world’s hottest, fast-growing mobile platform? Already building Android applications and want to get better at it? This book brings together all the expert guidance–and code–you’ll need!

Completely up-to-date to reflect the newest and most widely used Android SDKs, The Android Developer’s Cookbook is the essential resource for developers building apps for any Android device, from phones to tablets.

Proven, modular recipes take you from the absolute basics to advanced location-based services, security techniques, and performance optimization. You’ll learn how to write apps from scratch, ensure interoperability, choose the best solutions for common problems, and avoid development pitfalls.

Coverage includes:

Implementing threads, services, receivers, and other background tasks

Providing user alerts

Organizing user interface layouts and views

Managing user-initiated events such as touches and gestures

Recording and playing audio and video

Using hardware APIs available on Android devices

Interacting with other devices via SMS, web browsing, and social networking

Storing data efficiently with SQLite and its alternatives

Accessing location data via GPS

Using location-related services such as the Google Maps API

Building faster applications with native code

Providing backup and restore with the Android Backup Manager

Testing and debugging apps throughout the development cycle

Turn to The Android Developer’s Cookbook for proven, expert answers–and the code you need to implement them. It’s all you need to jumpstart any Android project, and create high-value, feature-rich apps that sell!