Practical Android Projects

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Название:Practical Android Projects

Автор: Lucas Jordan, Pieter Greyling

Издательство: Apress

ISBN: 1430232439

Дата издания:2011-02-22

Страниц: 424

Язык:Английский

Формат:PDF

Размер:17.00 MB

Take a practical approach to becoming a leading-edge Android developer, learning by example while combining the many technologies needed to create a successful, up-to-date web app.

Practical Android Projects introduces the Android SDK and development tools of the trade, and then dives into building cool-looking and fun apps that put Android's amazing capabilities to work. Android is the powerful, full-featured, open source mobile platform that powers phones like Google Nexus, Motorola Droid, Samsung Galaxy S, and a variety of HTC phones and tablet computers.

This book helps you quickly get Android projects up and running with the free and open source Eclipse, NetBeans, and IntelliJ IDEA IDEs. Then you build and extend mobile applications using the Android SDK, Java, Scripting Layer for Android, and languages such as Python, Ruby, javascript/HTML, Flex/AIR, and Lua.

What you'll learn

In Practical Android Projects you'll work on real-world projects such as:

Hosting an Android BASIC interpreter

Extending your Java-based Android applications with embedded LUA

Scripting your Android device with SL4A

Adding Twitter and Facebook to your applications

Using 2D graphics and animations for casual games

Creating cross-platform apps with javascript/HTML and Flex with AIR

Who this book is for

Practical Android Projects is for any developer new to the Android platform who wants to learn to build mobile applications. Knowledge of the fundamentals of Java programming is assumed.

Table of Contents

Android FundamentalsВ

Development Tools in Practice

Roll Your Own Android Scripting Environment

Embedding Lua in Android ApplicationsВ

Introducing SL4A: The Scripting Layer for AndroidВ

Creating a GUI with HTML/javascript andВAIR

Using REST with Facebook and Twitter

Using theВGoogle App EngineВwith Android

Game Development: Graphics

Game Development: Animation

App Inventor