
Android-Based Game Development
A Practical Guide
LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
Published on 26. September 2011
Book
Paperback/Softback
112 pages
978-3-8465-1267-8 (ISBN)
Description
Android is a brand new open source mobile Operating System (OS) that combines and builds upon parts of many different open source projects. This OS was erected by Google for mobile devices built on the Linux kernel platform by the Open Handset Alliance (OHA) in November, 2007. This book is appropriate for the developers starting out new Android project, as well as for professional programmers. The aim of this book is to enhance research and development in the field of Android mobile technology. With the help of UML diagrams and code examples, we explain how to design and develop a highly interactive, user friendly, customizable, and challenging "Maze Game". The didactic description of Android along with key web references helps the reader to get an insight into the Android architecture, and customization of its important libraries in order to build an application or a game. We have developed Maze Game using the following Android tools: Software Development Kit (SDK), Eclipse, TILED, AND Engine. The Maze Game was developed in the Open Source Technology Development Lab (OSTDL), Punjab University College of Information Technology (PUCIT), University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Germany
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 220 mm
Width: 150 mm
Thickness: 8 mm
Weight
185 gr
ISBN-13
978-3-8465-1267-8 (9783846512678)
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Persons
Farrah Farooq: BS & MPhil Computer Science (CS), Lecturer & Research Officer, PUCIT; Rumman Khalid: BS Information Technology (IT), Software Engineer, Techlogix; M.Usman Butt: BS CS, Software Engineer, GameViewStudios (GVS); Muhammad Fazil Qureshi: BS IT, Software Engineer, Confiz Solutions; Adnan Ramzan, BS IT, Software Engineer, Systems Ltd.