
Learn Java for Android Development
Jeff Friesen(Author)
APress
Published on 30. September 2010
Book
Paperback/Softback
XV, 656 pages
978-1-4302-3156-1 (ISBN)
Description
Android development is hot, and many programmers are interested in joining the fun. However, because this technology is based on Java, you should first obtain a solid grasp of the Java language and its foundational APIs to improve your chances of succeeding as an Android app developer. After all, you will be busy learning the architecture of an Android app, the various Android-specific APIs, and Android-specific tools. If you do not already know Java fundamentals, you will probably end up with a massive headache from also having to quickly cram those fundamentals into your knowledge base.
Learn Java for Android Development teaches programmers of any skill level the essential Java language and foundational Java API skills that must be learned to improve the programmers chances of succeeding as an Android app developer. Each of the books 10 chapters provides an exercise section that gives you the opportunity to reinforce your understanding of the chapters material. Answers to the books more than 300 exercises are provided in an appendix. Additionally, author Jeff Friesen has created six bonus chapters that you can download from his personal site, located at http://tutortutor.ca/cgi-bin/makepage.cgi?/books/ljfad.
Once you complete this book, you will be ready to dive into Android, and you can start that journey by obtaining a copy of Beginning Android 2.
More details
Edition
First Edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Berkeley
United States
Target group
Popular/general
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Illustrations
XV, 656 p.
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 191 mm
Thickness: 35 mm
Weight
1205 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4302-3156-1 (9781430231561)
DOI
10.1007/978-1-4302-3157-8
Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions

Person
Jeff Friesen is a freelance tutor and software developer with an emphasis on Java (and now Android). In addition to authoring Learn Java for Android Development and co-authoring Android Recipes -- Jeff has written numerous articles on Java and other technologies for JavaWorld (a href="http://www.JavaWorld.com"JavaWorld.com/a), informIT (a href="http://www.InformIT.com"InformIT.com/a), a href="http://www.java.net"Java.net/a, and DevSource (a href="http://www.DevSource.com"DevSource.com/a). Jeff can be contacted via his website at a href="http://www.tutortutor.ca"TutorTutor.ca/a.
Content
Getting Started with Java.- Learning Language Fundamentals.- Learning Object-Oriented Language Features.- Mastering Advanced Language Features Part 1.- Mastering Advanced Language Features Part 2.- Exploring the Basic APIs Part 1.- Exploring the Basic APIs Part 2.- Discovering the Collections Framework.- Discovering Additional Utility APIs.- Performing I/O.