
Creating Android Applications
Develop and Design
Chris Haseman(Author)
Peachpit Press Publications
Published on 23. December 2011
Book
Paperback/Softback
272 pages
978-0-321-78409-4 (ISBN)
Description
Capturing more than half of the global smartphone market, Google's Android mobile platform offers a vibrant and growing marketplace for developers. In this book, Android programming expert Chris Haseman shows you how to use the powerful set of Android tools to begin writing the next generation of Android applications. Chris provides a complete introduction to developing for Google's mobile OS, offering tons of insights and hard-earned advice. After a tour of how to install and configure the Android SDK and Eclipse IDE, you jump right in, building your first Android project. Chris starts off with how to use the major building blocks to create an intuitive and good-looking interface. Next, he shows you how to retrieve data and how to use lists to display data. Chris then explores how to use services-important, and often under-utilized, components of the Android platform. Chris examines how to handle media and location services before showing you how to write applications for the Android ecosystem.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Berkeley
United States
Publishing group
Pearson Education (US)
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 231 mm
Width: 188 mm
Thickness: 14 mm
Weight
530 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-321-78409-4 (9780321784094)
Schweitzer Classification
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E-Book
12/2011
1st Edition
Peachpit Press Publications
€14.99
Available for download
Person
Chris Haseman has been writing mobile software in various forms since 2003. He was involved in several large-scale BREW projects, from MMS messaging to Major League Baseball. More recently, he was an early Android engineer behind the doubleTwist media player, and is now the lead Android developer for Tumblr. He's a faculty member of General Assembly in New York City, teaching Android development. He lives in Brooklyn, where he constantly debates shaving his beard.
Content
Introduction
Welcome to Android
CHAPTER 1 GETTING STARTED WITH ANDROID
CHAPTER 2 EXPLORING THE APPLICATION BASICS
CHAPTER 3 CREATING USER INTERFACES
CHAPTER 4 ACQUIRING DATA
CHAPTER 5 ADAPTERS, LISTVIEWS, AND LISTS
CHAPTER 6 THE WAY OF THE SERVICE
CHAPTER 7 MANY DEVICES, ONE APPLICATION
CHAPTER 8 MOVIES AND MUSIC
CHAPTER 9 DETERMINING LOCATIONS AND USING MAPS
CHAPTER 10 TABLETS, FRAGMENTS, AND ACTION BARS, OH MY
CHAPTER 11 PUBLISHING YOUR APPLICATION
Index
Welcome to Android
CHAPTER 1 GETTING STARTED WITH ANDROID
CHAPTER 2 EXPLORING THE APPLICATION BASICS
CHAPTER 3 CREATING USER INTERFACES
CHAPTER 4 ACQUIRING DATA
CHAPTER 5 ADAPTERS, LISTVIEWS, AND LISTS
CHAPTER 6 THE WAY OF THE SERVICE
CHAPTER 7 MANY DEVICES, ONE APPLICATION
CHAPTER 8 MOVIES AND MUSIC
CHAPTER 9 DETERMINING LOCATIONS AND USING MAPS
CHAPTER 10 TABLETS, FRAGMENTS, AND ACTION BARS, OH MY
CHAPTER 11 PUBLISHING YOUR APPLICATION
Index