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Pro Android

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  • © 2009

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Authors:
  1. Sayed Y. Hashimi
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  2. Satya Komatineni
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  • Pro Android is a detailed look at application development on Google's Mobile OS.
  • It uses the development of a sample application to work through all the options you might want to build a flexible mobile application.
  • The focus is on making viable commercial applications work.
  • The book includes detailed coverage of the Android API.

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Introducing the Android Computing Platform

    Pages 1-19

  3. Getting Your Feet Wet

    Pages 21-42

  4. Using Resources, Content Providers, and Intents

    Pages 43-106

  5. Building User Interfaces and Using Controls

    Pages 107-150

  6. Working with Menus and Dialogs

    Pages 151-196

  7. Unveiling 2D Animation

    Pages 197-223

  8. Exploring Security and Location-Based Services

    Pages 225-262

  9. Building and Consuming Services

    Pages 263-300

  10. Using the Media Framework and Telephony APIs

    Pages 301-324

  11. Programming 3D Graphics with OpenGL

    Pages 325-362

  12. Managing and Organizing Preferences

    Pages 363-376

  13. Coming to Grips with 1.5

    Pages 377-394

  14. Simplifying OpenGL and Exploring Live Folders

    Pages 395-424

  15. Back Matter

    Pages 425-437
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About this book

Pro Android is the first book to include coverage of Google Android 1.5 SDK (including the branch formerly called Cupcake). This essential book covers the fundamentals of building applications for embedded devices thru through to advanced concepts, such as custom 3D components.

  • Takes a pragmatic approach to developing Google Android applications.
  • Examines the Android Virtual Device; the Input-Method Framework, special development considerations for touch screen vs. keyboard/traditional input, Voice Recognition, and Live Folders,
  • Covers the Android media APIs (media APIs, Wi-Fi APIs, etc), including the new simplified OpenGL, improved media framework and more.

With Android 1.5 and this book that includes Android 1.5 coverage, developers should will be able to build leading-edge mobile applications ranging from games to Google Apps like add-ons to Google Docs and more—no matter the device interface. Extend and run APIs of the Google Chrome browser/WebOS on G1, G2 and other forthcoming next-generation Google phones and other Android-enabled devices and netbooks.

About the authors

Satya Komatineni has been programming for more than 20 years in the IT and Web space. He has had the opportunity to work with Assembly, C, C++, Rexx, Java, C#, Lisp, HTML, JavaScript, CSS, SVG, relational databases, object databases and related technologies. He has published more than 30 articles touching many of these areas, both in print and online. He has been a frequent speaker at O'Reilly Open Source Conference, speaking on innovations around Java and Web. Satya has done a considerable amount of original work in creating Aspire, a comprehensive open-source Java-based web framework, and has explored personal web productivity and collaboration tools through his open-source work for KnowledgeFolders.com. Satya holds a master's degree in electrical engineering from Indian Institute of Technology and a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from Andhra University, India. You can find his website at SatyaKomatineni.com.

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