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Practical Android 4 Games Development continues your journey to becoming a hands-on Android game apps developer. This title guides you through the process of designing and developing game apps that work on both smartphones and tablets, thanks to the new Android SDK 4.0 which merges the User Interface and Experience APIs and more.
The author, J.F. DiMarzio, has written eight books, including Android: A Programmer’s Guide—the first Android book approved by Google—recently updated and translated for sale in Japan. He has an easy-to-read, concise, and logical writing style that is well suited for teaching complex technologies like the Java-based Android.From 2D-based casual games to 3D OpenGL-based first-person shooters, you find that learning how to create games on the fastest growing mobile platform has never been easier.
- Create 2D and 3D games for Android 4.0 phones and tablets such and the Motorola Xoom
- Build your own reusable “black box” for game development
- Easy-to-follow examples make creating the sample games a hands-on experience
What you’ll learn
- How to design and develop compelling 2D and 3D games
- How to create rich environments and characters
- How to do collision detection
- How to add realism to your games with basic game physics
- How to create a gaming “black box” that can be reused
- How to play your games on Android phones and tablets
Who this book is for
This book is for aspiring Android game app developers who are ready to move beyond beginning level books or tutorials on Android game building.
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Table of Contents
- Welcome to Andriod Gaming
- Star Fighter:Â A 2-D shooter
- Press Start: Making a Menu
- Drawing the Environment
- Creating Your Character
- Adding the Enemies
- Adding Basic Enemy Artifical IntelligenceÂ
- Defend yourself!
- Publishing Your Game
- BlobHunter:Â Creating 3-D Games
- Create an Immersive Environment
- Navigating the 3-D EnvironmentÂ
- Source Code/Downloads
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If you think that you've found an error in this book, please let us know about it. You will find any confirmed erratum below, so you can check if your concern has already been addressed.
On page 41:Beginning TextView tag is missing closing angle bracket (>) after "@id/creditsText".
On page 73-118:
Chapter 4 completely skips instantiating the SFGameRenderer class, generating a null pointer exception when you try to run the game.
It's not a minor error. You're stuck until you find the 3 lines of code from the source material.
On page 162-163:
The new gl.glGenTextures() method is misprinted outside the SFTextures(GL10 gl) constructor
It should be inside it like this:
package com.proandroidgames;
import javax.microedition.khronos.opengles.GL10;
public class SFTextures {
private int[] textures = new int[1];
public SFTextures(GL10 gl){
gl.glGenTextures(1, textures, 0);
}
}
On page 186 - 204:
The switch statement inside the moveEnemy() method contains a case for SFEngine.TYPE_WARSHIP which is misprinted without a following : character
it should look like this:
switch (enemies[x].enemyType){
case SFEngine.TYPE_INTERCEPTOR:
break;
case SFEngine.TYPE_SCOUT:
break;
case SFEngine.TYPE_WARSHIP:
break;
}
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