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Android TV Apps Development

Building for Media and Games

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  • A unique short book of 150 pages on designing and developing Android TV apps for early adopters
  • Written by an "in-the-trenches" Android coder and expert
  • Android remains one of the top two most popular mobile platforms out there

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Table of contents (6 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
  2. Getting Started

    • Paul Trebilcox-Ruiz
    Pages 1-8
  3. Planning Your App

    • Paul Trebilcox-Ruiz
    Pages 9-19
  4. Building a Media App

    • Paul Trebilcox-Ruiz
    Pages 21-50
  5. Enriching Your Media Apps

    • Paul Trebilcox-Ruiz
    Pages 51-87
  6. The Android TV Platform for Game Development

    • Paul Trebilcox-Ruiz
    Pages 89-110
  7. Android TV App Publishing

    • Paul Trebilcox-Ruiz
    Pages 111-115
  8. Back Matter

    Pages 117-120

About this book

This one-of-a-kind short book walks you through creating fantastic entertainment apps for one of the newest Android platforms. Android TV Apps Development: Building Media and Games will demystify some of the newest APIs and present the tools necessary for building applications that run on Android TV.

Walking through example applications, you will learn the vocabulary necessary to solve real-world problems and how to present your content on the television through Android. In addition to practical code examples, you will learn about various design considerations that will make using your apps an enjoyable experience for users.




What you'll learn:
  • How to design for Android TV
  • How to create a media app for Android TV
  • What are the game design/development considerations for Android TV
  • How to distribute Android TV apps


Audience:Developers with some experience with Android development who are interested in building applications for the Android TV platform.




About the author

Paul Trebilcox-Ruiz is a software engineer at Sphero (they make awesome robots that you can control from your phone) in Boulder, Colorado and a Computer Science graduate from California State University, Fresno. His main interests are in the Android platform, Android TV and wearable computing.  He also actively participates in hackathons in the Denver/Boulder area; writes an Android technical blog and presents to Meetups in the area.

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eBook USD 19.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as EPUB and PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Softcover Book USD 29.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

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