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Pro Android 4

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  • © 2012

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Authors:
  1. Satya Komatineni
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  2. Dave MacLean
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  • Aims to be first or one of the first books on Android 4.0 platform
  • Updates a best selling Android book, Pro Android 3, in book market
  • Android continues to grow and is hot

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Table of contents (31 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxv
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  2. Introducing the Android Computing Platform

    • Satya Komatineni, Dave MacLean
    Pages 1-22

  3. Setting Up Your Development Environment

    • Satya Komatineni, Dave MacLean
    Pages 23-50

  4. Understanding Android Resources

    • Satya Komatineni, Dave MacLean
    Pages 51-78

  5. Understanding Content Providers

    • Satya Komatineni, Dave MacLean
    Pages 79-112

  6. Understanding Intents

    • Satya Komatineni, Dave MacLean
    Pages 113-134

  7. Building User Interfaces and Using Controls

    • Satya Komatineni, Dave MacLean
    Pages 135-202

  8. Working with Menus

    • Satya Komatineni, Dave MacLean
    Pages 203-227

  9. Fragments for Tablets and More

    • Satya Komatineni, Dave MacLean
    Pages 229-260

  10. Working with Dialogs

    • Satya Komatineni, Dave MacLean
    Pages 261-280

  11. Exploring ActionBar

    • Satya Komatineni, Dave MacLean
    Pages 281-313

  12. Advanced Debugging and Analysis

    • Satya Komatineni, Dave MacLean
    Pages 315-329

  13. Responding to Configuration Changes

    • Satya Komatineni, Dave MacLean
    Pages 331-337

  14. Working with Preferences and Saving State

    • Satya Komatineni, Dave MacLean
    Pages 339-361

  15. Exploring Security and Permissions

    • Satya Komatineni, Dave MacLean
    Pages 363-382

  16. Building and Consuming Services

    • Satya Komatineni, Dave MacLean
    Pages 383-439

  17. Exploring Packages

    • Satya Komatineni, Dave MacLean
    Pages 441-467

  18. Exploring Handlers

    • Satya Komatineni, Dave MacLean
    Pages 469-488

  19. Exploring the AsyncTask

    • Satya Komatineni, Dave MacLean
    Pages 489-502

  20. Broadcast Receivers and Long-Running Services

    • Satya Komatineni, Dave MacLean
    Pages 503-538
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About this book

Pro Android 4 shows you how to build real-world and fun mobile apps using the new Android SDK 4 (Ice Cream Sandwich), which unifies Gingerbread for smartphones, Honeycomb for tablets and augments further with Google TV and more.

This Android 4 book updates the best selling Pro Android 3 and covers everything from the fundamentals of building apps for embedded devices, smartphones, and tablets to advanced concepts such as custom 3D components, multi-tasking, sensors/augmented reality, better accessories support and much more.

  • Using the tutorials and expert advice, you'll quickly be able to build cool mobile apps and run them on dozens of Android-based smartphones.
  • You'll explore and use the Android APIs, including those for media and sensors.
  • And you'll check out what's new with Android 4, including the improved user interface across all Android platforms, integration with services, and more.
After reading thisdefinitive tutorial and reference, you gain the knowledge and experience to create stunning, cutting-edge Android 4 apps that can make you money, while keeping you agile enough to respond to changes in the future.

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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