Expert Android

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxviii

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2. Exploring Custom Views

   • Satya Komatineni, Dave MacLean

   Pages 1-32

3. Exploring Compound Controls

   • Satya Komatineni, Dave MacLean

   Pages 33-60

4. Principles and Practice of Custom Layouts

   • Satya Komatineni, Dave MacLean

   Pages 61-80

5. JSON for On-Device Persistence

   • Satya Komatineni, Dave MacLean

   Pages 81-98

6. Programming for Multiple Devices

   • Satya Komatineni, Dave MacLean

   Pages 99-114

7. Advanced Form Processing

   • Satya Komatineni, Dave MacLean

   Pages 115-134

8. Using the Telephony APIs

   • Satya Komatineni, Dave MacLean

   Pages 135-152

9. Advanced Debugging and Analysis

   • Satya Komatineni, Dave MacLean

   Pages 153-174

10. Programming 3D Graphics with OpenGL

    • Satya Komatineni, Dave MacLean

    Pages 175-256

11. Introduction to Android Search

    • Satya Komatineni, Dave MacLean

    Pages 257-278

12. Simple Search Suggestion Provider

    • Satya Komatineni, Dave MacLean

    Pages 279-296

13. Custom Search Suggestion Provider

    • Satya Komatineni, Dave MacLean

    Pages 297-328

14. Introduction to Cloud Storage with Parse

    • Satya Komatineni, Dave MacLean

    Pages 329-352

15. Enhancing Parse with Parcelables

    • Satya Komatineni, Dave MacLean

    Pages 353-380

16. Exploring Push Notifications with Parse

    • Satya Komatineni, Dave MacLean

    Pages 381-396

17. Back Matter

    Pages 397-406

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From the leading publisher of Android books, Apress’ Expert Android gives you advanced techniques for customizing views, controls, and layouts. You’ll learn to develop apps in record time using JSON, Advanced Form Processing, and the BaaS (Backend As A Service) platform Parse. The book also includes extensive coverage on OpenGL, Search, and Telephony. With these advanced and time saving technologies you’ll be able to release compelling mobile applications in Google Play and the Amazon Appstore at a rapid pace.

In Expert Android, you’ll learn to:

• Borrow, reuse, or build custom Android UI components
• Create 3D experiences using OpenGL ES 2.0
• Write collaborative applications in the Parse cloud and communicate with your app user community through Parse Push Technology
• Reduce the time-to-market while creating rock solid apps for multiple devices

Whether you are an individual or enterprise developer, in Expert Android you’ll find  the advanced techniques and practices to take your mobile apps to the next level. Regardless of the Android release, this book serves as your definitive, capstone reference for your Apress Android experience.

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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