The Busy Coder's Guide to Advanced Android Development [Paperback]

Mark Lawrence Murphy (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0981678017 | ISBN-13: 978-0981678016 | Publication Date: July 10, 2009

The Busy Coder's Guide to Advanced Android Development picks up where its predecessor left off, covering yet more topics of interest to the professional Android application developer. If you need to use sensors, create home screen widgets, play back media, take pictures with the camera, or implement sophisticated services, this book will be a helpful guide. With all sample source code available for download from the CommonsWare Web site -- as are the samples from all of CommonsWare's Android books -- you can try out the book examples yourself and continue your education further. CommonsWare even has a support Google Group for readers, to help answer questions about the book materials and examples.

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From the Publisher

CommonsWare is proud to offer the world's most extensive lineup of complementary Android books. This book -- The Busy Coder's Guide to Advanced Android Development -- goes alongside Android Programming Tutorials and Beginning Android (published in partnership with Apress) to provide you with over 1,000 pages of material, offering both depth and breadth on Android application development. If you have any questions about these books, contact us at [e-mail], and we will be happy to help.

Regardless of whose books you use, we wish you luck with your Android programming efforts!

Table of Contents:
1. WebView, Inside and Out
2. Crafting Your Own Views
3. More Fun With ListViews
4. Show Up At Home
5. Creating Drawables
6. Animating Widgets
7. Playing Media
8. Using the Camera
9. Sensors
10. Databases and Content Providers
11. Using System Services
12. Handling System Events
13. Your Own (Advanced) Services
14. Introspection
15. Testing

About the Author

Mark Murphy is the founder of CommonsWare and the author of the Busy Coder’s Guide to Android Development and other books on Android application development. He is active in supporting the Android developer community, from answering questions on StackOverflow to publishing sample code and reusable components as open source. A three-time entrepreneur, his experience ranges from consulting on open source and collaborative development for the Fortune 500 to application development on just about anything smaller than a mainframe. He has been a software developer for nearly three decades, from the TRS-80 to the latest crop of mobile devices. A polished speaker, Mr. Murphy has delivered conference presentations and training sessions on a wide array of topics internationally. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 260 pages
• Publisher: CommonsWare, LLC (July 10, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0981678017
• ISBN-13: 978-0981678016
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.4 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,002,996 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Mark Murphy is the founder of CommonsWare and the author of the Busy Coder's Guide to Android Development and other books on Android application development. A three-time entrepreneur, his experience ranges from consulting on open source and collaborative development for the Fortune 500 to application development on just about anything smaller than a mainframe. He has been a software developer for over 25 years, from the TRS-80 to the latest crop of mobile devices. A polished speaker, Mr. Murphy has delivered conference presentations and training sessions on a wide array of topics internationally.

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars perhaps the best starters resource, May 27, 2011

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Giulio Campobassi (Sydney, Australia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Busy Coder's Guide to Advanced Android Development (Paperback)

I have read the other popular books by burnette and meier and clearly this book and the series from Mark Murphy are a class apart. I would consider myself an intermediate java developer and found this book the best resource as the author shows you good practice in building android apps not just its API features. Additionally, Murphy continually updated the content which you can download if you have a subscription. The examples work flawlessly and the companion books round out the learning experience lacking by other authors. Frankly, just start here if you want to do more than dabble in android.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Lots of the right stuff - details and examples - and a Real Deal!, November 2, 2011

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This review is from: The Busy Coder's Guide to Advanced Android Development (Paperback)

I am a software developer over 15 years experience. I wanted a book that would cover the Android development / programming environment in fairly complete depth and with good breadth. A lot to ask! I started with another popular Android book and found it was a good introduction but lacking in details. What's with that "@+id" stuff, for example; the book never mentioned how to interpret it. So I went searching for better and found this book. It is both reasonably comprehensive (but not an encyclopedia) and reasonably broad. The examples are well focused and presented well (e.g., you know what the example is supposed to look like and behave like). What's really made me happy is how the publisher handles the ebook versions of their books. They have 4 Android tomes (Busy Coder's Guide To Android, BCG to Advanced, a tutorial, and a performance book). If you pay for the ebooks (sign up on line; costs about as much as one book), you not only get the ebook for the paper book you purchased, but you also get access to all 4! And no DRM - epub and pdf versions. AND they are continually updating the books (each book has a version number!) and you have access to all updates for the duration of your subscription. This is a great deal from my point of view. They have other niceties as well - e.g., you can trade in your (gently used) paper book and get credit. Also have a bug bounty program that earns you chits for extending your subscription. Highly recommended!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great tool for advanced developers, May 5, 2011

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Michael S. Wolfson (Mile High City) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Busy Coder's Guide to Advanced Android Development (Paperback)

I was having issues finding a good example for developing custom components, and came across this book online. The book contains very clear, concise examples that are a great resource. The examples in this book are well organized, and easy to follow, and most important - are complete.

I was so happy with the quality of the online material, that I decided to buy the print edition.

Mark is a wealth of Android knowledge, and his books are excellent resources.

The material in this book is not for beginners, but for experienced developers that are looking to take their code to the next level.