Professional Android 4 Application Development 3rd Edition

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Developers, build mobile Android apps using Android 4

The fast-growing popularity of Android smartphones and tabletscreates a huge opportunities for developers. If you're anexperienced developer, you can start creating robust mobile Androidapps right away with this professional guide to Android 4application development. Written by one of Google's lead Androiddeveloper advocates, this practical book walks you through a seriesof hands-on projects that illustrate the features of the AndroidSDK. That includes all the new APIs introduced in Android 3 and 4,including building for tablets, using the Action Bar, Wi-Fi Direct,NFC Beam, and more.

Shows experienced developers how to create mobile applicationsfor Android smartphones and tablets
Revised and expanded to cover all the Android SDK releasesincluding Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich), including all updatedAPIs, and the latest changes to the Android platform.
Explains new and enhanced features such as drag and drop,fragments, the action bar, enhanced multitouch support, newenvironmental sensor support, major improvements to the animationframework, and a range of new communications techniques includingNFC and Wi-Fi direct.
Provides practical guidance on publishing and marketing yourapplications, best practices for user experience, and more

This book helps you learn to master the design, lifecycle, andUI of an Android app through practical exercises, which you canthen use as a basis for developing your own Android apps.

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Build unique smartphone and tablet applications with Android 4

Written by an Android authority, this up-to-date resource is an ideal guide to building mobile apps using the Android 4 SDK. It provides in-depth coverage, showing experienced Android developers how to take full advantage of new features, while covering the fundamentals that novice developers need to get started. Serving as a hands-on guide to building mobile apps using Android, the book walks you through a series of increasingly sophisticated projects, each introducing a new Android platform feature and highlighting the techniques and best practices that will help you write compelling Android apps.

Professional Android 4 Application Development:

Provides an in-depth look at the Android application components and their lifecycles
Explores Android UI metaphors, design philosophies, and UI APIs to create compelling user interfaces for phones, tablets, and TVs
Introduces techniques for creating map-based applications and using location-based services
Looks at how to create background services, Notifications, and Cloud To Device Messaging
Demonstrates how to create dynamic and interactive home screen Widgets and Live Wallpaper
Explores hardware and communication APIs, including Bluetooth, telephony, WiFi Direct, and NFC Beam
Examines the use of the camera and hardware sensors
Details the new animation framework and other user experience enhancements, including drag and drop, the Action Bar, and Fragments
Includes a new chapter on publishing your apps
Introduces the License Verification and In App Billing Services

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About the Author

Reto Meier is Google's Android Developer Relations Tech Lead. He has been involved in Android development since the initial release in 2007.

Paperback: 864 pages
Publisher: Wrox; 3rd edition (May 1, 2012)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1118102274
ISBN-13: 978-1118102275
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Dan McNeil

Well Written, Loaded with Information

May 7, 2012

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I have been doing Android Development since the bad "old" days of 1.5 (and even before, trying to get it running on several Palm/WIndows Mobile phones during beta).
I have been subjected to "The Source is your docs" for so much of that time that I rarely rely on someone else to collate all of the necessary day-to-day information needed to create apps that delve below the "inch-deep" level.
Now, I may not change my "Google it" habits (after all, Google-fu is a must-have weapon in a modern programmer's arsenal), however, I can turn to the relevant section of this book and find exactly what I need to get started or dig deeper into nearly any facet of app creation, and even (gasp!) find the relevant best-practices!
All in all, Professional Android 4 Application Development is suited to either a programmer just getting started with Android, or the "I have 6 apps in Google Play" developer who thinks they have this Android thing figured out.
Excellent work, and I will definitely recommend it to everyone who asks me how to do the Android thing. ;)

Peace,
Dan

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sinbad

I don't know exactly how to rate this one.

August 20, 2012

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I selected three stars (i.e. "It's OK"). And I hope I am not being too unfair by doing so. I noticed another reviewer mentioned that this book is boring, and he was downvoted several times. But I have to agree: it's painfully boring. The book doesn't flow well, and it's laid out like a dry, dry technical reference. I read a _lot_ of technical books, but this one has the unique distinction of nearly putting me to sleep a half dozen times.

In defense of the book: it appears to be extremely thorough. The author seems to be a true subject matter expert, with intimate knowledge of the full life cycle of Android app development. So, someone who is already knee-deep in Android will probably get a lot from it (as evidenced by the many positive reviews).

I've decided I am going to have to sell this on the used book market and try another, gentler, more fun text to get my head around Android development.

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Pete Computer Guy

The best Android development book so far I have read

October 30, 2012

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I'm an experienced developer who knows Java. Unlike some other books I have read, this one does a better job of highlighting concepts instead of just code you copy and paste with out comments. I'm about a quarter of the way through the book, but Amazon wanted me to rate it. They must think I'm a fast reader or have nothing else to do!

The one area you will run into problems with this book is the Android version to use. While over %50 of Android users have 2.3.x this book is written for 4.0.3. My phone has 4.1.2 at this time and will be updated shortly I hope to 4.2. Quite early he gets into "Fragments" that one needs API 11 or greater (3.x) to use. He might get into how to down grade the code to run on 2.3.x but I haven't gotten to that point. Since I'm using a later version I'm getting just a few deprecated method calls. I decided 4.x while having a small share of the market is going to grow over time.

If you want to learn Android development instead of just copying and pasting sample code, this book does a better job than most. I might come back and update this to a five star once I finish some time next year at this pace!

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Remy LeBeau

So far so good

July 31, 2013

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I saw many people complaining about this book been too technical but I actually believe those readers are not technical at all.

I know this book is supposed to be good for people with very few programming experience but I'm not sure if it should be the starting point for things such as programming logic, algorithms and other tech stuff.

I'm a Java developer for over 9 years and so far I had no problems understanding the text and the code samples provided in the book. Don't know why people complain that many times the author makes reference to online content. You should have your computer next to you all the time because if you want to learn something, you have to get your hands dirty.

I started out with online tutorials but I personally need more theory to absorb new knowledge and this book fulfilled this purpose.

I don't get what a reviewer said about the whole book based upon one single example. I did not see this at all.

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JohnL

Still working on this

October 4, 2012

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To put things in perspective, I have never been a full-time professional programmer in any language. I have, however, been programming on and off since the mid-60s - over 50 years, so I am not a beginner. I started with Assembler and Fortran for IBM mainframes, then Cobol, Basic, Delphi, Visual Basic, C, C++, C# and maybe a few others. A few hours reading about Java and I feel I can handle that without too much difficulty. I was looking to this book (1) to help me with setting up the Eclipse IDE and the Android VM, and (2) with learning the Android APIs. I also bought the Kindle edition of "Beginning Android 4 ..." also from Wrox. Frankly, with both these books, step (1), particularly getting the VM to work properly, was a struggle, but I finally made it. I then looked up the online Android documentation to help me with step (2), and this is where I am at right now. So far, I find the online documentation much clearer and better organized than either of these two books, so I have switched to that for the time being. No doubt I shall switch back to the books for reference as I get up to speed.

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Jose Palomares

The book is great! If you're a beginner

January 10, 2015

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The book is great! If you're a beginner, this book is a must... BUT... it will not walk you through the building of any apps.
It will get you started with installing and setting up for building an app, but the purpose is to get you to familiarize yourself with how to build an good app through techniques. Why did i give it 4 stars? Because it does a great job of reasoning. Why didn't i give it 5? I struggled a little during the setting up for building an app.
If you're a beginner, get this with a companion book, like The Big Nerd Ranch Guide.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0321804333/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

What The Big Nerd Ranch Guide lacks, Android 4 App Development has, and vice versa.
Also, please be aware that since the android market has been changing extremely fast, this book is a little behind already.
Android 4 App Development was written during the API 14 Target Build 4.0

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