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1. |  Android Application Development Cookbook: 93 Recipes for Building Winning Apps By: Wei-Meng Lee Publisher: Wrox Publication Date: 04-JAN-2013 Insert Date: 13-MAY-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Android Application Development Cookbook: 93 Recipes for Building Winning Apps
A must-have collection of ready-to-use Android recipes!
The popularity of Google Android devices is seemingly unstoppable and the Android 4 release offers, for the first time, a single OS solution for building both phone and tablet applications. With that exciting information in mind, veteran author Wei-Meng Lee presents you with 100 unique recipes that you can apply today in order to discover solutions to some of the most commonly encountered problems that exist in Android programming.
Covering the scope of multiple Android releases up through Android 4, this reference features a task...
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2. | Rough Cuts  Introduction to Android Application Development: Android Essentials, Fourth Edition By: Joseph Annuzzi Jr.; Lauren Darcey; Shane Conder Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional Publication Date: 03-JAN-2014 Insert Date: 07-MAY-2013 | Overview: Introduction to Android Application Development: Android Essentials, Fourth Edition This is the Rough Cut version of the printed
book.
Learn the foundations of Android application
development from the experts. Introduction to Android
Application Development, Fourth Edition, covers the
fundamentals of Android development in a format that is suitable
for both professional and classroom use. This is your
start-to-finish guide to the essentials for Android development,
updated for the latest Android SDK.
Many chapters contain one or more sample
apps demonstrating various features of the Android API, so that
readers can build their skills step by step and gradually...
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3. |  By: Wallace Jackson Publisher: Apress Publication Date: 06-MAY-2013 Insert Date: 07-MAY-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Learn Android App Development
Learn Android App Development is a hands-on tutorial and useful reference. You'll quickly get up to speed and master the Android SDK and the Java that you need for your Android Apps. You will fid that Learn Android App Development is an all-in-one getting started guide to building your first Android smartphone or tablet apps!
The Android SDK offers powerful features, and this book is the fastest path to mastering them—and the rest of the Andorid SDK —for programmers with some experience who are new to Android smartphone and tablet apps development. Many books introduce the Android SDK,...
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4. | Rough Cuts  Sams Teach Yourself Android Application Development in 24 Hours, Third Edition By: Carmen Delessio; Lauren Darcey; Shane Conder Publisher: Sams Publication Date: 21-SEP-2013 Insert Date: 29-APR-2013 | Overview: Sams Teach Yourself Android Application Development in 24 Hours, Third Edition This is the Rough Cut version of the printed book.
A thoroughly revised and revamped 3rd edition of Sams Teach
Yourself Android Application Development in 24 Hours that
addresses the many Android platform and market changes that have
taken place. In just 24 sessions of one hour or less, readers learn
how to build powerful applications for many different types of
Android devices, from smartphones to tablets and TVs. In the new
edition, individual hours/chapters are self-contained lessons with
step-by-step instructions that allow readers to spend more time
doing and less time reading. The...
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5. |  Android Programming: The Big Nerd Ranch Guide By: Bill Phillips; Brian Hardy Publisher: Big Nerd Ranch Guides Publication Date: 28-MAR-2013 Insert Date: 23-APR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Android Programming: The Big Nerd Ranch Guide Android Programming: The Big Nerd Ranch Guide: is an
introductory Android book for programmers with Java experience.
Based on Big Nerd Ranch’s popular Android Bootcamp course,
this guide will lead you through the wilderness using hands-on
example apps combined with clear explanations of key concepts and
APIs. This book focuses on practical techniques for developing apps
compatible with all versions of Android widely used today.
Write and run code every step of the way — creating apps
that catalog crime scenes, browse photos, track your jogging route,
and more. Each chapter and app has been...
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6. |  Android Application Development For Dummies, 2nd Edition By: Michael Burton; Donn Felker Publisher: For Dummies Publication Date: 23-OCT-2012 Insert Date: 08-APR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Android Application Development For Dummies, 2nd Edition
Bring your big ideas to the small screen with this one-of-a-kind guide to creating amazing Android applications
The Android OS continues to rapidly expand offering app developers access to one of the largest platforms available, and this easy-to-follow guide walks you through the development process step by step. In this new edition of the bestselling Android Application Development For Dummies, Android programming experts Michael Burton and Donn Felker explain how to download the SDK, get Eclipse up and running, code Android applications, and share your finished products with the...
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7. |  Android Native Development Kit Cookbook By: Feipeng Liu; Publisher: Packt Publishing Publication Date: 26-MAR-2013 Insert Date: 01-APR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Android Native Development Kit Cookbook
A step-by-step tutorial with more than 60 concise recipes on Android NDK development skills
Build, debug, and profile Android NDK apps
Implement part of Android apps in native C/C++ code
Optimize code performance in assembly with Android NDK
In Detail
Building Android applications would usually mean that you spend all of your time working in Java. There are however times when this is not the most efficient or best method for the application being built. This is where Android NDK comes in. Android NDK allows the developer to write in Native C/C++, giving you the power to...
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8. | Rough Cuts  Mastering the Android Developer Tools By: Mike Wolfson Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Inc. Publication Date: 15-JUN-2013 Insert Date: 19-MAR-2013 | Overview: Mastering the Android Developer Tools Developing Android apps is a challenge: it's hard enough to write high-performing apps that run well, but you've also got to make them look good on a wide variety of Android devices.
Fortunately, there are a many tools that take the pain out of developing Android, but they don't readily give up their secrets.
To help with your user interface, the Android Graphical Layout Tools make laying out complicated Activities easy, and the HierarchyViewer does a great job of identifying complexity in your layouts. To help identify memory or resource issues you can use the Dalvik Debug Manager Service...
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9. |  Android Arcade Game App: A Real World Project - Case Study Approach By: J. F. DiMarzio Publisher: Apress Publication Date: 22-AUG-2012 Insert Date: 06-MAR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Android Arcade Game App: A Real World Project - Case Study Approach
Apress, the leading Android books publisher, continues to provide you with very hands-on, practical books for teaching and showing app developers how to build and design apps, including game apps, that can be built and deployed in the various Android app stores out there.
Android Arcade Game App:
A Real World Project - Case Study Approach is no different in that it walks you through creating an arcade style Prison Break game app—top to bottom—for an Android smartphone or tablet. This book teaches you the unique characteristics and challenges of creating an Arcade style game And it...
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10. |  By: Sheran Gunasekera Publisher: Apress Publication Date: 12-SEP-2012 Insert Date: 27-FEB-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Android Apps Security
Android Apps Security provides guiding principles for how to best design and develop Android apps with security in mind. It explores concepts that can be used to secure apps and how developers can use and incorporate these security features into their apps.
This book will provide developers with the information they need to design useful, high-performing, and secure apps that expose end-users to as little risk as possible.
Overview of Android OS versions, features, architecture and security.
Detailed examination of areas where attacks on applications can take place and what...
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11. | Rough Cuts  The Android Developer’s Cookbook: Building Applications with the Android SDK, Second Edition By: Ronan Schwarz; Phil Dutson; James Steele; Nelson To Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional Publication Date: 05-JUL-2013 Insert Date: 15-FEB-2013 | Overview: The Android Developer’s Cookbook: Building Applications with the Android SDK, Second Edition This is the Rough Cut version of the printed book.
 Do you want to get started building
apps for Android, today’s number one mobile platform? Are you
already building Android apps but want to get better at it?
The Android™ Developer’s Cookbook, Second
Edition, brings together all the expert guidance and code
you’ll need.
This edition has been extensively updated to
reflect Jelly Bean and other current Android 4.2.2 releases.
You’ll find all-new chapters on advanced threading and UI
development, in-app billing, push messages, and native development,
plus new techniques for everything from...
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12. |  Programming Business Applications for the Android™ Tablet By: James C. Sheusi Publisher: Course Technology PTR Publication Date: 08-JAN-2013 Insert Date: 12-FEB-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Programming Business Applications for the Android™ Tablet Not only have tablet computing devices captured a wide swath of the consumer electronics market, they are finding a warm welcome in many businesses, where portability, connectivity, and usability are key assets. As the Android tablet’s presence expands, businesses are hungry for applications that address their needs and problems. In PROGRAMMING BUSINESS APPLICATIONS FOR THE ANDROID TABLET, James C. Sheusi provides a quick start for prototyping applications on the mobile platform for the business applications programmer—focusing on such common business uses as database management, web-based...
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13. |  By: Ian F. Darwin Publisher: Helion Publication Date: 06-FEB-2013 Insert Date: 07-FEB-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Android. Receptury Książka, którą trzymasz w rękach, pomoże Ci odnieść sukces. Należy ona do ulubionej serii programistów - "Receptury". Znajdziesz tu najlepsze przepisy na rozwiązanie typowych pr......
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Instant Android Fragmentation Management How-to By:Â Gianluca Pacchiella; Publisher:Â Packt Publishing Publication Date:Â 22-JAN-2013 Insert Date:Â 24-JAN-2013 Slots:Â 1.0 | Overview: Instant Android Fragmentation Management How-to
A complete hands-on guide to solving the biggest problem facing android application developers today
Learn something new in an Instant! A short, fast, focused guide delivering immediate results.
Learn how to write apps that work on any Android version
Ready to use code to solve any compatibility issue
Get hands-on with the biggest issue that faces Android developers
In Detail
There are currently 7 different versions of operating systems for Android. A growing issue is fragmentation. With the number of Android users and the variety of versions available, Android...
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15. | Rough Cuts  Learning Android Application Programming: A Hands-On Guide to Building Android Applications By: James Talbot; Justin McLean Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional Publication Date: 25-OCT-2013 Insert Date: 22-JAN-2013 | Overview: Learning Android Application Programming: A Hands-On Guide to Building Android Applications This is the Rough Cut version of the printed book.
Learning Android Application
Programming teaches those who have some
programming experience how to build a state of the art Android
application from the ground up, while utilizing the latest Android
SDK and tool set. Readers will find a beginner Android application
development tutorial that offers a series of easy, step by step
lessons focused on learning by doing. This book helps anyone with a
web development background get started with the powerful
functionality of Android development. The book offers a complete
picture of the Android...
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16. |  Jetzt lerne ich Android 4-Programmierung By: Dirk Louis Publisher: Markt+Technik Verlag Publication Date: 16-OCT-2012 Insert Date: 17-JAN-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Jetzt lerne ich Android 4-Programmierung
Steigen Sie ein in die faszinierende Welt der App-Programmierung! Lernen Sie, wie Sie Ihre Ideen Schritt für Schritt umsetzen. Bauen Sie Apps für Android-Smartphones und -Tablets. Dirk Louis beginnt zunächst mit den Grundlagen der Programmierung und macht seine Leser mit der Entwicklungsumgebung Eclipse bekannt, bevor er Schritt für Schritt in die Entwicklung von Android-Apps einsteigt. Er zeigt, wie man Codes testet und auch, wie fortgeschrittene Features und Funktionen von Android oder Smartphone genutzt werden. Jedes der im Buch behandelten Themen wie z.B. Datenspeicherung...
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17. |  AndEngine for Android Game Development Cookbook By: Jayme Schroeder; Brian Broyles Publisher: Packt Publishing Publication Date: 14-JAN-2013 Insert Date: 14-JAN-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: AndEngine for Android Game Development Cookbook
Over 70 highly effective recipes with real-world examples to get to grips with the powerful capabilities of
AndEngine and GLES 2
Step by step detailed instructions and information on a number of AndEngine functions, including
illustrations and diagrams for added support and results
Learn all about the various aspects of AndEngine with prime and practical examples, useful for
bringing your ideas to life
Improve the performance of past and future game projects with a collection of useful optimization
tips
Structure your applications in a manner that provides a smooth...
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18. |  Android Apps for Absolute Beginners, Second Edition By: Wallace Jackson Publisher: Apress Publication Date: 05-DEC-2012 Insert Date: 10-JAN-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Android Apps for Absolute Beginners, Second Edition
Anybody can start building simple apps for the Android platform, and this book will show you how! Recently updated to include Android Jelly Bean, Android Apps for Absolute Beginners, Second Edition takes you through the process of getting your first Android apps up and running using plain English and practical examples.
This book cuts through the fog of jargon and mystery that surrounds Android apps development, and gives you simple, step-by-step instructions to get you started.
Teaches Android application development in language anyone can understand, giving you the best possible...
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19. |  Android Game Programming For Dummies By: Derek James Publisher: For Dummies Publication Date: 26-DEC-2012 Insert Date: 08-JAN-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Android Game Programming For Dummies
Learn how to create great games for Android phones
Android phones are rapidly gaining market share, nudging the iPhone out of the top spot. Games are the most frequently downloaded apps in the Android market, and users are willing to pay for them. Game programming can be challenging, but this step-by-step guide explains the process in easily understood terms. A companion Web site offers all the programming examples for download.
Presents tricky game programming topics--animation, battery conservation, touch screen input, and adaptive interface issues--in the straightforward,...
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20. |  Android Recipes: A Problem-Solution Approach, Second Edition By: Dave Smith; Jeff Friesen Publisher: Apress Publication Date: 05-DEC-2012 Insert Date: 01-JAN-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Android Recipes: A Problem-Solution Approach, Second Edition
Android continues to be one of the leading mobile OS and development platforms driving today's mobile innovations and the apps ecosystem. Android appears complex, but offers a variety of organized development kits to those coming into Android with differing programming language skill sets.
Android Recipes: A Problem-Solution Approach, Second Edition guides you step-by-step through a wide range of useful topics using complete and real-world working code examples. It's updated to include latest Jelly Bean Android SDK as well as earlier releases.
In this expanded edition,
You'll...
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