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L'art du développement Android: Édition française établie avec le concours de Expertise Android, 4e édition

L'art du développement Android: Édition française établie avec le concours de Expertise Android, 4e édition

By: Grant Allen

Publisher: Pearson France

Publication Date: 04-JAN-2013

Insert Date: 12-JUN-2013

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Créez vos premières applications Android pour smartphones et tablettes ! Android, la plateforme désormais incontournable de Google, gratuite et open source, est le système d'exploitation mobile le plus répandu au monde. Avec la version 4.0, Google unifi e son OS mobile pour qu'il soit adapté à la fois aux smartphones et aux tablettes, en plus d'apporter de nombreuses nouvelles fonctionnalités et d'étendre les possibilités des applications mobiles. À l'aide d'exemples faciles à exécuter, L'art du développement Android, 4e édition enseigne toutes les bases de la programmation Android, et...

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Android 4: Développement d'applications avancées

Android 4: Développement d'applications avancées

By: Reto Meier

Publisher: Pearson France

Publication Date: 05-OCT-2012

Insert Date: 12-JUN-2013

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Écrit par une figure majeure de l'univers Android, cet ouvrage incontournable vous explique en détail comment tirer parti des pleines potentialités d'Android pour créer des applications originales et élaborées. Extrêmement complet, fondé sur les dernières nouveautés du SDK Android 4, ce livre passe en revue la plateforme de développement et vous apporte l'incomparable savoir-faire de son auteur au travers de nombreux exemples. Les développeurs expérimentés apprendront à exploiter toutes les nouvelles fonctionnalités permises par la dernière version majeure d'Android, tandis que les plus...

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Instant Android Systems Development How-to

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Instant Android Systems Development How-to

By: Earlence Fernandes;

Publisher: Packt Publishing

Publication Date: 23-MAY-2013

Insert Date: 04-JUN-2013

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Get your hands dirty with Android Systems Development through carefully thought out source code examples Learn something new in an Instant! A short, fast, focused guide delivering immediate results A gentle introduction to Android Platform Internals and how to make changes to the system Gain the skills necessary for building high quality systems code for the Android Platform Code examples are provided in a manner that facilitates the “Learning-by-doing” paradigm In Detail Android is by far the most popular open source mobile operating system. Learning to write high...

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Android Application Development Cookbook: 93 Recipes for Building Winning Apps

Android Application Development Cookbook: 93 Recipes for Building Winning Apps

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Publisher: Wrox

Publication Date: 04-JAN-2013

Insert Date: 13-MAY-2013

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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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Introduction to Android Application Development: Android Essentials, Fourth Edition

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

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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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Learn Android App Development

Learn Android App Development

By: Wallace Jackson

Publisher: Apress

Publication Date: 06-MAY-2013

Insert Date: 07-MAY-2013

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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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Sams Teach Yourself Android Application Development in 24 Hours, Third Edition

Sams Teach Yourself Android Application Development in 24 Hours, Third Edition

By: Carmen Delessio; Lauren Darcey; Shane Conder

Publisher: Sams

Publication Date: 10-OCT-2013

Insert Date: 29-APR-2013

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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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Android Programming: The Big Nerd Ranch Guide

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

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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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Android Application Development For Dummies, 2nd Edition

Android Application Development For Dummies, 2nd Edition

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Publisher: For Dummies

Publication Date: 23-OCT-2012

Insert Date: 08-APR-2013

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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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Android Native Development Kit Cookbook

Android Native Development Kit Cookbook

By: Feipeng Liu;

Publisher: Packt Publishing

Publication Date: 26-MAR-2013

Insert Date: 01-APR-2013

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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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Android Developer Tools Essentials

Android Developer Tools Essentials

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Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Inc.

Publication Date: 15-JUL-2013

Insert Date: 19-MAR-2013

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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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Android Arcade Game App: A Real World Project - Case Study Approach

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

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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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Android Apps Security

Android Apps Security

By: Sheran Gunasekera

Publisher: Apress

Publication Date: 12-SEP-2012

Insert Date: 27-FEB-2013

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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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The Android Developer’s Cookbook: Building Applications with the Android SDK, Second Edition

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

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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 the other 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 accessing NFC...

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Programming Business Applications for the Android™ Tablet

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

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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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Android. Receptury

Android. Receptury

By: Ian F. Darwin

Publisher: Helion

Publication Date: 06-FEB-2013

Insert Date: 07-FEB-2013

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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

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Instant Android Fragmentation Management How-to

By: Gianluca Pacchiella;

Publisher: Packt Publishing

Publication Date: 22-JAN-2013

Insert Date: 24-JAN-2013

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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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Learning Android Application Programming: A Hands-On Guide to Building Android Applications

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

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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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Jetzt lerne ich Android 4-Programmierung

Jetzt lerne ich Android 4-Programmierung

By: Dirk Louis

Publisher: Markt+Technik Verlag

Publication Date: 16-OCT-2012

Insert Date: 17-JAN-2013

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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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AndEngine for Android Game Development Cookbook

AndEngine for Android Game Development Cookbook

By: Jayme Schroeder; Brian Broyles

Publisher: Packt Publishing

Publication Date: 14-JAN-2013

Insert Date: 14-JAN-2013

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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...