DETAILS OF THE BOOK

ANDROID IN ACTION, 3RD ED.

Author : W.FRANK ABLESON, ROBI SEN, CHRIS KING, C.ENRIQUE ORTIZ

ISBN13 : 9789350042915

Product Group : DTECH

Series : MANNING

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Pages :  660

Type :   Paperback

Release Date  : April  2012

Price INR : 549

Android in Action, Third Edition takes you far beyond Hello Android. You will master the SDK, build WebKit apps using HTML 5, and even learn to extend or replace Android's built-in features. You will find interesting examples on every page as you explore cross-platform graphics with RenderScript, the updated notification system, and the Native Development Kit. This book also introduces important tablet concepts like drag-and-drop, fragments, and the Action Bar, all new in Android 3.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Part 1 What is Android? The big picture

  Introducing Android

  Android s development environment

Part 2 Exercising the Android SDK

  User interfaces

  Intents and Services

  Storing and retrieving data

  Networking and web services

  Telephony

  Notifications and alarms

  Graphics and animation

  Multimedia

  Location, location, location

Part 3 Android applications

  Putting Android to work in a field service application

  Building Android applications in C

Part 4 The maturing platform

  Bluetooth and sensors

  Integration

  Android web development

  AppWidgets

  Localization

  Android Native Development Kit

  Activity fragments

  Android 3.0 action bar

  Drag-and-drop

Appendix A Installing the Android SDK

Appendix B Publishing applications

Index

ABOUT THE AUTHOR :

Frank Ableson is a writer, product strategist, and mobile developer. Robi Sen specializes in new products, and Chris King is a senior mobile engineer.

FOR WHOM ?

This book is written for hobbyists and developers. A background in Java is helpful? no prior experience with Android is assumed.