Pro Android 3

1. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-1-4302-3222-3
Verlag: Apress

Buch, Englisch, 1200 Seiten, Format (B × H): 192 mm x 239 mm, Gewicht: 2030 g

Pro Android 3 starts with the basics, giving you a firm foundation in Android development. It then builds on this foundation to teach you how to build real-world and fun mobile applications using the new Android 3.0 SDK. This book covers advanced concepts in detail including maps, geocoding, services, live folders, drag and drop, touchscreens, and the new Android 3.0 features: fragments and ActionBar. Pro Android 3 is uniquely comprehensive: it covers sensors, text to speech, OpenGL, live widgets, search, and the audio and video APIs.

Using the code-heavy tutorials and expert advice, you'll quickly be able to build cool mobile apps and run them on dozens of Android-based smartphones. You'll explore and use the Android APIs, including those for media, sensors, and long-running services. And you'll check out what's new with Android 3.0, including the improved UI across all Android platforms, drag and drop, fragment dialogs, and more, giving you the knowledge to create stunning, cutting-edge apps, while keeping you agile enough to respond to changes in the future.

Zielgruppe

Popular/general

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hashimi, Sayed

Komatineni, Satya

MacLean, Dave

Fachgebiete

• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Programmierung | Softwareentwicklung Handheld Programmierung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- Introducing the Android Computing Platform

- Setting up your Development Environment

- Understanding Resources

- Understanding Content Providers

- Understanding Intents

- Building User Interfaces and Using Controls

- Adding Menus

- Implementing Dialogs

- Working with Preferences and Saving State

- Security and Permissions

- Working with Services

- Exploring Packages, Processes, and Library Projects

- Exploring Processes, Components, Threads, and Handlers

- Exploring Broadcast Receivers and Long Running Services

- Exploring the Alarm Manager

- Unveiling 2D Animation

- Exploring Maps and Location Services

- Using the Telephony APIs

- Understanding the Media Frameworks

- Programming 3D Graphics with OpenGL

- Exploring Live Folders

- Home Screen Widgets and Live Wallpaper

- Android Search

- Exploring Text to Speech and the Google Translate API

- Touchscreens

- Using Sensors

- Understanding the Contact API

- Deploying your Application: Android Market and Beyond

- Fragments

- Action Bar

- Selected Topics in Android 3.0

Über Autor(innen)

Sayed Y. Hashimi is the author of Pro Android, as well as a consultant and trainer in Jacksonville, Florida. Sayed has worked for startups and Fortune 100 companies. He has developed large-scale distributed applications with a variety of programming languages and platforms, including C++, Java, and.NET. Sayed has published in major software journals on topics ranging from low-level programming techniques to high-level architecture concepts.