Pro Android 2

Pro Android 2

This introduction to Android 2 gives developers the essential tools and examples required to make viable commercial applications work on mobile devices, as well as Netbooks. Detailed coverage of Google s Mobile OS and Development Platform is also included.

Android is Google's software platform answer to the iPhone and BlackBerry, and at the very least, has advantages in terms of multitasking, running apps in the background and others.

Google's partners in the Open Handset Alliance - supporting Android -- provide the devices, with HTC G1 and G2 already available now and 18 more Google Phones set to debut later this year according to Google I/O Conference news. Among these 18 apparently will be Nokia, currently 40% of world cell phone market share.

Pro Android 2 is the first or one of the first on Android 2.0. This book is a detailed look at all aspects of application development on Google's Mobile OS and Development Platform including detailed discussion of the APIs and how to use them.

This book focuses on giving developers the essential tools and examples required to make viable commercial applications work on mobile devices and even Netbooks.

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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.

Inhaltsangabe

1: Introduction to Android and Android SDK

2: Your First Android App

3: Design and Architecture of the Android SDK.

4: Applications Building Blocks

5: UI Component Development

6: 3D-Graphics with OpenGL

7: Data Storage and Security

8: Media API and WI-IF API

9: Location Based Services and GPS

10: Remote Interfaces

11: Other Optional APIs

12: Touch Screen Considerations

13: Handwriting Gesture UI

14: Integrated Local and Web Search APIs

15: Google Translate

16: Google Text-to-Speech Features

17: Android Optional APIs

18: Android Resource