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Android™ Application Development - Bahar Ali Khan

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Android <br />

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<strong>Application</strong> <strong>Development</strong><br />

Offering an open development environment, Android represents an exciting<br />

new opportunity to write innovative applications for mobile devices. This book<br />

provides you with a hands-on guide to building these applications using the<br />

Android software development kit. It takes you through a series of sample<br />

projects, each introducing new features and techniques to get the most out of<br />

Android. You’ll learn all about the basic functionality as well as discover how to<br />

utilize the advanced features with the help of concise and useful examples.<br />

Beginning with an introduction to the Android software stack, the author<br />

examines the philosophy behind creating robust, consistent, and appealing<br />

applications for mobile phones. You’ll get the grounding and knowledge that is<br />

needed to write customized mobile applications using the current Android 1.0<br />

SDK. Plus, you’ll also gain the flexibility to quickly adapt to future enhancements<br />

in order to build the most cutting-edge solutions.<br />

What you will learn from this book<br />

● Best practices for Android mobile development<br />

● An introduction to Activities, Intents, the manifest, and resources<br />

● How to create user interfaces with layouts and custom views<br />

● Techniques to store and share your application data<br />

● Instructions for creating map-based applications, using location-based<br />

services including GPS, and geocoding locations<br />

● How to create and use background Services and Notifications<br />

● Working with the accelerometers, compass, and camera hardware<br />

● All about phone and networking hardware such as telephony APIs, SMS, and<br />

network management<br />

● Advanced development topics, including security, IPC, and some advanced<br />

graphics and user interface techniques<br />

Wrox Professional guides are planned and written by working programmers to meet the real-world needs of programmers, developers,<br />

and IT professionals. Focused and relevant, they address the issues technology professionals face every day. They provide examples,<br />

practical solutions, and expert education in new technologies, all designed to help programmers do a better job.<br />

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Who this book is for<br />

This book is for anyone interested in creating applications for the Android mobile phone platform. It includes information that will be<br />

valuable whether you’re an experienced mobile developer or just starting out writing mobile applications.<br />

www.wrox.com<br />

ISBN: 978-0-470-34471-2

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