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Unlocking Android A Developer's Guide W. Frank Ableson, Charlie Collins, Robi Sen, and Robert Cooper MEAP Release: March 2008 Softbound print: November 2008 (est.) | 275 pages ISBN: 1933988673 |
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DESCRIPTION
Android is an open source mobile phone platform based on the Linux operating system and developed by the Open Handset Alliance, a consortium of over 30 hardware, software and telecom companies that focus on open standards for mobile devices. Led by search giant, Google, Android is designed to deliver a better and more open and cost effective mobile experience.
Unlocking Android: A Developer's Guide provides concise, hands-on instruction for the Android operating system and development tools. This book teaches important architectural concepts in a straightforward writing style and builds on this with practical and useful examples throughout. Based on his mobile development experience and his deep knowledge of the arcane Android technical documentation, the author conveys the know-how you need to develop practical applications that build upon or replace any of Androids features, however small.
Android has been available in pre-release form for only a few months now, with actual hardware still months away from commercial availability, and already thousands of software developers have embraced it as a potential market mover to rival the incumbent cell phone platforms.
Unlocking Android: A Developer's Guide prepares the reader to embrace the platform in easy-to-understand language and builds on this foundation with re-usable Java code examples. It is ideal for corporate and hobbyists alike who have an interest, or a mandate, to deliver software functionality for cell phones.
WHAT'S INSIDE:
- Android's place in the market
- Using the Eclipse environment for Android development
- The Intents - how and why they are used
- Application classes:
- Activity
- Service
- IntentReceiver
- User interface design
- Using the ContentProvider to manage data
- Persisting data with the SQLite database
- Networking examples
- Telephony applications
- Notification methods
- OpenGL, animation & multimedia
- Sample Applications
About the Author
Frank Ableson is a prolific software entrepreneur with a focus on mobile and embedded technology. Frank is very active in the mobile software marketplace as he works with leading mobile companies including Handango, Airtime Management, and UnwiredTools.
Charlie Collins is a JEE developer with over 10 years of experience. He has been involved with enterprise development, architecture, and general programming using several languages and technologies, with a focus on Java. He has been an ardent open source supporter for many years and has contributed documentation and patches for various open source projects. Charlie is currently a contributor to the Android-Maven project, the GWT-Maven project, the Gwittir GWT framework, and the FeedPod text-to-speech podcasting system.
Robi Sen is a Managing Partner at Twin Technologies, LLC where he spends most of his time helping deliver next generation Rich Internet Applications to Twin Technologies customers. Robi also has experience in the wireless space and has recently worked on projects focusing on electronic warfare and electronic counter measures.
Robert Cooper is a JEE developer with over 15 years of web development experience. He is a the creator of several open source projects, including the FeedPod text-to-speech podcasting system, the GWT-Maven plugins for supporting Maven based builds for the Google Web Toolkit, and the Gwittir GWT framework. He is also a contributor to other open source projects such as the ROME RSS/Atom API for Podcasting and MediaRSS.
About the Early Access Version
This Early Access version of Unlocking Android enables you to receive new chapters as they are being written. You can also interact with the authors to ask questions, provide feedback and errata, and help shape the final manuscript on the Author Forum
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