Pro Android - Apress

Pro Android - Apress

Pro Android 2009 - Apress

Pro Android is a detailed look at (java based) application development on Google's Mobile OS published by APress. The book is written by Sayed Hashimi and Satya Komatineni. I am later of the two. This book covers the Android API all the way to its current public release which is 1.5.
We have covered most aspects of the extensive java based Android API. The books gives you a consolidated experience of the Android API in a single place. The book is critically reviewed by Vikram Goyal and Douglas Pundick. We have gone through multiple rewrites to make sure the content is streamlined and valuable to the reader. We have Vikram and Douglas to thank for this strength.
We think the book has also strengths where it really counts. For example intents, resources and content providers are very new concepts introduced to the programming community through Android OS. We think we have covered these topics really well in the book both from a programming perspective and also from an architecture perspective.
The SDK documentation on animation, although available, is somewhat incoherent. We have really streamlined animation capabilities so that it reads really well in a single sitting.
The SDK documentation on OpenGL is almost non existent in both 1.0 and 1.5 APIs. We have gone to great lenghts in the book to give you a starting point for OpenGL for Java programmers that have very little OpenGL background. We have covered how things are done in 1.0 and also in 1.5.
We have also included a detailed chapter on LiveFolders and how to work with them effectively.
You can also use the book to discover many aspects of developing the mobile features that Android enables including the complexities of timers, services, and multimedia playback.
By reading the book you will also understand how location based services, which are becoming more and more important in the mobile world, work.
We will also show you how to utilize Google's powerful Map tool.
We have a detailed chapter on understanding network connectivity in the mobile world.

We believe the book is written with Java developers in mind that want a single source that they can use as a learners guide and a reference as they go through the Android development.

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