November 2013
Intermediate to advanced
672 pages
18h 6m
English
book
Introduction to Android™ Application Development: Android Essentials, Fourth Edition
by Joseph Annuzzi Jr., Lauren Darcey, Shane Conder
Overview
Bonus KitKat material is available for download
at www.informit.com/title/9780321940261
What Every Android™ App Developer Should Know Today: Android Tools, App/UI Design, Testing, Publishing, And More
This fully reworked edition of a proven title is the most useful real-world guide to building robust, commercial-grade Android™ apps. The content is revised and updated for the latest Android 4.3 SDK and the newest development best practices. Introduction to Android™ Application Development: Android Essentials, Fourth Edition, covers all you need to quickly start developing professional apps for today’s Android devices. Three expert developers guide you through setting up your development environment, designing user interfaces, developing for diverse devices, and optimizing your entire app-development process–from design through publication. Updated throughout, this title includes extensive coverage of the most useful new Android tools and utilities. It adds an all-new chapter on planning an amazing Android app user experience, plus extensive new coverage of unit testing, dialogs, preferences, and app publishing. Throughout, key concepts are taught through clear, up-to-date example code.
This edition offers
Fully updated introductions to the latest Android 4.3 APIs, tools, utilities, and best practices
Up-to-date strategies for leveraging new Android capabilities while preserving compatibility
Navigation patterns and code samples for delivering more intuitive user experiences
Example-based explanations of ActionBars, DialogFragments, and other key concepts
Expert automated testing techniques to quickly improve code quality
New Google Play Developer Console app publishing techniques that also offer more control
For Android developers at all levels of experience, this reference is now more valuable than ever. Students, instructors, and self-learners will especially appreciate new chapter-ending questions and exercises, carefully designed to test knowledge and deepen mastery.
Annuzzi has released new source code samples for use with Android Studio. The code updates are posted to the associated blog site: http://introductiontoandroid.blogspot.com/
Note: This revamped, newly titled edition is a complete update of Android™ Wireless Application Development, Volume I: Android Essentials, Third Edition
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