April 2011
Intermediate to advanced
318 pages
7h 59m
English
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Preface
If you can’t explain it simply, you don’t understand it well enough.
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The proliferation of the cellular phone has revolutionized the way we connect to the world and communicate with one another. It is the foundation of a mobile lifestyle.
Although the evolution of cell phone technology is progressing thanks to hardware manufacturers and platform engineers, the unveiling of its potential is in the hands of application creators.
Toward that end, Google and the Open Handset Alliance have developed Android, an operating system that runs on many mobile devices. Adobe and the Open Screen Project offer AIR as a development tool for various mobile systems. Both efforts bring some uniformity to this fragmented world.
This book is about developing for the Android platform using Adobe AIR. My goal is to provide in-depth information on the various topics specific to mobile development. My wish is that this book will help you create quality applications.
Audience
This book is for developers. It aims to attract enthusiast coders who are curious about both the technology and the user experience. I try to provide as much background information as possible on all topics, and not just an ActionScript reference guide.
Today is still the beginning of the mobile era, and any one of you is a potential innovator. Your contribution can influence the future of mobile technology.
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