May 2013
Beginner to intermediate
548 pages
16h 1m
English
Overview
Learn Android App Development is a hands-on tutorial and useful reference. You'll quickly get up to speed and master the Android SDK and the Java that you need for your Android Apps. You will fid that Learn Android App Development is an all-in-one getting started guide to building your first Android smartphone or tablet apps!
The Android SDK offers powerful features, and this book is the fastest path to mastering them—and the rest of the Andorid SDK —for programmers with some experience who are new to Android smartphone and tablet apps development. Many books introduce the Android SDK, but very few explain how to develop apps optimally and soundly. This book teaches both core Java language concepts and how to wisely but rapidly employ the design patterns and logic using the Android SDK, which is based on Java APIs.
You'll also learn best practices that ensure your code will be efficient and perform well. An app that performs well and is well designed is likely to get you the best reviews on Google Play or Amazon Appstore, which in turn helps drive higher or better search results and perhaps more revenue.
Why spend months or years discovering the best ways to design and code Android apps when this book will show you how to do things the right way from the start?
Get an accelerated but complete enough treatment of the core fundamentals of Java necessary to get you started.
Design your first app using prototyping and other design methods as others in the industry now do.
Build your first Android app using the code that you're given as you walk through this book.
Finally, debug and distribute your first app on Google Play or other Android app store.
After reading this book, you'll have your first app ready and on the app store making you the prestige and the money you hopefully seek.
What you'll learn
How to get a quick start to learning Android to build your first Android app
How the Android development process works and what is the usual workflow
How to design an Android app User Interface (UI)
How to add interactivity and functionality to your Android apps
How to deliver new media instead your Android apps and more
Who this book is for
This book is for those who have some programming experience but who are new to the Android mobile platform. This book is ideal for those who may be coming from iOS programming/development to learn about this other most popular mobile platform, Android.
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