Sams Teach Yourself Android Game Programming in 24 Hours

Table of contents

1. Title Page
2. Copyright Page
3. Contents at a Glance
4. Table of Contents
5. Foreword
6. About the Author
7. Dedication
8. Acknowledgments
9. We Want to Hear from You!
10. Reader Services
11. QR Barcodes
    1. Publisher’s Book Detail Link
    2. Author’s Website Link
12. Introduction
13. Part I: Introduction
    1. Hour 1. Introducing Android 4
       1. Hello, Android 4
       2. About the Android SDK
       3. About the Android NDK
       4. Android Dev System Requirements
       5. History of the Platform
       6. Android Hardware Specifications
       7. Summary
       8. Q&A
       9. Workshop
    2. Hour 2. Installing the Development Tools
       1. Installing the JDK
       2. Downloading the NetBeans Package
       3. Installing the Package
       4. Installing the Android SDK
       5. Downloading the SDK
       6. Installing the SDK
       7. Running the Android SDK Manager
       8. Installing the ADT Plug-in for Eclipse
       9. Summary
       10. Q&A
       11. Workshop
    3. Hour 3. Configuring NetBeans and Eclipse with the Android SDK
       1. Creating an Android Emulator Device
       2. Plugging Android SDK into NetBeans
       3. Adding Android SDK Support to Eclipse
       4. Summary
       5. Q&A
       6. Workshop
    4. Hour 4. Creating Your First Android Program
       1. Creating a New Android Project
       2. Building the New Project
       3. Editing the “Hello, Android!” Program
       4. Comparing the Emulator to an Android Device
       5. Summary
       6. Q&A
       7. Workshop
14. Part II: Android Hardware
    1. Hour 5. Getting Started with Graphics
       1. Understanding the Activity Class
       2. Testing the Activity States
       3. World’s Simplest Android Graphics Demo
       4. Summary
       5. Q&A
       6. Workshop
    2. Hour 6. Drawing Basic Shapes and Text
       1. Drawing Basic Vector Shapes
       2. Drawing Text
       3. Writing Code for Javadoc
       4. Android Screen Densities and Resolutions
       5. Summary
       6. Q&A
       7. Workshop
    3. Hour 7. Loading and Drawing Images
       1. Double-Buffered Drawing
       2. Loading a Bitmap File
       3. Drawing a Bitmap
       4. Summary
       5. Q&A
       6. Workshop
    4. Hour 8. Bringing Your Game to Life with Looping
       1. Creating a Threaded Game Loop
       2. Drawing Without onDraw()
       3. The Runnable Animation Demo
       4. Summary
       5. Q&A
       6. Workshop
    5. Hour 9. Multi-Touch User Input
       1. Single-Touch Input
       2. Multi-Touch Input
       3. Summary
       4. Q&A
       5. Workshop
    6. Hour 10. Using the Accelerometer
       1. Android Sensors
       2. Summary
       3. Q&A
       4. Workshop
    7. Hour 11. Using the Linear Acceleration and Proximity Sensors
       1. Accessing the Linear Acceleration Sensor
       2. Accessing the Proximity Sensor
       3. Summary
       4. Q&A
       5. Workshop
    8. Hour 12. Using the Gravity and Pressure Sensors
       1. Using the Gravity Sensor
       2. Using the Pressure Sensor
       3. Summary
       4. Q&A
       5. Workshop
    9. Hour 13. Creating Your Own “Tricorder”
       1. Encapsulating the Android Sensors
       2. Creating the Tricorder Project
       3. Summary
       4. Q&A
       5. Workshop
    10. Hour 14. Playing with the Audio System
        1. Playing Audio Using MediaPlayer
        2. Playing Audio Using SoundPool
        3. Summary
        4. Q&A
        5. Workshop
15. Part III: Android Gameplay
    1. Hour 15. Building an Android Game Engine
       1. Designing an Android Game Engine
       2. Creating an Android Library Project
       3. Writing the Core Engine Classes
       4. Engine Test Demo Project
       5. Summary
       6. Q&A
       7. Workshop
    2. Hour 16. Creating a Sprite/Actor Class
       1. Static Sprite as a “Prop”
       2. Dynamic Sprite as an “Actor”
       3. Encapsulating Basic Sprite Functionality
       4. Testing the Sprite Class
       5. Summary
       6. Q&A
       7. Workshop
    3. Hour 17. Frame Animation Using a Sprite Sheet/Atlas
       1. Animating with a Single Strip
       2. Animating with a Sprite Sheet (Texture Atlas)
       3. The Animation Demo
       4. Summary
       5. Q&A
       6. Workshop
    4. Hour 18. Advanced Multi-Animation Techniques
       1. Creating an Animation System
       2. Animation System Demo
       3. Summary
       4. Q&A
       5. Workshop
    5. Hour 19. Manipulating Sprites with Matrix Transforms
       1. Matrix Translation
       2. Matrix Rotation
       3. Matrix Scaling
       4. Matrix Transforms Demo
       5. Summary
       6. Q&A
       7. Workshop
    6. Hour 20. Entity Grouping
       1. Entity Grouping
       2. Summary
       3. Q&A
       4. Workshop
    7. Hour 21. Collision Detection
       1. Collision Detection Techniques
       2. Demonstrating Collisions
       3. Summary
       4. Q&A
       5. Workshop
    8. Hour 22. Using Linear Velocity for Realistic Movement
       1. Calculating Velocity from a Direction
       2. “Pointing” a Sprite in the Direction of Movement
       3. Enhancing the Engine
       4. Summary
       5. Q&A
       6. Workshop
    9. Hour 23. Scrolling the Background
       1. Background Scrolling Overview
       2. The Shoot-’Em-Up Game
       3. Summary
       4. Q&A
       5. Workshop
    10. Hour 24. Ball and Paddle Game
        1. Creating the Ball and Paddle Game
        2. Summary
        3. Q&A
        4. Workshop
16. Index
17. Ad Pages