Chapter 1
An Open Invitation
In This Chapter
• What you need to get started
• Android features and limitations
• The Android Software Development Kit (SDK)
As a software developer, I spend a lot of time with other developers brainstorming application ideas. Imagine a laser tag application that runs on your mobile phone, uses GPS coordinates to locate you and all of your friends, then layers their profile pictures over a street view map of your area. Using a digital compass and accelerometers, you can play virtual laser tag all over your home town. Neither the software nor the hardware existed years ago when I first imagined this type of app, but Google’s Android OS has changed many of our perceptions about what is possible.
Your imagination is ...
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