Android Wireless Application Development: Android Essentials Volume I (3rd Edition)

Description

Since Androids earliest releases, Android Wireless Application Development has earned a reputation as the most useful real-world guide for everyone who wants to build robust, commercial-grade Android apps. Now, authors Lauren Darcey and Shane Conder have systematically revised and updated this guide for the brand new version 4 of the Android SDK. To accommodate extensive new coverage, theyve also split the book into two volumes. Volume I covers all the essentials of modern Android development, offering expert insights for the entire app development lifecycle, from concept to market. Darcey and Conder go beyond Androids core features, covering many of the SDKs most interesting and powerful features, from LiveFolders to wallpaper customization.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction
2. PART I: AN OVERVIEW OF THE ANDROID PLATFORM
   1. Chapter 1 Introducing Android
   2. Chapter 2 Setting Up Your Android Development Environment
   3. Chapter 3 Writing Your First Android Application
   4. Chapter 4 Mastering the Android Development Tools
3. PART II: ANDROID APPLICATION BASICS
   1. Chapter 5 Understanding the Anatomy of an Android Application
   2. Chapter 6 Defining Your Application Using the Android Manifest File
   3. Chapter 7 Managing Application Resources
4. PART III: ANDROID USER INTERFACE DESIGN ESSENTIALS
   1. Chapter 8 Exploring User Interface Screen Elements
   2. Chapter 9 Designing User Interfaces with Layouts
   3. Chapter 10 Working with Fragments
   4. Chapter 11 Working with Dialogs
   5. PART IV: ANDROID APPLICATION DESIGN ESSENTIALS
   6. Chapter 12 Using Android Preferences
   7. Chapter 13 Working with Files and Directories
   8. Chapter 14 Using Content Providers
   9. Chapter 15 Designing Compatible Applications
5. PART V: PUBLISHING AND DISTRIBUTING ANDROID APPLICATIONS
   1. Chapter 16 The Android Software Development Process
   2. Chapter 17 Designing and Developing Bulletproof Android Applications
   3. Chapter 18 Testing Android Applications
   4. Chapter 19 Publishing Your Android Application
6. PART VI: APPENDIXES
   1. Appendix A The Android Emulator Quick-Start Guide
   2. Appendix B The Android DDMS Quick-Start Guide

Authors Biography

Lauren Darcey is responsible for the technical leadership and direction of a small software company specializing in mobile technologies, including Android, iPhone, Blackberry, Palm Pre, BREW, and J2ME and consulting services. With more than two decades of experience in professional software production, Lauren is a recognized authority in enterprise architecture and the development of commercial-grade mobile applications. Lauren received a B.S. in Computer Science from the University of California, Santa Cruz.

Shane Conder has extensive development experience and has focused his attention on mobile and embedded development for the past decade. He has designed and developed many commercial applications for Android, iPhone, BREW, Blackberry, J2ME, Palm, and Windows Mobile-some of which have been installed on millions of phones worldwide. Shane has written extensively about the mobile industry and evaluated mobile development platforms on his tech blogs and is well known within the blogosphere. Shane received a B.S. in Computer Science from the University of California.