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Android Wireless Application Development
- ISBN13: 9780321627094
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The start-finish guide to Android development from concept to market! Android Application Development Wireless combines all reliable information, sample code and best practices need to market to build, and successfully market mobile applications, Android. Based on many years of experience in mobile and wireless development cover Shane Conder and Lauren Darcey everything you run into a successful project Android: from concept and design, programming, testing, pac
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Review by Gabor Paller for Android Wireless Application Development
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Gee, there are SO MANY THINGS in Android – that was the lingering feeling after having read the book. Because the authors’ strong intention is not to make compromises. They methodically go through every feature of the Android API, including 1.5 features. Have you heard about AppWidgets before? Or LiveFolders? I admit that I have not but now I know about them because the book mentioned it.
The enormous breadth of the discussion comes with a cost, however. Even though everything (or almost everything) is mentioned, very few topics are discussed in depth. For example I checked the most popular topics of my blog – unit tests, adapters. The Android unit testing framework is discussed as a bulleted list (no code examples) and the ArrayAdapter example uses Strings as backing data which causes so many problems for developers.
It is best to handle this book as an inventory of Android features and as such, it is very valuable. Such an inventory takes 573 pages, as of version 1.5. I wonder what that number will be in 3 years time.
Review by Rory Rezzelle for Android Wireless Application Development
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As I have used Android more and more my developer sense started to tingle and I wanted to create my own Android app. I looked at a couple of development books but they all just seemed to be the same: how to install the development environment and then all about how great the Android is to develop for. Nothing I could find actually moved past walking you through your first app on the code side. So when I was emailed about a new book by authors Shane Conder and Lauren Darcey all about Android Application Development I jumped at the chance to review it!
Android Wireless Application Development is a hefty book, weighing in at 573 pages with appendices and a CD, it is chock full of wonderful little tidbits of information that make Android so much fun to develop for. I was never a fan of Java in my programming classes but now that I see it in another light I’m slowly coming around to it. Of course the book starts you off by getting you to install Eclipse (Win/Mac/Linux) and all the tools necessary to create that app that’s going to make you rich in the end, then you are walked through how to write your first app, run it on the virtual Android phone, and then how to install it on a device to test. The book follows that with introductions in design, interface essentials, common Android APIs, 3D graphics, and finally how to deploy and sell your marvelous app through the Marketplace.
I found the book a marvellous teaching tool, it keeps your attention and has plenty of screenshots, images, and code snippets to satisfy even a beginner (like myself). I was so excited in the intro app when I was able to get my app to play a media file from the web with a small bit of code. The authors have the perfect balance of teaching and explaining that this is one book you will not get bored reading, you will definitely be ready to use what you’ve learned to make a new app as soon as you are done reading about it.
I’ll be looking for YOUR app in the marketplace soon!
Review by J. L. Gillaspy for Android Wireless Application Development
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This is my fourth Android book and by far the best. Concepts that I was uncertain about are explained clearly and completely. I especially like the order in which the topics are covered. The other books launched into developing an application without much underlying explanation of the individual topics – putting that off until later, and not doing it as well. If I had bought this book first, I probably wouldn’t have or need the others.
Review by Gregory S. Macbeth for Android Wireless Application Development
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If you are a professional developer then this is a great book. It easily teaches you everything you need to know to code on a new platform. The book covers all the general concepts from, OS Design, GIU Development, Multi-threading, DB storage, IO, Networking & Web, plus more. The examples are great. There are few errors. Each code snip is called out during a topic discussion and in full.
If you are new to coding this would not be a good choice as a lot of knowledge is assumed.
Overall, this is a great book for the transitioning developer. This is the best Android book I have read so far.
Review by Jason Holden for Android Wireless Application Development
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This book does a good job brushing on most of the APIs in Android, but the code examples are lacking. Almost none of the code examples are comprehensive, so basically this book just gives you hints as to what classes/functions need to be exercised for a given functionality. I almost always needed to consult google for better examples.
This is definitely not the best book if you are new to android.