Programming Android Java Programming for the New Generation of Mobile Devices [Paperback]

Get thoroughly up to speed on Android programming, and learn how to create up-to-date user experiences for both handsets and tablets. With this book's extensively revised second edition, you'll focus on Android tools and programming essentials, including best practices for using Android 4 APIs. If you're experienced with Java or Objective-C, you'll gain the knowledge necessary for building well-engineered applications.

Programming Androidis organized into four parts:

• Part Onehelps programmers with some Java or iOS experience get off to a fast start with the Android SDK and Android programming basics.
• Part Twodelves into the Android framework, focusing on user interface and graphics class hierarchies, concurrency, and databases. It's a solid foundation for understanding of how the most important parts of an Android application work.
• Part Threefeatures code skeletons and patterns for accelerating the development of apps that use web data and Android 4 user interface conventions and APIs.
• Part Fourdelivers practical coverage of Android's multimedia, search, location, sensor, and account APIs, plus the Native Development Kit, enabling developers to add advanced capabilities.

This updated edition ofProgramming Androidfocuses on the knowledge and developer priorities that are essential for successful Android development projects.

Zigurd Mednieks is a consultant to leading OEMs, enterprises, and entrepreneurial ventures creating Android-based systems and software. Previously he was Chief Architect at D2 Technologies, a voice-over-IP (VoIP) technology provider. There he lead engineering and product definition work for products that blended communication and social media in purpose-built embedded systems and on the Android platform.

Laird Dornin is a mobile development architect with extensive experience in Java, Android, J2ME, SalÃ'