Perfect for new and experienced users, this no-fluff guide to the Google Nexus 7 tablet is packed with tips and details on apps, services, settings, and documents. You'll also find step-by-step instructions for dictating, networking, sharing, troubleshooting, going online, and using Google Now.

New apps and features covered include Camera, Clock, Google Keep, Android Device Manager, Play Games, Quick Settings, Lock-screen widgets, multiple users, restricted profiles, HDMI screen mirroring, external displays, Miracast, wireless charging, app verification, gesture typing, printing, cellular (LTE/HSPA+) connections, privacy options, Hangouts, the notification light, the remodeled Google Play store, and the updated versions of Chrome, Gmail, and Maps. Covers all Nexus 7 models and Android 4.4 (KitKat). Covers all Google Play edition (pure Android) tablets, including the LG G Pad 8.3. Master the Home screen, Lock screen, and multitouch gestures. Secure your data from thieves, snoops, and rogue apps. Locate a lost or stolen Nexus remotely. Work with onscreen or wireless keyboards. Get instant search results for documents, pictures, music, mail, apps, contacts, and more. Summon Google Now to get personalized information when you need it. Ask Google Search to find nearby businesses, set alarms, search the web, and more. Dictate anywhere that you can type. Connect to wireless networks with a few taps. Set up cellular, Bluetooth, and VPN connections. Mirror your tablet's screen to your TV. Back up your data to the cloud. Transfer files to and from your Windows PC or Apple Mac computer. Sync your documents, mail, contacts, appointments, reminders, notes, and messages wirelessly across your computers and mobile devices. See all your notifications in one place. Browse the web with Chrome. Watch and subscribe to videos on the YouTube app. Send, receive, and manage your email with Gmail or Email. Chat with family and friends on Hangouts. Post to Twitter or Facebook right from the app you're using. Manage your day-to-day life with Calendar, People, Google Keep, and Clock. Find your way with Maps. Download apps, games, and updates from the Google Play store. Connect to Google's online multiplayer social gaming network. Play music, movies, TV shows, and other media downloaded from the Google Play store. Capture, edit, and share photos and videos with Camera and Gallery. Care for your Nexus and troubleshoot problems. Plenty of tips, tricks, and timesavers. Fully indexed and cross-referenced.

Contents 1. Getting Started with Your Nexus 7 2. Touring Your Nexus 3. Securing Your Nexus 4. Typing and Editing 5. Wireless and Network Connections 6. Managing Your Accounts and Data 7. Connecting to Computers 8. Getting Notifications 9. Google Now 10. Google Search 11. Browsing the Web with Chrome 12. Watching YouTube Videos 13. Email, Messaging and Keeping in Touch 14. Organizing Your Life 15. Shopping for Apps, Games and Media 16. Maps and Navigation 17. Shooting, Viewing and Managing Photos 18. Nexus Care and Troubleshooting

About the Author Chris Kennedy is a technical writer based in Boulder, Colorado. When he's not typing, Chris climbs rocks, revises his screenplays, and reads the journals of polar explorers.

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Leverage frontend development skills to build impressive iOS and Android applications with React Native About This Book * Apply flexbox to get layout and build rich animations that bring your React Native application to life * Integrate third-party libraries and develop customized components that run natively on iOS and Android platforms * Combine React Native with Redux, Redux middleware, and a remote API to build scalable data-driven applications Who This Book Is For This book is for anyone who wants to build cross-platform native mobile applications using only JavaScript and the React Native framework. In particular, this book is especially useful for front-end developers who want to use their current skillset to build mobile applications. An existing working knowledge of JavaScript will help you get the most out of this book. What You Will Learn * Implement native React Native components and APIs * Explore React's JSX syntax * Manage data using Redux and Redux middleware * Build applications with React Native on both iOS and Android platforms * Perform animations in your applications using the animation APIs * Understand routing and Navigator comparison * Create your own Native module In Detail React Native has completely revolutionized mobile development by empowering JavaScript developers to build world-class mobile apps that run natively on mobile platforms. This book will show you how to apply JavaScript and other front-end skills to build cross-platform React Native applications for iOS and Android using a single codebase. This book will provide you with all the React Native building blocks necessary to become an expert. We'll give you a brief explanation of the numerous native components and APIs that come bundled with React Native including Images, Views, ListViews, WebViews, and much more. You will learn to utilize form inputs in React Native. You'll get an overview of Facebook's Flux data architecture and then apply Redux to manage data with a remote API. You will also learn to animate different parts of your application, as well as routing using React Native's navigation APIs. By the end of the book, you will be able to build cutting-edge applications using the React Native framework. Style and approach This comprehensive guide will take your React Native skills to the next level. It shows you how to develop a clear workflow to build scalable applications, and how to implement the architectural concepts covered to build applications that shine in the real world.

Over 40 recipes to master mobile device penetration testing with open source tools About This Book * Learn application exploitation for popular mobile platforms * Improve the current security level for mobile platforms and applications * Discover tricks of the trade with the help of code snippets and screenshots Who This Book Is For This book is intended for mobile security enthusiasts and penetration testers who wish to secure mobile devices to prevent attacks and discover vulnerabilities to protect devices. What You Will Learn * Install and configure Android SDK and ADB * Analyze Android Permission Model using ADB and bypass Android Lock Screen Protection * Set up the iOS Development Environment - Xcode and iOS Simulator * Create a Simple Android app and iOS app and run it in Emulator and Simulator respectively * Set up the Android and iOS Pentesting Environment * Explore mobile malware, reverse engineering, and code your own malware * Audit Android and iOS apps using static and dynamic analysis * Examine iOS App Data storage and Keychain security vulnerabilities * Set up the Wireless Pentesting Lab for Mobile Devices * Configure traffic interception with Android and intercept Traffic using Burp Suite and Wireshark * Attack mobile applications by playing around with traffic and SSL certificates * Set up the Blackberry and Windows Phone Development Environment and Simulator * Setting up the Blackberry and Windows Phone Pentesting Environment * Steal data from Blackberry and Windows phones applications In Detail Mobile attacks are on the rise. We are adapting ourselves to new and improved smartphones, gadgets, and their accessories, and with this network of smart things, come bigger risks. Threat exposure increases and the possibility of data losses increase. Exploitations of mobile devices are significant sources of such attacks. Mobile devices come with different platforms, such as Android and iOS. Each platform has its own feature-set, programming language, and a different set of tools. This means that each platform has different exploitation tricks, different malware, and requires a unique approach in regards to forensics or penetration testing. Device exploitation is a broad subject which is widely discussed, equally explored by both Whitehats and Blackhats. This cookbook recipes take you through a wide variety of exploitation techniques across popular mobile platforms. The journey starts with an introduction to basic exploits on mobile platforms and reverse engineering for Android and iOS platforms. Setup and use Android and iOS SDKs and the Pentesting environment. Understand more about basic malware attacks and learn how the malware are coded. Further, perform security testing of Android and iOS applications and audit mobile applications via static and dynamic analysis. Moving further, you'll get introduced to mobile device forensics. Attack mobile application traffic and overcome SSL, before moving on to penetration testing and exploitation. The book concludes with the basics of platforms and exploit tricks on BlackBerry and Windows Phone. By the end of the book, you will be able to use variety of exploitation techniques across popular mobile platforms with stress on Android and iOS. Style and approach This is a hands-on recipe guide that walks you through different aspects of mobile device exploitation and securing your mobile devices against vulnerabilities. Recipes are packed with useful code snippets and screenshots.

Over 60 hands-on recipes to help you master the power of Delphi for cross-platform and mobile development on multiple platforms About This Book * Get to grips with Delphi to build and deploy various cross-platform applications * Design, develop, and deploy real-world applications by implementing a single source codebase * This swift guide will increase your productivity to develop applications with Delphi Who This Book Is For If you are an intermediate developer with a basic knowledge of Delphi and you want to develop cross-platform applications, then this book is for you. Familiarity with the fundamentals of RAD (Rapid Application Development) Studio is expected. What You Will Learn * Develop visually stunning applications using FireMonkey * Deploy LiveBinding effectively with the right OOP approach * Create server-side programs to serve RESTful web services and provide data to your mobile apps * Use well-defined GUI design patterns to build mobile applications that provide a great user experience * Build mobile apps that read data from a remote server efficiently * Call the platform native API on Android and iOS even for an unpublished API * Manage software customization for your customer by making better use of an extended RTTI * Implement the most popular design pattern without wasting too much time on debugging and bug fixing In Detail Delphi is a cross-platform Integrated Development Environment (IDE) that supports rapid application development for Microsoft Windows, Apple Mac OS X, Google Android, and Apple iOS. It helps you to concentrate on the real business and save yourself the pain of wandering amid GUI widget details, or having to tackle inter-platform incompatibilities. It also has a wide range of drag-and-drop controls, helping you code your business logic into your business model, and it compiles natively for desktop and mobile platforms. This book will teach you how to design and develop applications, deploy them on the cloud platform, and distribute them within an organization via Google Play and other similar platforms. You will begin with the basics of Delphi and get acquainted with JSON format strings, XSLT transformations, unicode encodings and various types of streams. We then move on to more advanced topics such as developing higher-order functions and using enumerators and RTTI. You will get an understanding of how Delphi RTL functions and how to use FireMonkey in a VCL application. We will then cover topics such as multithreading, using the parallel programming library and putting Delphi on a server. We will also take a look at the new feature of WebBroker Apache modules and then ride the mobile revolution with FireMonkey. By the end of the book, you will be able to develop and deploy cross-platform applications using Delphi. Style and approach Delphi Cookbook is an easy-to-follow guide, rich with hands-on examples of real-world programming tasks in Delphi.

Explore every nook and cranny of the Android OS to modify your device and guard it against security threats About This Book * Understand and counteract against offensive security threats to your applications * Maximize your device's power and potential to suit your needs and curiosity * See exactly how your smartphone's OS is put together (and where the seams are) Who This Book Is For This book is for anyone who wants to learn about Android security. Software developers, QA professionals, and beginner- to intermediate-level security professionals will find this book helpful. Basic knowledge of Android programming would be a plus. What You Will Learn * Acquaint yourself with the fundamental building blocks of Android Apps in the right way * Pentest Android apps and perform various attacks in the real world using real case studies * Take a look at how your personal data can be stolen by malicious attackers * Understand the offensive maneuvers that hackers use * Discover how to defend against threats * Get to know the basic concepts of Android rooting * See how developers make mistakes that allow attackers to steal data from phones * Grasp ways to secure your Android apps and devices * Find out how remote attacks are possible on Android devices In Detail With the mass explosion of Android mobile phones in the world, mobile devices have become an integral part of our everyday lives. Security of Android devices is a broad subject that should be part of our everyday lives to defend against ever-growing smartphone attacks. Everyone, starting with end users all the way up to developers and security professionals should care about android security. Hacking Android is a step-by-step guide that will get you started with Android security. You'll begin your journey at the absolute basics, and then will slowly gear up to the concepts of Android rooting, application security assessments, malware, infecting APK files, and fuzzing. On this journey you'll get to grips with various tools and techniques that can be used in your everyday pentests. You'll gain the skills necessary to perform Android application vulnerability assessment and penetration testing and will create an Android pentesting lab. Style and approach This comprehensive guide takes a step-by-step approach and is explained in a conversational and easy-to-follow style. Each topic is explained sequentially in the process of performing a successful penetration test. We also include detailed explanations as well as screenshots of the basic and advanced concepts.

Create exciting projects by connecting the Raspberry Pi to your Android phone About This Book * Manage most of the fundamental functions of Raspberry Pi from your Android phone * Use the projects created in this book to develop even more exciting projects in the future * A project-based learning experience to help you discover amazing ways to combine the power of Android and Raspberry Pi Who This Book Is For The target audience for this book includes Raspberry Pi enthusiasts, hobbyists, and anyone who wants to create engaging projects with Android OS. Some knowledge of Android programming would be helpful. What You Will Learn * Install the tools required on your Pi and Android to manage and administer the Pi from Android * Share your files between different Android devices using the Pi as a server * Set up the Pi to live-stream the camera in surveillance mode and customize Android to receive this content * Turn your Pi into a media center and control it from your Android * See your Android display on a large screen using Raspberry Pi * Connect your car's dashboard to your Android device using Raspberry Pi In Detail Raspberry Pi is the credit card-sized, general purpose computer which has revolutionized portable technology. Android is an operating system that widely used in mobile phones today both on the high and low ends of the mobile phone market. However, there is little information about how to connect the two in spite of how popular both of them are. Raspberry Pi Android Projects starts with simple projects that help you access the command prompt and the desktop environment of Raspberry Pi from the comfort of your Android phone or tablet. Then, you will be introduced to more complex projects that combine the strengths of the Pi and Android in amazing ways. These projects will teach you how to manage services on the Pi from Android, share files between Android devices using the Pi as a server, administer and view the Pi's camera from Android in surveillance mode, and connect your car to the Pi and make data more accessible using Android. The introductory projects covered will be useful each time you need to access or administer your Pi for other purposes, and the more advanced projects will continue to be valuable even after you become an expert on Pi. By the end of this book, you will be able to create engaging and useful projects that will help you combine the powers of both Android and Raspberry Pi. Style and approach A quick and easy-to-follow guide that will show how you can add up the power of Pi and Android by combining them.

Use PhoneGap to build cross-platform mobile applications quickly and efficiently About This Book * Build native mobile phone applications with HTML5, JavaScript, and CSS * Incorporate smartphone capabilities such as GPS, camera, accelerometer, and more into your apps for any mobile platform * Use Cordova view to embed PhoneGap into native applications to either transit smoothly to PhoneGap or incorporate PhoneGap functionalities Who This Book Is For If you are a mobile application developer in iOS or Android, or a web application developer who wants to learn how to make cross-platform mobile applications using PhoneGap, this book is perfect for you. To make the most of this book, it will be helpful if you have prior knowledge of HTML5, CSS, and JavaScript. What You Will Learn * Get to grips with the fundamentals of PhoneGap to get started * Set up a development environment for Linux, Mac OS, and Windows * Use Cordova CLI, workflows, and Plugman Plugin manager to create mobile applications efficiently * Understand the development workflow to create native cross-platform mobile applications * Embed plugin support to transition to PhoneGap or use it to enhance existing applications * Improve your mobile development knowledge using object-oriented programming (OOP), reusable components, and AJAX closures * Be empowered to build your own mobile apps quickly with ease * Discover tips and tricks to make app development fun and easy In Detail PhoneGap is an open source framework that allows you to quickly build cross-platform mobile apps using HTML5, JavaScript, and CSS. PhoneGap Build is a cloud service that allows you to quickly develop and compile mobile applications without SDKs, compilers, and hardware. PhoneGap allows you to use its existing plugins or create new ones, as per your requirements, to enhance your mobile applications. Starting by installing PhoneGap, you'll develop an app that uses various device capabilities through different plugins and learn how to build an app in the cloud with PhoneGap's Build service. You'll discover how to use PhoneGap to create an application view, along with how to use a camera, geolocation, and other device capabilities to create engaging apps. Next, you'll augment applications with PhoneGap's plugins using minimalistic code. You'll explore the app preparation process to deploy your app to the app store. By the end of the book, you'll have also learned how to apply hybrid mobile UIs that will work across different platforms and different screen sizes for better user experience. Style and approach This is an example-based, fast-paced guide that covers the fundamentals of creating cross-platform mobile applications with PhoneGap.

Create the perfectly customized system by unleashing the power of Android OS on your embedded device About This Book * Understand the system architecture and how the source code is organized * Explore the power of Android and customize the build system * Build a fully customized Android version as per your requirements Who This Book Is For If you are a Java programmer who wants to customize, build, and deploy your own Android version using embedded programming, then this book is for you. What You Will Learn * Master Android architecture and system design * Obtain source code and understand the modular organization * Customize and build your first system image for the Android emulator * Level up and build your own Android system for a real-world device * Use Android as a home automation and entertainment system * Tailor your system with optimizations and add-ons * Reach for the stars: look at the Internet of Things, entertainment, and domotics In Detail Take a deep dive into the Android build system and its customization with Learning Embedded Android Programming, written to help you master the steep learning curve of working with embedded Android. Start by exploring the basics of Android OS, discover Google's "repo" system, and discover how to retrieve AOSP source code. You'll then find out to set up the build environment and the first AOSP system. Next, learn how to customize the boot sequence with a new animation, and use an Android "kitchen" to "cook" your custom ROM. By the end of the book, you'll be able to build customized Android open source projects by developing your own set of features. Style and approach This step-by-step guide is packed with various real-world examples to help you create a fully customized Android system with the most useful features available.

Take your Android applications to the next level of interactivity by exploring the wide variety of Android sensors About This Book * Get a thorough understanding of the fundamentals and framework of Android sensors. * Acquire knowledge of advance sensor programming, and learn how to connect and use sensors in external devices such as the Android Watch, Polar heart rate monitors, Adidas speed cells, and so on. * Learn from real-world sensor-based applications such as the Pedometer app to detect daily steps, the Driving app to detect driving events, and the Professional Fitness tracker app to track heart rate, weight, daily steps, calories burned, and so on. Who This Book Is For This book is targeted at Android developers who want to get a good understanding of sensors and write sensor-based applications, or who want to enhance their existing applications with additional sensor functionality. A basic knowledge of Android development is required What You Will Learn * Learn about sensor fundamentals, different types of sensors, and the sensor co-ordinate system * Understand the various classes, callbacks, and APIs of the Android Sensor framework * Check all the available sensors on an Android device and know their individual capabilities-for example, their range of values, power consumption, and so on. * Implement sensor fusion using two or more sensors together and learn to compensate for the weakness of one sensor by using the strength of another * Build a variety of sensor based, real-world applications such as Weather, Pedometer, Compass, Driving Events Detection, Fitness Tracker, and so on. * Get to know about wake up and non-wake up sensors, wake locks, and how to use sensor batch processing along with the sensor hardware FIFO queue * Develop efficient battery and processor algorithms using raw sensor data to solve real-world problems * Connect to a variety of remote sensors such as body weight measurement and body fat percentage measurement using the Google Fit platform from your Android app In Detail Android phones available in today's market have a wide variety of powerful and highly precise sensors. Interesting applications can be built with them such as a local weather app using weather sensors, analyzing risky driving behavior using motion sensors, a fitness tracker using step-counter sensors, and so on. Sensors in external devices such as Android Watch, Body Analyzer & Weight Machine, Running Speed Cell, and so on can also be connected and used from your Android app running on your phone. Moving further, this book will provide the skills required to use sensors in your Android applications. It will walk you through all the fundamentals of sensors and will provide a thorough understanding of the Android Sensor Framework. You will also get to learn how to write code for the supportive infrastructure such as background services, scheduled and long running background threads, and databases for saving sensor data. Additionally, you will learn how to connect and use sensors in external devices from your Android app using the Google Fit platform. By the end of the book, you will be well versed in the use of Android sensors and programming to build interactive applications. Style and approach A step-by-step and easy-to-follow guide that focuses on utilizing sensors to perform certain tasks. After covering the fundamentals in the first chapter, the book develops the concepts by building a real-world, sensor-based application in subsequent chapters.

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This book is intended for people who are not familiar with AngularJS and who want to take their PhoneGap development skills further by developing apps using different JavaScript libraries. People with some knowledge of PhoneGap, HTML, CSS, and JavaScript will find this book immediately useful.

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Design, build, and create your own applications using the full range of features available in Android 6 About This Book * Learn how to utilize the robust features of Android 6 to design, develop, and publish better Android applications * Get useful guidance on creating new apps or migrating existing apps to support features such as app permissions, app links, fingerprint authentication, etc * A fast paced guide, packed with hands-on examples that ties all the features such as API, audio, video, camera, tab customization together under a single cover Who This Book Is For This book is for Android developers who are looking to move their applications into the next Android version with ease. What You Will Learn * Familiarize yourself with the features of Android 6 * Code with the new Android permissions model * Use apps auto backup and restore lost data automatically * Increase user engagement with apps through an assistant using triggers and providing contextual assistance * Assess and handle proper usage of the API * Work with Audio, Video,Camera in Android 6 * Utilize the new features in Android for professional purposes * Understand and code Chrome's custom tabs In Detail Android 6 is the latest and greatest version of the Android operating system, and comes packed with cutting edge new features for you to harness for the benefit of building better applications. This step-by-step guide will take you through the basics of the Android Marshmallow permissions model and beyond into other crucial areas such as the Audio,Video,Camera API and Android's at work features. Learn how to create, deploy, and manage Android applications with Marshmallow's API and the latest functionalities. The combination of instructions and real-world examples will make your application deployment and testing a breeze. Style and approach This easy-to-follow, step-by-step tutorial provides explanations and examples to add the new Android 6 features to your skill set. Each chapter provides sequential steps and detailed information about the API, as well as best practices and testing options.

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If you are a developer with some Android knowledge, but you do not know how to test your applications using Android Studio, this book will guide you. It is recommended that you are familiar with Android Studio IDE.

Create four mobile apps and explore the world through photography and computer vision About This Book * Efficiently harness iOS and OpenCV to capture and process high-quality images at high speed * Develop photographic apps and augmented reality apps quickly and easily * Detect, recognize, and morph faces and objects Who This Book Is For If you want to do computational photography and computer vision on Apple's mobile devices, then this book is for you. No previous experience with app development or OpenCV is required. However, basic knowledge of C++ or Objective-C is recommended. What You Will Learn * Use Xcode and Interface Builder to develop iOS apps * Obtain OpenCV's standard modules and build extra modules from source * Control all the parameters of the iOS device's camera * Capture, save, and share photos and videos * Analyze colors, shapes, and textures in ordinary and specialized photographs * Blend and compare images to create special photographic effects and augmented reality tools * Detect faces and morph facial features * Classify coins and other objects In Detail iOS Application Development with OpenCV 3 enables you to turn your smartphone camera into an advanced tool for photography and computer vision. Using the highly optimized OpenCV library, you will process high-resolution images in real time. You will locate and classify objects, and create models of their geometry. As you develop photo and augmented reality apps, you will gain a general understanding of iOS frameworks and developer tools, plus a deeper understanding of the camera and image APIs. After completing the book's four projects, you will be a well-rounded iOS developer with valuable experience in OpenCV. Style and approach The book is practical, creative, and precise. It shows you the steps to create and customize five projects that solve important problems for beginners in mobile app development and computer vision. Complete source code and numerous visual aids are included in each chapter. Experimentation is an important part of the book. You will use computer vision to explore the real world, and then you will refine the projects based on your findings.