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Build, customize, and debug your own Android system About This Book
* Master Android system-level programming by integrating,
customizing, and extending popular open source projects * Use
Android emulators to explore the true potential of your hardware *
Master key debugging techniques to create a hassle-free development
environment Who This Book Is For This book is for Android system
programmers and developers who want to use Android and create
indigenous projects with it. You should know the important points
about the operating system and the C/C++ programming language. What
You Will Learn * Set up the Android development environment and
organize source code repositories * Get acquainted with the Android
system architecture * Build the Android emulator from the AOSP
source tree * Find out how to enable WiFi in the Android emulator *
Debug the boot up process using a customized Ramdisk * Port your
Android system to a new platform using VirtualBox * Find out what
recovery is and see how to enable it in the AOSP build * Prepare
and test OTA packages In Detail Android system programming involves
both hardware and software knowledge to work on system level
programming. The developers need to use various techniques to debug
the different components in the target devices. With all the
challenges, you usually have a deep learning curve to master
relevant knowledge in this area. This book will not only give you
the key knowledge you need to understand Android system
programming, but will also prepare you as you get hands-on with
projects and gain debugging skills that you can use in your future
projects. You will start by exploring the basic setup of AOSP, and
building and testing an emulator image. In the first project, you
will learn how to customize and extend the Android emulator. Then
you'll move on to the real challenge-building your own Android
system on VirtualBox. You'll see how to debug the init process,
resolve the bootloader issue, and enable various hardware
interfaces. When you have a complete system, you will learn how to
patch and upgrade it through recovery. Throughout the book, you
will get to know useful tips on how to integrate and reuse existing
open source projects such as LineageOS (CyanogenMod), Android-x86,
Xposed, and GApps in your own system. Style and approach This is an
easy-to-follow guide full of hands-on examples and system-level
programming tips.
Leverage the power of Xamarin to create stunning cross-platform and
native apps About This Book * Helps you get a clear practical
understanding of creating professional-grade apps with Xamarin *
Covers Xamarin.Forms, Xamarin Android, and Xamarin iOS * If you
want to transform yourself from an amateur mobile developer into a
professional app developer across multiple platforms, then this is
the ideal book for you Who This Book Is For If you are a mobile
developer looking to create interesting and fully featured apps for
different platforms, then this book is the ideal solution for you.
A basic knowledge of Xamarin and C# programming is assumed What You
Will Learn * Discover eight different ways to create your own
Xamarin applications * Improve app performance by using SQLite for
data-intensive applications * Set up a simple web service to feed
JSON data into mobile applications * Store files locally with
Xamarin.Forms using dependency services * Use Xamarin extension
libraries to create effective applications with less coding In
Detail Do you want to create powerful, efficient, and independent
apps from scratch that will leverage the Xamarin framework and code
with C#? Well, look no further; you've come to the right place!
This is a learn-as-you-build practical guide to building eight
full-fledged applications using Xamarin.Forms, Xamarin Android, and
Xamarin iOS. Each chapter includes a project, takes you through the
process of building applications (such as a gallery Application, a
text-to-speech service app, a GPS locator app, and a stock market
app), and will show you how to deploy the application's source code
to a Google Cloud Source Repository. Other practical projects
include a chat and a media-editing app, as well as other examples
fit to adorn any developer's utility belt. In the course of
building applications, this book will teach you how to design and
prototype professional-grade applications implementing performance
and security considerations. Style and approach A project-based
approach that will solve all your needs when it comes to creating
native Android, iOS, and cross-platform apps efficiently and
effectively.
Become a pro with the latest Android SDK and create state of the
art applications for Android. About This Book * Dive deep into
Android development with practical hands on examples to help you in
each stage. * Develop smart professional grade apps for the latest
Android N version and become a pro android developer. * Unclog your
development highway by utilising the industry standard best
practices techniques. Who This Book Is For This book is for mobile
developers having some expertise in building android apps and who
wish to now take a leap into building complex app such as Zomato,
using latest Android N power of Google. What You Will Learn *
Building UI/UX following best industry practices * Development of
Zomato Clone * Measure and improve app performance * Improving app
using test mechanisms * Bringing the app live on the play store In
Detail Android O brings a number of important changes for the users
as well as the developers. If you want to create smart android
applications which are fast, lightweight and also highly efficient
then this is the book that will solve all your problems. You will
create a complex enterprise grade app in this book. You will get a
quick refresher of the latest android SDK and how to configure your
development environment. Then you will move onto creating app
layouts, component and module building, creating smart and
efficient UIs. The most important part of a modern day app is how
real time they are. With this book, you will create a smooth
back-end for your app, ensure dynamic and real time communication
between different app layers. As we move on, you will learn to
leverage the different Android APIs and create an efficient SQLite
data layer for your apps. You will implement effective testing
techniques to make your app reliable and robust and finally you
will learn to deploy it efficiently. The multiple stages of android
development will also be simplified by giving you an industry
standard set of best practices. Style and approach This book will
have a dedicated practical tutorial style approach with focus on
professional & enterprise grade android app development. The
examples in each chapter will be modular and will also help you to
create a complete fully fueatured android app by the end of the
book.
Learn how to confidently install, configure, secure, and fully
utilize your ArcGIS Enterprise system. About This Book * Install
and configure the components of ArcGIS Enterprise to meet your
organization's requirements * Administer all aspects of ArcGIS
Enterprise through user interfaces and APIs * Optimize and Secure
ArcGIS Enterprise to make it run efficiently and effectively Who
This Book Is For This book will be geared toward senior GIS
analysts, GIS managers, GIS administrators, DBAs, GIS architects,
and GIS engineers that need to install, configure, and administer
ArcGIS Enterprise 10.5.1. What You Will Learn * Effectively install
and configure ArcGIS Enterprise, including the Enterprise
geodatabase, ArcGIS Server, and Portal for ArcGIS * Incorporate
different methodologies to manage and publish services * Utilize
the security methods available in ArcGIS Enterprise * Use Python
and Python libraries from Esri to automate administrative tasks *
Identify the common pitfalls and errors to get your system back up
and running quickly from an outage In Detail ArcGIS Enterprise, the
next evolution of the ArcGIS Server product line, is a
full-featured mapping and analytics platform. It includes a
powerful GIS web services server and a dedicated Web GIS
infrastructure for organizing and sharing your work. You will learn
how to first install ArcGIS Enterprise to then plan, design, and
finally publish and consume GIS services. You will install and
configure an Enterprise geodatabase and learn how to administer
ArcGIS Server, Portal, and Data Store through user interfaces, the
REST API, and Python scripts. This book starts off by explaining
how ArcGIS Enterprise 10.5.1 is different from earlier versions of
ArcGIS Server and covers the installation of all the components
required for ArcGIS Enterprise. We then move on to geodatabase
administration and content publication, where you will learn how to
use ArcGIS Server Manager to view the server logs, stop and start
services, publish services, define users and roles for security,
and perform other administrative tasks. You will also learn how to
apply security mechanisms on ArcGIS Enterprise and safely expose
services to the public in a secure manner. Finally, you'll use the
RESTful administrator API to automate server management tasks using
the Python scripting language. You'll learn all the best practices
and troubleshooting methods to streamline the management of all the
interconnected parts of ArcGIS Enterprise. Style and approach The
book takes a pragmatic approach, starting with installation &
configuration of ArcGIS Enterprise to finally building a robust GIS
web infrastructure for your organization.
Build Android N applications using modern techniques and libraries
to get your own high-quality apps published on Google Play in no
time About This Book * Get started with Android development, from
the installation of required tools to publishing to the market *
Make your applications Android N ready-Android has evolved quite a
lot since the very beginning and so has their Software Development
Kit-so get up to speed * Save time and improve the quality of your
applications with widely used open source libraries and dependency
management Who This Book Is For Want to get started with Android
development? Start here. What You Will Learn * Get to know how to
use popular open source libraries to reduce time to market and
avoid re-inventing the wheel * Automate your application's testing
phase to avoid last minute crashes * Use dependency management to
properly keep dependencies and updates under control * Efficiently
show huge amounts of items in a list * Forget about memory and
speed concerns * Publish and monetize your Android applications on
Google Play * Persist your application data so it can continue
working in offline mode * Don't let the UX break because of network
issues In Detail The mobile app market is huge. But where do you
start? And how you can deliver something that takes Google Play by
storm? This guide is the perfect route into Android app development
- while it's easy for new apps to sink without a trace, we'll give
you the best chance of success with practical and actionable
guidance that will unlock your creativity and help you put the
principles of Android development into practice. From the
fundamentals and getting your project started to publishing your
app to a huge market of potential customers, follow this guide to
become a confident, creative and reliable mobile developer. Get to
grips with new components in Android 7 such as RecyclerView, and
find out how to take advantage of automated testing, and, of
course, much, much more. What are you waiting for? There's never
been a better time - or a better way - to get into Android app
development. Style and approach More than just a manual, this is an
accessible route into Android development. Packed with examples
that demonstrate how to put key concepts and ideas into practice,
this guide isn't just about learning, it's about immediate
development.
Bring the power of functional programming to Swift to develop
clean, smart, scalable and reliable applications. About This Book *
Written for the latest version of Swift, this is a comprehensive
guide that introduces iOS, Web and macOS developers to the all-new
world of functional programming that has so far been alien to them
* Get familiar with using functional programming alongside existing
OOP techniques so you can get the best of both worlds and develop
clean, robust, and scalable code * Develop a case study on example
backend API with Swift and Vapor Framework and an iOS application
with Functional Programming, Protocol-Oriented Programming,
Functional Reactive Programming, and Object-Oriented Programming
techniques Who This Book Is For Meant for a reader who knows
object-oriented programming, has some experience with
Objective-C/Swift programming languages and wants to further
enhance his skills with functional programming techniques with
Swift 3.x. What You Will Learn * Understand what functional
programming is and why it matters * Understand custom operators,
function composition, currying, recursion, and memoization *
Explore algebraic data types, pattern matching, generics,
associated type protocols, and type erasure * Get acquainted with
higher-kinded types and higher-order functions using practical
examples * Get familiar with functional and non-functional ways to
deal with optionals * Make use of functional data structures such
as semigroup, monoid, binary search tree, linked list, stack, and
lazy list * Understand the importance of immutability, copy
constructors, and lenses * Develop a backend API with Vapor *
Create an iOS app by combining FP, OOP, FRP, and POP paradigms In
Detail Swift is a multi-paradigm programming language enabling you
to tackle different problems in various ways. Understanding each
paradigm and knowing when and how to utilize and combine them can
lead to a better code base. Functional programming (FP) is an
important paradigm that empowers us with declarative development
and makes applications more suitable for testing, as well as
performant and elegant. This book aims to simplify the FP
paradigms, making them easily understandable and usable, by showing
you how to solve many of your day-to-day development problems using
Swift FP. It starts with the basics of FP, and you will go through
all the core concepts of Swift and the building blocks of FP. You
will also go through important aspects, such as function
composition and currying, custom operator definition, monads,
functors, applicative functors,memoization, lenses, algebraic data
types, type erasure, functional data structures, functional
reactive programming (FRP), and protocol-oriented programming(POP).
You will then learn to combine those techniques to develop a fully
functional iOS application from scratch Style and approach An
easy-to-follow guide that is full of hands-on coding examples of
real-world applications. Each topic is explained sequentially and
placed in context, and for the more inquisitive, there are more
details of the concepts used. It introduces the Swift language
basics and functional programming techniques in simple,
non-mathematical vocabulary with examples in Swift.
Over 50 exciting and powerful recipes to help you unearth the
promise of iOS programming About This Book * Create high
performance iOS apps with a focus on application development APIs
and techniques * Enrich your UI skills with UIStoryboard,
Autolayout, Size classes, and Container view * Produce enhanced
results with iOS 10 as a result of learning and implementing
pro-level practices, techniques, and solutions Who This Book Is For
If you are an iOS developer on a quest to develop your perfect iOS
app, then this book is for you. It would also prove to be a
valuable resource for those who want to get up and running with iOS
development through a clear, practical approach. In order to
unleash the full potential of this book, basic Swift programming
knowledge is necessary. What You Will Learn * Build your own custom
UIViews through code or the interface builder * Implement a dynamic
and interactive interface in an iOS app * Work on various graphics
related elements and the process of using them together to make
meaningful shapes. * Use the side over and split view to interact
with multiple apps concurrently * Encrypt JSON calls to make the
app more secure * Work on web markup feature to enhance search
optimization In Detail Do you want to understand all the facets of
iOS programming and build complex iOS apps? Then you have come to
the right place. This problem-solution guide will help you to
eliminate expensive learning curves and focus on specific issues to
make you proficient at tasks and the speed-up time involved.
Beginning with some advanced UI components such as Stack Views and
UICollectionView, you will gradually move on to building an
interface efficiently. You will work through adding gesture
recognizer and touch elements on table cells for custom actions.
You will work with the Photos framework to access and manipulate
photos. You will then prepare your app for multitasking and write
responsive and highly efficient apps. Next, you will integrate maps
and core location services while making your app more secure
through various encryption methods. Finally, you will dive deep
into the advanced techniques of implementing notifications while
working with memory management and optimizing the performance of
your apps. By the end of the book, you will master most of the
latest iOS 10 frameworks. Style and approach This is the best
practical resource on iOS 10 development. This book, with its no
nonsense approach and a clear practical focus, will be your best
friend on your quest to develop your perfect iOS app. The best
thing about this book is that in addition to recipes on iOS
programming techniques and app development essentials, it will take
you on a complete guided tour of all the new app development APIs
that are shipped with iOS 10.
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.
Develop powerful cross-platform applications with Xamarin About
This Book * Write native cross-platform applications with Xamarin *
Design user interfaces that can be shared across Android, iOS, and
Windows Phone using Xamarin.Forms * Practical cross-platform
development strategies Who This Book Is For If you are a developer
with experience in C# and are just getting into mobile development,
this is the book for you. This book will give you a head start with
cross-platform development and will be the most useful to
developers who have experience with desktop applications or the
web. What You Will Learn * Apple's MVC design pattern * The Android
activity lifecycle * Share C# code across platforms and call native
Objective-C or Java libraries from C# * Create a real web service
back end in Windows Azure using SQL Azure as database storage * Set
up third-party libraries such as NuGet and Objective Sharpie in
many different ways, and port a desktop .NET library to Xamarin *
Use Xamarin.Mobile for camera, contacts, and location In Detail
Xamarin is a leading cross-platform application development tool
used by top companies such as Coca-Cola, Honeywell, and Alaska
Airlines to build apps. Version 4 features significant updates to
the platform including the release of Xamarin.Forms 2.0 and
improvements have been made to the iOS and Android designers.
Xamarin was acquired by Microsoft so it is now a part of the Visual
Studio family. This book will show you how to build applications
for iOS, Android, and Windows. You will be walked through the
process of creating an application that comes complete with a
back-end web service and native features such as GPS location,
camera, push notifications, and other core features. Additionally,
you'll learn how to use external libraries with Xamarin and
Xamarin.Forms to create user interfaces. This book also provides
instructions for Visual Studio and Windows. This edition has been
updated with new screenshots and detailed steps to provide you with
a holistic overview of the new features in Xamarin 4. Style and
approach This book offers a tutorial style approach to teach you
the skills required to develop end-to-end cross-platform solutions
with Xamarin.
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.
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.
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.
A fast-paced guide to get you up and running with Android
application development using Android Studio 2 About This Book *
Configure, build, and run Android projects with Android Studio 2 *
Test your apps using the Android emulator and learn how to manage
virtual devices * Explore how Android Studio 2 can be made a part
of your workflow to reduce the overall development time Who This
Book Is For If you are an Android developer looking to quickly take
advantage of Android Studio 2 and add it to your workflow, then
this book is for you. It is assumed that you are familiar with the
OOP paradigm and Java. You are recommended to have prior knowledge
of the main characteristics of the Android mobile system to get the
most out of this book. What You Will Learn * Install Android Studio
on your system and configure the Android Software Development Kit *
Create your first project and explore its structure * Manage a
project in Android Studio 2 with Gradle * Improve your productivity
while programming by getting the best of the code editor * Design
the user interface using layouts and see how to handle various user
events * Integrate Google Play services into your project
efficiently * Monitor your app while it's running and constantly
improve its performance In Detail Android Studio 2, the official
IDE for Android application development, dramatically improves your
workflow by letting you quickly see changes running on your device
or emulator. It gives developers a unique platform by making app
builds and deployment faster. This book will get you up and running
with all the essential features of Android Studio 2 to optimize
your development workflow. Starting off with the basic installation
and configuration of Android Studio 2, this book will help you
build a new project by showing you how to create a custom launcher
icon and guiding you to choose your project. You will then gain an
insight into the additional tools provided in Android Studio,
namely the Software Development Kit (SDK) Manager, Android Virtual
Device (AVD) Manager, and Javadoc. You'll also see how to integrate
Google Play Services in an Android project. Finally, you'll become
familiar with the Help section in Android Studio, which will enable
you to search for support you might require in different scenarios.
Style and approach A comprehensive and practical guide that will
give you the essential skills required to develop Android
applications quickly using Android Studio. With the help of a
real-world project, this book will show how to make Android Studio
a part of your development process and optimize it.
Master the skills required to steer cross-platform applications
from drawing board to app store(s) using Xamarin About This Book *
Develop your Xamarin development skills with this comprehensive
guide on various patterns and features so you can create elegant
and high-quality applications * Create adaptive user interfaces on
separate platforms without compromising the user experience and
platform identity * Implement application lifecycle management
concepts to manage and finalize cross-platform projects and
efficiently collaborate with others Who This Book Is For This book
is ideal for those who want to take their entry-level Xamarin
mobile development skills to the next level to become the go-to
person within their organization. To fully understand the patterns
and concepts described, you should possess a reasonable level of
knowledge about the core elements of Xamarin and cross-platform
application development with it. What You Will Learn * Configure
your environment for cross-platform projects with Xamarin * Gain
memory management skills to avoid memory leaks and premature code
cycles while decreasing the memory print of your applications *
Employ asynchronous and parallel patterns to execute
non-interactive and non-blocking processes * Create and use SQLite
databases for offline scenarios * Integrate network resources with
cross-platform applications * Design and implement eye-catching and
reusable UI components without compromising nativity in mobile
applications * Manage the application lifecycle of cross-platform
development projects * Distribute Xamarin applications through
public or private channels In Detail The main goal of this book is
to equip you with the required know-how to successfully analyze,
develop, and manage Xamarin cross-platform projects using the most
efficient, robust, and scalable implementation patterns. This book
starts with general topics such as memory management, asynchronous
programming, local storage, and networking, and later moves onto
platform-specific features. During this transition, you will learn
about key tools to leverage the patterns described, as well as
advanced implementation strategies and features. The book also
presents User Interface design and implementation concepts on
Android and iOS platforms from a Xamarin and cross-platform
perspective, with the goal to create a consistent but native UI
experience. Finally, we show you the toolset for application
lifecycle management to help you prepare the development pipeline
to manage and see cross-platform projects through to public or
private release. Style and approach This is a comprehensive guide
on various Xamarin features and patterns. Each topic is explained
and demonstrated with code samples, which are revised in each
section in an iterative manner and analyzed with available
diagnostic tools to demonstrate the benefits of different patterns.
Create robust and extensible iOS apps using the advanced features
of Swift 2 About This Book * Get up to speed with the new features
of Swift 2 by following the exhaustive examples in this book *
Specialize in developing real iOS apps, and 2D and 3D videogames
using Swift and Cocoapods * Learn how to build server API apps to
feed your iOS client apps Who This Book Is For This book is ideal
for those who want to learn to develop app in Swift, starting the
right way. Whether you are an expert Objective-C programmer or are
new to this platform, you'll quickly grasp the code of real world
apps, and discover how to use Swift effectively. Prior experience
in development for Apple devices would be helpful, but is not
mandatory. What You Will Learn * Create a server in Swift to
deliver JSON data to an iOS app * Take advantage of Cocoapods to
use third-party libraries * Use a clean and effective architecture
to decrease complexity and speed up development * Take advantage of
the most useful parts of the iOS SDK * Build games with SpriteKit
and SceneKit * Develop an app running on the cloud to act as an API
server for your client's apps In Detail Swift is no longer the
unripe language it was when launched by Apple at WWDC14, now it's a
powerful and ready-for-production programming language that has
empowered most new released apps. Swift is a user-friendly language
with a smooth learning curve; it is safe, robust, and really
flexible. Swift 2 is more powerful than ever; it introduces new
ways to solve old problems, more robust error handling, and a new
programming paradigm that favours composition over inheritance.
Swift 2 by Example is a fast-paced, practical guide to help you
learn how to develop iOS apps using Swift. Through the development
of seven different iOS apps and one server app, you'll find out how
to use either the right feature of the language or the right tool
to solve a given problem. We begin by introducing you to the latest
features of Swift 2, further kick-starting your app development
journey by building a guessing game app, followed by a memory game.
It doesn't end there, with a few more apps in store for you: a
to-do list, a beautiful weather app, two games: Flappy Swift and
Cube Runner, and finally an ecommerce app to top everything off. By
the end of the book, you'll be able to build well-designed apps,
effectively use AutoLayout, develop videogames, and build server
apps. Style and approach These easy-to-follow tutorials show you
how to build real-world apps. The difficulty and complexity level
increases chapter by chapter. Each chapter is dedicated to build a
new app, beginning from a basic and unstyled app through to a full
3D game. The last two chapters show you how to build a complete
client-server ecommerce app right from scratch.
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