Practical Android Projects (Paperback, 1st ed.)

Take a practical approach to becoming a leading-edge Android developer, learning by example while combining the many technologies needed to create a successful, up-to-date web app. Practical Android Projects introduces the Android SDK and development tools of the trade, and then dives into building cool-looking and fun apps that put Android's amazing capabilities to work. Android is the powerful, full-featured, open source mobile platform that powers phones like Google Nexus, Motorola Droid, Samsung Galaxy S, and a variety of HTC phones and tablet computers. This book helps you quickly get Android projects up and running with the free and open source Eclipse, NetBeans, and IntelliJ IDEA IDEs. Then you build and extend mobile applications using the Android SDK, Java, Scripting Layer for Android, and languages such as Python, Ruby, Javascript/HTML, Flex/AIR, and Lua.What you ll learn In Practical Android Projects you ll work on real-world projects such as: * Hosting an Android BASIC interpreter * Extending your Java-based Android applications with embedded LUA * Scripting your Android device with SL4A * Adding Twitter and Facebook to your applications * Using 2D graphics and animations for casual games * Creating cross-platform apps with Javascript/HTML and Flex with AIR Who this book is for Practical Android Projects is for any developer new to the Android platform who wants to learn to build mobile applications. Knowledge of the fundamentals of Java programming is assumed.

General

Imprint:	Apress
Country of origin:	Germany
Release date:	February 2011
First published:	2011
Authors:	Pieter Greyling • Lucas Jordan
Dimensions:	235 x 191 x 21mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	404
Edition:	1st ed.
ISBN-13:	978-1-4302-3243-8
Categories:	Books > Computing & IT > Computer hardware & operating systems > Handheld devices (eg Palm, PocketPC) Books > Computing & IT > Computer programming > General Promotions
LSN:	1-4302-3243-9
Barcode:	9781430232438

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