The Android Quick APIs Reference is a condensed code and APIs reference for the new Google Android 5.0 SDK. It presents the essential Android APIs in a well-organized format that can be used as a handy reference. You won't find any technical jargon, bloated samples, drawn out history lessons, or witty stories in this book. What you will find is a software development kit and APIs reference that is concise, to the point and highly accessible. The book is packed with useful information and is a must-have for any mobile or Android app developer or programmer. In the Android Quick APIs Reference, you will find a concise reference to the Android SDK and its APIs using the official Android Studio IDE. This reference is small and handy and ideal for taking with you to your appointments with your clients.

Android Best Practices by Godfrey Nolan shows you how to make your Android apps stand out from the crowd with great reviews. Why settle for just making any Android app? Build a brilliant Android app instead that lets your users praise it for ease of use, better performance, and more. Using a series of example apps which gradually evolve throughout this book, Android Best Practices brings together current Android best practices from user interface (UI)/user experience (UX) design, test-driven development (TDD), and design patterns (e.g., MVC) to help you take your app to the next level. In this book you'll learn how to: * Use Android design patterns for consistent UI experience on many devices * Use agile techniques such as test-driven development, behavior-driven development, and continuous integration * Improve the speed and overall performance of your app * Organize an Android app using design patterns such as MVC/MVP * Create and consume REST and SOAP web services Designing and developing an app that runs well on many if not all the leading Android smartphones and tablets today can be one of the most daunting challenges for Android developers. Well, this book takes much of the mystery out of that for you. After reading and using Android Best Practices, you'll become a much better Android app designer and developer, which in turn can make your apps better placed and more successful in the market place.

Eclipse is the most adopted integrated development environment (IDE) for Java programmers. And, now, Eclipse seems to be the preferred IDE for Android apps developers. Android Apps with Eclipse provides a detailed overview of Eclipse, including steps and the screenshots to help Android developers to quickly get up to speed on Eclipse and to streamline their day-to-day software development. This book includes the following: * Overview of Eclipse fundamentals for both Java and C/C++ Development. * Using Eclipse Android Development Toolkit (ADT) to develop, debug, and troubleshoot Android applications. * Using Eclipse C/C++ Development Toolkit (CDT) in conjunction with Android Native Development Kit (NDK) to integrate, develop and troubleshoot native Android components through Eclipse.What you'll learn * How to use the most popular Java IDE for Android apps development * How to install and configure Eclipse for Android development * How to build an Android media player app using the Eclipse IDE * How to leverage Eclipse with the Android Native Development Kit for C/C++ needs * How to leverage Eclipse for scripting using Android's SL4A (Scripting Layer for Android) * How to do continuous integration in Eclipse, including source code controls, scripting builds with Ant and more Who this book is for This book is for both beginner and intermediate developers who would like to quickly come up to speed on Android development using the Eclipse IDE.

Android is one of the major players in the mobile phone market. Android is a mobile platform that is built on the top of Linux operating system. The native-code support on Android offers endless opportunities to application developers, not limited the functionality that is provided by Android framework. Pro Android C++ with the NDK Native Development Kit) is an advanced tutorial and professional reference for today's more sophisticated app developers now porting, developing or employing C++ and other native code to integrate into the Android platform to run more graphically intense apps, more sophisticated game apps and better performing apps in general. * Introduces the Android platform, and getting up to speed with the Android NDK, and exploring the APIs that are provided in native space. * Gives an overview of Java Native Interface (JNI), native multithreading, the C++ Standard Template Library (STL), and NEON/SIMD optimization from an advanced perspective, with tips and recommendations.* Using a native-code (C/C++) game app case study, this book explores tools for troubleshooting, debugging, analyzing memory issues, unit testing, unit test code coverage, performance measurement, on native applications, as well as integrating the Android NDK toolchain into existing Autoconf, Makefile, CMake, or JAM based build systems. What you'll learn * What is the Android platform, and getting up to speed with the Android NDK * What are the Android NDK APIs including Native Activity support, OpenGL ES, OpenSL ES, OpenMAX AL, JNI Graphics, and Sensor APIs. * How to use Java Native Interface (JNI), Simplified Wrapper and Interface Generator (SWIG) to automatically generate the JNI code to connect native-code to the Java world.* What are and how to use C++ and the Standard Template Library (STL) * How to do multithreading through POSIX Threads How to optimize code through NEON/SIMD, compiler vectorization, and intrinsics * How to debug through GDB, DDD, and the Eclipse Debugger How to analyze memory through Valgrind, Electric Fence, Memwatch, YAMC * How to measure App performance through GProf * How to do unit testing and code coverage through GCov * How to use and integrate the Android NDK toolchain into existing build systems such as Autoconf, Makefiles, CMake, and JAM Who this book is for This book is for software professionals who are interested in leveraging the Android NDK to port their existing native-code app, such as C++, to the Android platform, as well as existing Android developers who are interested in improving their apps overall performance by utilizing native-code.