Satya Komatineni, Dave MacLean

Pro Android 4

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Pro Android 4 shows you how to build real-world and fun mobile apps using the new Android SDK 4 (Ice Cream Sandwich), which unifies Gingerbread for smartphones, Honeycomb for tablets and augments further with Google TV and more.

This Android 4 book updates the best selling Pro Android 3 and covers everything from the fundamentals of building apps for embedded devices, smartphones, and tablets to advanced concepts such as custom 3D components, multi-tasking, sensors/augmented reality, better accessories support and much more.
- Using the tutorials and expert advice, you'll quickly be able to build cool mobile apps and run them on dozens of Android-based smartphones.
- You'll explore and use the Android APIs, including those for media and sensors.
- And you'll check out what's new with Android 4, including the improved user interface across all Android platforms, integration with services, and more.

After reading this definitive tutorial and reference, you gain the knowledge and experience to create stunning, cutting-edge Android 4 apps that can make you money, while keeping you agile enough to respond to changes in the future.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Apress / Springer, Berlin
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-1-4302-3930-7
• 1st ed.
• Seitenzahl: 1020
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Februar 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 239mm x 195mm x 63mm
• Gewicht: 1858g
• ISBN-13: 9781430239307
• ISBN-10: 1430239301
• Artikelnr.: 35001535

Autorenporträt

Satya Komatineni has been programming for more than 20 years in the IT and Web space. He has had the opportunity to work with Assembly, C, C++, Rexx, Java, C#, Lisp, HTML, JavaScript, CSS, SVG, relational databases, object databases and related technologies. He has published more than 30 articles touching many of these areas, both in print and online. He has been a frequent speaker at O'Reilly Open Source Conference, speaking on innovations around Java and Web. Satya has done a considerable amount of original work in creating Aspire, a comprehensive open-source Java-based web framework, and has explored personal web productivity and collaboration tools through his open-source work for KnowledgeFolders.com. Satya holds a master's degree in electrical engineering from Indian Institute of Technology and a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from Andhra University, India. You can find his website at SatyaKomatineni.com.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introducing the Android Computing Platform
2. Setting up Your Development Environment
3. Understanding Resources
4. Understanding Content Providers
5. Understanding Intents
6. Building User Interfaces and Using Controls
7. Adding Menus
8. Fragments
9. Dialogs: Regular and Fragment
10. Action Bar 
11. Advanced Debugging and Analysis
12. Responding to Configuration Changes
13. Working with Preferences and Saving State
14. Security and Permissions
15. Working with Services
16. Exploring Packages, Processes, and Library Projects
17. Exploring Processes, Components, Threads, and Handlers
18. Advanced Async Task
19. Exploring Broadcast Receivers and Long Running Services
20. Exploring the Alarm Manager
21. Unveiling 2D Animation
22. Exploring Maps and Location Services
23. Using the Telephony APIs
24. Understanding the Media Frameworks  
25. Home Screen Widgets
26. Home Screen List Widgets
27. Android Search User Experience
28. Drag and Drop
29. Using Sensors
30. Understanding the Contacts API
31. Deploying your Application: Android Market and Beyond