The Android Developer's Cookbook: Building Applications with the Android SDK (Developer's Library)

Want to get started building applications for Android, the world€s hottest, fast-growing mobile platform? Already building Android applications and want to get better at it? This book brings together all the expert guidance€“and code€“you€ll need!

 

Completely up-to-date to reflect the newest and most widely used Android SDKs, The Android Developer€s Cookbook is the essential resource for developers building apps for any Android device, from phones to tablets.

 

Proven, modular recipes take you from the absolute basics to advanced location-based services, security techniques, and performance optimization. You€ll learn how to write apps from scratch, ensure interoperability, choose the best solutions for common problems, and avoid development pitfalls. Coverage includes:

• Implementing threads, services, receivers, and other background tasks
• Providing user alerts
• Organizing user interface layouts and views
• Managing user-initiated events such as touches and gestures
• Recording and playing audio and video
• Using hardware APIs available on Android devices
• Interacting with other devices via SMS, web browsing, and social networking
• Storing data efficiently with SQLite and its alternatives
• Accessing location data via GPS
• Using location-related services such as the Google Maps API
• Building faster applications with native code
• Providing backup and restore with the Android Backup Manager
• Testing and debugging apps throughout the development cycle

 

Turn to The Android Developer€s Cookbook for proven, expert answers€“and the code you need to implement them. It€s all you need to jumpstart any Android project, and create high-value, feature-rich apps that sell!