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Darcey, Lauren, 1977-

Sams teach yourself Android application development in 24 hours / Lauren Darcey, Shane Conder. - Indianapolis, Ind. : Sams Pub., c2010. - xvi, 458 p. : col. ill. ; 24 cm. - Sams teach yourself . - Sams teach yourself in 24 hours series. .

Includes index.

Hour 1: Getting started with Android -- Hour 2: Mastering the Android development tools -- Hour 3: Building Android applications -- Hour 4: Managing application resources -- Hour 5: Configuring the Android manifest file -- Hour 6: Designing an application framework -- Hour 7: Implementing an animated splash screen -- Hour 8: Implementing the main menu screen -- Hour 9: Developing the help and scores screens -- Hour 10: Building forms to collect user input -- Hour 11: Using dialogs to collect user input -- Hour 12: Adding application logic -- Hour 13: Working with images and the camera -- Hour 14: Adding support for location-based services -- Hour 15: Adding network support -- Hour 16: Adding more network support -- Hour 17: Adding social features -- Hour 18: Creating a home screen app widget -- Hour 19: Internationalizing your application -- Hour 20: Developing for different devices -- Hour 21: Diving deeper into Android -- Hour 22: Testing Android applications -- Hour 23: Getting ready to publish -- Hour 24: Publishing on the Android market -- Appendix A: Configuring your Android development environment -- Appendix B: Eclipse IDE tips and tricks -- Appendix C: Supplementary materials.

Authors Lauren Darcey and Shane Conder offer software developers step-by-step instruction on how to create and distribute their first marketable, professional Android applications. Each chapter contains Quizzes, Q&A and Exercises to help readers assess their skills. This book is the first step to getting started as a professional Android application developer. - Publisher.

9780321673350 (pbk.) 0321673352 (pbk.)

2010011663

GBB045625 bnb

015521798 Uk


Android (Electronic resource)


Application software--Development.
Mobile computing.

QA76.76.A65 / D26 2010

005.1 / DAR 2010