Android Programming: Pushing the Limits - Softcover

Hellman, Erik

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1118717376 ISBN 13: 9781118717370

Publisher: Wiley, 2013

Synopsis

Turn your Android app from good to great using this innovative book!

As the world's most popular mobile platform, Google's Android is constantly improving and this latest version is the fastest and smoothest yet. However, despite Android's popularity, few books exist offering the details that Android developers want to know in order to write innovative applications... until now. Pushing the limits of typical Android programming, this ingenious book shows you how to maximise the potential of the Android market. In no time, you'll be writing unique Android applications using these tips, tricks, and techniques!

• Takes you beyond the standard widgets and shows you how to make them your own custom designs.

• Looks at advanced XML layout, custom views, working offline, background processing, data binding and more.

• Shares invaluable advice for debugging, testing, and deploying.

• Encourages you to push the boundaries of the Android SDK with the featured tips, tricks, and techniques.

Android Programming: Pushing the Limits shows you how to unleash the power of Android today!

About this title

About the Author

Erik Hellman is currently working as a senior mobile consultant at Factor10. He previously worked as research engineer and lead software architect at Sony Mobile where he specializes in mobile apps, web technologies, cloud & enterprise services and 3D graphics. Erik is a regular speaker at DroidCon, JFokus, JavaOne and other major developer conferences.

From the Back Cover

Unleash the power of the Android OS and build the kinds of brilliant, innovative apps users love to use

If you already know your way around the Android OS and can build a simple Android app in under an hour, this book is for you. If you’re itching to see just how far you can push it and discover what Android is really capable of, it’s for you. And if you’re ready to learn how to build advanced, intuitive, innovative apps that are a blast to use, this book is definitely for you.

From custom views and advanced multi-touch gestures, to integrating online web services and exploiting the latest geofencing and activity recognition features, ace Android developer, Erik Hellman, delivers expert tips, tricks and little-known techniques for pushing the Android envelope so you can:

Optimize your components for the smoothest user experience possible

• Optimize your components for the smoothest user experience possible
• Create your own custom Views
• Push the boundaries of the Android SDK
• Master Android Studio and Gradle
• Make optimal use of the Android audio, video and graphics APIs
• Program in Text-To-Speech and Speech Recognition
• Make the most of the new Android maps and location API
• Use Android connectivity technologies to communicate with remote devices
• Perform background processing
• Use Android cryptography APIs
• Find and safely use hidden Android APIs
• Cloud-enable your applications with Google Play Services
• Distribute and sell your applications on Google Play Store

Learn how to unleash the power of Android and transform your apps from good to great in Android Programming: Pushing the Limits.

If you already know your way around the Android OS and can build a simple Android app in under an hour, this book is for you. If you’re itching to see just how far you can push it and discover what Android is really capable of, it’s for you. And if you’re ready to learn how to build advanced, intuitive, innovative apps that are a blast to use, this book is definitely for you.

From custom views and advanced multi-touch gestures, to integrating online web services and exploiting the latest geofencing and activity recognition features, ace Android developer, Erik Hellman, delivers expert tips, tricks and little-known techniques for pushing the Android envelope so you can:

Optimize your components for the smoothest user experience possible

• Optimize your components for the smoothest user experience possible
• Create your own custom Views
• Push the boundaries of the Android SDK
• Master Android Studio and Gradle
• Make optimal use of the Android audio, video and graphics APIs
• Program in Text-To-Speech and Speech Recognition
• Make the most of the new Android maps and location API
• Use Android connectivity technologies to communicate with remote devices
• Perform background processing
• Use Android cryptography APIs
• Find and safely use hidden Android APIs
• Cloud-enable your applications with Google Play Services
• Distribute and sell your applications on Google Play Store

Learn how to unleash the power of Android and transform your apps from good to great in Android Programming: Pushing the Limits.

Edition details

• Publisher: Wiley
• Publication date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1118717376
• ISBN 13: 9781118717370
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 432