Learning Android : Develop Mobile Apps Using Java and Eclipse

Gargenta, Marko; Nakamura, Masumi

ISBN 10: 1449319238 / ISBN 13: 9781449319236

Edité par O'Reilly Media, 2014

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Titre : Learning Android : Develop Mobile Apps Using...

Éditeur : O'Reilly Media

Date d'édition : 2014

Reliure : Couverture souple

Etat : New

Edition : 2ème Édition

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Synopsis :

Want to build apps for Android devices? This book is the perfect way to master the fundamentals. Written by experts who have taught this mobile platform to hundreds of developers in large organizations and startups alike, this gentle introduction shows experienced object-oriented programmers how to use Android's basic building blocks to create user interfaces, store data, connect to the network, and more.

Throughout the book, you'll build a Twitter-like application, adding new features with each chapter. You'll also create your own toolbox of code patterns to help you program any type of Android application with ease.

• Become familiar with the Android platform and how it fits into the mobile ecosystem
• Dive into the Android stack, including its application framework and the APK application package
• Learn Android's building blocks: Activities, Intents, Services, Content Providers, and Broadcast Receivers
• Create basic Android user interfaces and organize UI elements in Views and Layouts
• Build a service that uses a background process to update data in your application

À propos des auteurs:

Marko is the director of Twitter University, where he manages the training of Twitter Engineers in Android and other open source technologies. Previously he was cofounder of Marakana (acquired by Twitter), a firm that trained thousands of Android developers at Intel, Cisco, Qualcomm, Motorola, the Department of Defense, and other institutions. Marko is also the creator of Android Bootcamp course and cofounder of San Francisco Android Users' Group.

Masumi Nakamura, VP of Engineering at Placester, Inc, has spent over 15 years in software doing everything from mobile development, scaling large backend systems, to running a Data Science team over at Paypal, inc. He also spends a lot of his time advising and working closely with a variety of startup companies.