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The fast-growing popularity of Android smartphones and tablets
creates a huge opportunities for developers. If you're an experienced
developer, you can start creating robust mobile Android apps right away
with this professional guide to Android 4 application development.
Written by one of Google's lead Android developer advocates, this
practical book walks you through a series of hands-on projects that
illustrate the features of the Android SDK. That includes all the new
APIs introduced in Android 3 and 4, including building for tablets,
using the Action Bar, Wi-Fi Direct, NFC Beam, and more.
- Shows experienced developers how to create mobile applications for Android smartphones and tablets
- Revised and expanded to cover all the Android SDK releases including Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich), including all updated APIs, and the latest changes to the Android platform.
- Explains new and enhanced features such as drag and drop, fragments, the action bar, enhanced multitouch support, new environmental sensor support, major improvements to the animation framework, and a range of new communications techniques including NFC and Wi-Fi direct.
- Provides practical guidance on publishing and marketing your applications, best practices for user experience, and more
This
book helps you learn to master the design, lifecycle, and UI of an
Android app through practical exercises, which you can then use as a
basis for developing your own Android apps.
