Android Application Development Cookbook 93 Recipes for Building Winning Apps

A must-have collection of ready-to-use Android recipes!

The popularity of Google Android devices is seemingly unstoppable and the Android 4 release offers, for the first time, a single OS solution for building both phone and tablet applications. With that exciting information in mind, veteran author Wei-Meng Lee presents you with 100 unique recipes that you can apply today in order to discover solutions to some of the most commonly encountered problems that exist in Android programming.

Covering the scope of multiple Android releases up through Android 4, this reference features a task description, followed by the solution(s) available, and a standalone project file that illustrates the use of the recipe. Formatting each recipe to be standalone, Wei-Meng Lee allows you to jump into the relevant recipe to find a solution to specific challenges.
* Identifies and describes a programming task, provides a step-by-step solution, and presents a full-code solution ready for download
* Covers multiple Android releases
* Addresses such topics as user interfaces, telephony and messaging, networking, Google maps, location-based services, persisting data, leveraging hardware features, and more

Android Application Development Cookbook is your solution to discovering...solutions!

Android Application Development Cookbook is a collection of recipes that allow an Android developer to quickly dive in and discover the solutions to some of the most commonly encountered problems in Android programming. The Android Application Development Cookbook is intended to be a reference manual that would be heavily referenced by Android developers. Each recipe contains a task description, followed by the solution(s) available as well as a standalone project file illustrating the use of the recipe. Each recipe is standalone so that readers can directly jump into the relevant recipe and find the solutions to his problem. Each recipe identifies and describes the programming task, provides a step-by-step solution, provides full code solution ready for download, and covers multiple Android releases. Topics covered include: User interfaces Telephony and messaging. Networking Google maps Location-based services Persisting data Leveraging hardware features, including sensors. Deploying the app

A must-have collection of ready-to-use Android recipes! The popularity of Google Android devices is seemingly unstoppable and the Android 4 release offers, for the first time, a single OS solution for building both phone and tablet applications. With that exciting information in mind, veteran author Wei-Meng Lee presents you with 100 unique recipes that you can apply today in order to discover solutions to some of the most commonly encountered problems that exist in Android programming. Covering the scope of multiple Android releases up through Android 4, this reference features a task description, followed by the solution(s) available, and a standalone project file that illustrates the use of the recipe. Formatting each recipe to be standalone, Wei-Meng Lee allows you to jump into the relevant recipe to find a solution to specific challenges. Identifies and describes a programming task, provides a step-by-step solution, and presents a full-code solution ready for download Covers multiple Android releases Addresses such topics as user interfaces, telephony and messaging, networking, Google maps, location-based services, persisting data, leveraging hardware features, and more Android Application Development Cookbook is your solution to discovering...solutions!