Professional Android Sensor Programming - Softcover

Milette, Greg; Stroud, Adam

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1118183487 ISBN 13: 9781118183489

Publisher: Wrox, 2012

Synopsis

Learn to build human-interactive Android apps, starting withdevice sensors

This book shows Android developers how to exploit the rich setof device sensors—locational, physical (temperature,pressure, light, acceleration, etc.), cameras, microphones, andspeech recognition—in order to build fully human-interactiveAndroid applications. Whether providing hands-free directions orchecking your blood pressure, Professional Android SensorProgramming shows how to turn possibility into reality.

The authors provide techniques that bridge the gap betweenaccessing sensors and putting them to meaningful use in real-worldsituations. They not only show you how to use the sensor relatedAPIs effectively, they also describe how to use supporting AndroidOS components to build complete systems. Along the way, theyprovide solutions to problems that commonly occur when usingAndroid's sensors, with tested, real-world examples. Ultimately,this invaluable resource provides in-depth, runnable code examplesthat you can then adapt for your own applications.

• Shows experienced Android developers how to exploit the richset of Android smartphone sensors to build human-interactiveAndroid apps
• Explores Android locational and physical sensors (includingtemperature, pressure, light, acceleration, etc.), as well ascameras, microphones, and speech recognition
• Helps programmers use the Android sensor APIs, use Android OScomponents to build complete systems, and solve commonproblems
• Includes detailed, functional code that you can adapt and usefor your own applications
• Shows you how to successfully implement real-world solutionsusing each class of sensors for determining location, interpretingphysical sensors, handling images and audio, and recognizing andacting on speech

Learn how to write programs for this fascinating aspect ofmobile app development with Professional Android SensorProgramming.

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From the Back Cover

Exploit the rich set of Android sensors to build fully aware apps

If you want to create truly amazing apps for Android, you must know how to take advantage of all of its capabilities. This book helps you achieve this by arming you with the knowledge and code you need to put Android's sensors to good use. From determining the smartphone's location and interpreting physical sensors to handling images, audio, and recognizing speech, you'll learn how to effectively apply the sensor- related APIs. With this information, you'll not only save time during the development process but you'll also be able to build fully featured apps that integrate new levels of interaction and automation.

Professional Android Sensor Programming:

• Shows various ways to implement location tracking and proximity alerts

• Uncovers the physics behind the physical sensors available in the SensorManager API so you can know how to apply them appropriately

• Shows algorithm code to interpret noisy sensor data and detect changes

• Demonstrates how to measure device properties like orientation and movement, as well as environmental properties like relative altitude

• Explores using Android Open Accessory (AOA) to access external sensors

• Describes Near Field Communication (NFC) technology and its APIs

• Provides image and signal processing code to detect patterns captured by the camera and microphone

• Exposes all components required to create reliable, user-friendly, speech-enabled apps using Android Speech Recognition and Text-to-Speech APIs

Wrox Professional guides are written by working developers to address everyday needs. They provide examples, practical solutions, and expert education in new technologies, all designed to help programmers do a better job.

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About the Author

Greg Milette is a professional Android developer and founder of Gradison Technologies, an app development company. He enjoys building practical apps like Digital Recipe Sidekick and contributing to StackOverflow.

Adam Stroud is the lead developer for the Android version of RunKeeper. He is a self-proclaimed "phandroid" and is an active participant in the Android virtual community on StackOverflow and Android Google groups.

Edition details

• Publisher: Wrox
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1118183487
• ISBN 13: 9781118183489
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 552