Unlocking Android - Softcover

Ableson, Frank; Collins, Charlie; Sen, Robi

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1933988673 ISBN 13: 9781933988672

Publisher: Manning, 2009

Synopsis

Android is a free, open source, Java-based mobile platform developed by Google. Unlocking Android prepares the reader to embrace the Android mobile platform in easy-to-understand language and builds on this foundation withr eusable Java code examples. It's ideal for corporate developers and hobbyists who have an interest, or a mandate, to deliver mobile software.

The book first covers the big picture so the reader can get comfortable with the Android approach to mobile applications. Then the reader learns to apply Android by following the many practical examples. The book concludes witht wo deep and hands-on examples.

Unlocking Android addresses the Android application framework, its graphical capabilities and media support, data storage, communications capabilities, phone interactions, and notifications.

Unlocking Android covers Android SDK 1.x

Purchase of the print book comes with an offer of a free PDF, ePub, and Kindle eBook from Manning. Also available is all code from the book.

About this title

About the Authors

Frank Ableson is active in the mobile software marketplace, working with leading mobile companies including Handango, Airtime Management, and UnwiredTools.

Charlie Collins is a JEE developer with over 10 years of experience. Charlie is currently a contributor to the Android-Maven project, the GWT-Maven project, the Gwittir GWT framework, and the FeedPod text-to-speech podcasting system.

Robi Sen is a Managing Partner at Twin Technologies LLC, where he spends most of his time helping deliver next-generation Rich Internet Applications to Twin Technologies customers.

Edition details

• Publisher: Manning
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1933988673
• ISBN 13: 9781933988672
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 416