Android-Based Game Development

Farrah Farooq

ISBN 10: 3846512672 / ISBN 13: 9783846512678

Published by LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing Sep 2011, 2011

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This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -Android is a brand new open source mobile Operating System (OS) that combines and builds upon parts of many different open source projects. This OS was erected by Google for mobile devices built on the Linux kernel platform by the Open Handset Alliance (OHA) in November, 2007. This book is appropriate for the developers starting out new Android project, as well as for professional programmers. The aim of this book is to enhance research and development in the field of Android mobile technology. With the help of UML diagrams and code examples, we explain how to design and develop a highly interactive, user friendly, customizable, and challenging 'Maze Game'. The didactic description of Android along with key web references helps the reader to get an insight into the Android architecture, and customization of its important libraries in order to build an application or a game. We have developed Maze Game using the following Android tools: Software Development Kit (SDK), Eclipse, TILED, AND Engine. The Maze Game was developed in the Open Source Technology Development Lab (OSTDL), Punjab University College of Information Technology (PUCIT), University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan.VDM Verlag, Dudweiler Landstraße 99, 66123 Saarbrücken 112 pp. Englisch.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Android-Based Game Development
• Publisher: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing Sep 2011
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3846512672
• ISBN 13: 9783846512678
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 220W x 150H x 8D millimeters 220 millimeters width by 150 millimeters height by 8 millimeters depth
• Weight: 185 grams

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Synopsis

Android is a brand new open source mobile Operating System (OS) that combines and builds upon parts of many different open source projects. This OS was erected by Google for mobile devices built on the Linux kernel platform by the Open Handset Alliance (OHA) in November, 2007. This book is appropriate for the developers starting out new Android project, as well as for professional programmers. The aim of this book is to enhance research and development in the field of Android mobile technology. With the help of UML diagrams and code examples, we explain how to design and develop a highly interactive, user friendly, customizable, and challenging "Maze Game". The didactic description of Android along with key web references helps the reader to get an insight into the Android architecture, and customization of its important libraries in order to build an application or a game. We have developed Maze Game using the following Android tools: Software Development Kit (SDK), Eclipse, TILED, AND Engine. The Maze Game was developed in the Open Source Technology Development Lab (OSTDL), Punjab University College of Information Technology (PUCIT), University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan.

About the Author

Farrah Farooq: BS & MPhil Computer Science (CS), Lecturer & Research Officer, PUCIT; Rumman Khalid: BS Information Technology (IT), Software Engineer, Techlogix; M.Usman Butt: BS CS, Software Engineer, GameViewStudios (GVS); Muhammad Fazil Qureshi: BS IT, Software Engineer, Confiz Solutions; Adnan Ramzan, BS IT, Software Engineer, Systems Ltd.