Instant Android Fragmentation Management How-to

A complete hands-on guide to solving the biggest problem facing Android application developers today

Overview

• Learn something new in an Instant! A short, fast, focused guide delivering immediate results.
• Learn how to write apps that work on any Android version.
• Ready to use code to solve any compatibility issue.
• Get hands-on with the biggest issue that faces Android developers

In Detail

There are currently 7 different versions of operating systems for Android. A growing issue is fragmentation. With the number of Android users and the variety of versions available, Android fragmentation is a huge problem. This little book is the solution.

Instant Android Fragmentation Management How-to is a step-by-step guide to writing applications that can run on all devices starting from Android 1.6. With simple solutions for complex problems, this book will walk you through the biggest issues facing Android developers today.

This book will take you through the newest features in the latest version of Android, and shows you how to utilize them in the older versions using the compatibility library. This practical guide allows you to focus on creating the best application possible without worrying about compatibility.

All the heavy lifting is done for you. Using user interface, adapting your application will work perfectly on any Android operating system. Asynchronous data management will also allow your applications to run smoothly on any device.

Everything you need to run your app on any version of Android is right here.

What you will learn from this book

• Make applications that recognize what version they are running on
• Create version specific themes for your applications that look native on any device
• Build applications that work smoothly on any Android version
• Use core classes for thread management
• Import external libraries using Eclipse to make developing applications easier

Approach

Filled with practical, step-by-step instructions and clear explanations for the most important and useful tasks. Get the job done and learn as you go. Written in the easy to understand Packt How-to format, this book offers the solution to the big issues in Android application development.

Who this book is written for

If you want the best possible reviews for your apps, regardless of device or Android operating system, then this book is for you.

Gianluca Pacchiella

Gianluca Pacchiella is an Italian developer living in Turin. He has a Master's degree in Physics and a PhD in Mathematics. He started programming in 2000 with some weird web languages (PHP, MySQL, HTML4, and CSS), but soon he was fascinated by real programming on the UNIX systems, and fell in love with C language (and a little bit of assembly).

Some years later, Gianluca bought an Android phone and started to learn everything about it and about embedded systems. Meanwhile, he continued to improve his skills with the web application, using the Python language and the Django framework together with the Nginx web server and the PostgreSQL database.

In his spare time, he tries to learn security concepts and cryptography applied to his projects.