Android Wireless Application Development 2nd Edition

Android Wireless Application Development  Second Edition

 

Lauren Darcey

Shane Conder

 

The start-to-finish guide to Android application development: massively updated for the newest SDKs and developer techniques!

 

This book delivers all the up-to-date information, tested code, and best practices you need to create and market successful mobile apps with the latest versions of Android. Drawing on their extensive experience with mobile and wireless development, Lauren Darcey and Shane Conder cover every step: concept, design, coding, testing, packaging, and delivery. The authors introduce the Android platform, explain the principles of effective Android application design, and present todays best practices for crafting effective user interfaces. Next, they offer detailed coverage of each key Android API, including data storage, networking, telephony, location-based services, multimedia, 3D graphics, and hardware.

 

Every chapter of this edition has been updated for the newest Android SDKs, tools, utilities, and hardware. All sample code has been overhauled and tested on leading devices from multiple companies, including HTC, Motorola, and ARCHOS. Many new examples have been added, including complete new applications. This new edition also adds

 

• Nine new chapters covering web APIs, the Android NDK, extending application reach, managing users, data synchronization, backups, advanced user input, and more
• Greatly expanded coverage of Android manifest files, content providers, app design, and testing
• New coverage of hot topics like Bluetooth, gestures, voice recognition, App Widgets, live folders, live wallpapers, and global search
• Updated 3D graphics programming coverage reflecting OpenGL ES 2.0
• An all-new chapter on tackling cross-device compatibility issues, from designing for the smallest phones to the big new tablets hitting the market
• Even more tips and tricks to help you design, develop, and test applications for different devices
• A new appendix full of Eclipse tips and tricks

 

This book is an indispensable resource for every member of the Android development team: software developers with all levels of mobile experience, team leaders and project managers, testers and QA specialists, software architects, and even marketers.

 

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"New and experienced Android Engineers will learn to make their applications more extensive and polished through reading this book. The best part is that it is filled with top quality code samples that can not be found through any search of the internet. Shane Conder and Lauren Darcey have done an excellent job of building upon an already useful resource!"

- Matthew Patience, Mobicartel Inc

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Lauren Darcey is responsible for the technical leadership and direction of a small software company specializing in mobile technologies, including Android, iPhone, Blackberry, Palm Pre,BREW, and J2ME and consulting services.With more than two decades of experience in professional software production, Lauren is a recognized authority in application architecture and the development of commercial-grade mobile applications. Lauren received a B.S. in Computer Science from the University of California, Santa Cruz. She spends her copious free time traveling the world with her geeky mobile-minded husband and is an avid nature photographer. Her work has been published in books and newspapers around the world. In South Africa, she dove with 4-meter-long great white sharks and got stuck between a herd of rampaging hippopotami and an irritated bull elephant. She's been attacked by monkeys in Japan, gotten stuck in a ravine with two hungry lions in Kenya, gotten thirsty in Egypt, narrowly avoided a coup d'etat in Thailand, geocached her way through the Swiss Alps, drank her way through the beer halls of Germany, slept in the crumbling castles of Europe, and gotten her tongue stuck to an iceberg in Iceland (while being watched by a herd of suspicious wild reindeer). Shane Conder has extensive development experience and has focused his attention on mobile and embedded development for the past decade. He has designed and developed many commercial applications for Android, iPhone,BREW, Blackberry, J2ME, Palm, and Windows Mobile--some of which have been installed on millions of phones worldwide. Shane has written extensively about the mobile industry and evaluated mobile development platforms on his tech blogs and is well known within the blogosphere. Shane received a B.S. in Computer Science from the University of California. A self-admitted gadget freak, Shane always has the latest phone, laptop, or other mobile device.He can often be found fiddling with the latest technologies, such as cloud services and mobile platforms, and other exciting, state-of-the-art technologies that activate the creative part of his brain. He also enjoys traveling the world with his geeky wife, even if she did make him dive with 4-meter-long great white sharks and almost get eaten by a lion in Kenya. He admits that he has to take at least two phones with him when backpacking--even though there is no coverage--that he snickered and whipped out his Android phone to take a picture when Laurie got her tongue stuck to that iceberg in Iceland, and that he is catching on that he should be writing his own bio.

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Introduction 1

Part I: An Overview of Android

Chapter 1 Introducing Android 7

A Brief History of Mobile Software Development 7

    Way Back When 7

     The Brick 9

    Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) 11

    Proprietary Mobile Platforms 13

The Open Handset Alliance 15

    Google Goes Wireless 15

    Forming the Open Handset Alliance 15

    Manufacturers: Designing the Android Handsets 16

    Mobile Operators: Delivering the Android Experience 17

    Content Providers: Developing Android Applications 17

    Taking Advantage of All Android Has to Offer 18

Android Platform Differences 18

    Android: A Next-Generation Platform 18

    Free and Open Source 20

    Familiar and Inexpensive Development Tools 20

    Reasonable Learning Curve for Developers 20

    Enabling Development of Powerful Applications 21

    Rich, Secure Application Integration 21

    No Costly Obstacles to Publication 21

    A Free Market for Applications 22

    A New and Growing Platform 22

The Android Platform 23

    Androids Underlying Architecture 23

    Security and Permissions 25

    Developing Android Applications 26

Summary 28

References and More Information 28

Chapter 2 Setting Up Your Android Development Environment 29

Configuring Your Development Environment 29

    Configuring Your Operating System for Device Debugging 30

    Configuring Your Android Hardware for Debugging 30

    Upgrading the Android SDK 31

    Problems with the Android Software Development Kit 32

Exploring the Android SDK 32

    Understanding the Android SDK License Agreement 32

    Reading the Android SDK Documentation 33

    Exploring the Android Application Framework 35

    Getting to Know the Android Tools 35

    Exploring the Android Sample Applications 40

Summary 41

References and More Information 41

Chapter 3 Writing Your First Android Application 43

Testing Your Development Environment 43

    Adding the Snake Application to a Project in Your Eclipse Workspace 43

    Creating an Android Virtual Device (AVD) for Your Snake Project 44

    Creating a Launch Configuration for Your Snake Project 46

    Running the Snake Application in the Android ...

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