he book, Android Application Development Black Book, is a onetime reference book that covers all aspects of Android application development in an easy-to-understand approach—for example, how to design user interface by using Views and ViewGroups, how to persistently store data by using content providers, how to design mobile applications displaying pictures and menus by using Views, how to develop Android mobile applications for sending messages and e-mails, how to work with location services and maps, how to run background services in the mobile applications, how to develop applications supporting audio, video, and camera of a mobile device, etc. The book explores these concepts with appropriate examples and executable applications. ISBN: 9789351194095 Pages: 580 Price: 549/Authors: Pradeep Kothari, KLSI What is in this book for you u Introducing Java—Helps you to learn about
u The Drawable Class—Helps you to develop animation-
fundamentals of Java programming u Activities and Intents—Help you to perform an operation such as m a k i n g a call, capturing a photo, sending a message or viewing a map in a mobile application u User Interface Using Views and ViewGroups—Helps you to design v a r i o u s types of layouts, such as linear, relative, and table u Pictures and Menus with Views—Allow you to display images as thumbnails in the grid view or change an image by using the I m a g e S w i t c h e r view u SQLite Database—Allows you to store data of a mobile application persistently u Shared Preferences—Allow you to store primitive data through keyv a l u e pairs u Intent class and Setting the ACTION_SEND intent—Help you to send an SMS programmatically u The GoogleMaps API—Helps you to work with maps and location s e r v i c e s in an Android application About the Author
based a p p l i c a t i o n s for Android 4 u The Get and Post Methods—Help you to establish
network connections for downloading binary data and images u Audio, Video, and Camera API—Allow you to create a sound pool or v i d e o s and play them one by one by using media player u Threads and Services Support—Help you to work with various types of services and their life cycles u Bluetooth, NFC, and Wi-Fi APIs—Help you to develop applications to transfer data from one device to another through wireless technologies u Telephony and SMS APIs—Help you to develop Android applications by using the TelephonyManager and SmsManager classes u Hardware Sensors API—Helps you to develop applications to use the sensors, such as accelerometer, of the Android devices u Widgets and Live Wallpapers Development—Helps you to create and more.
Pradeep Kothari holds the B.E. degree in Electronics and Communication and has about 9 years of industry experience in developing, architecting, and deploying enterprise-level mobile technological product and solutions for Windows mobile, J2ME, Android, and iOS based devices while working in some top technology companies in the domain of Telecom, Gaming, Mobile content solutions, and Education technology. Pradeep started his software carrier writing Mobile apps for Pocket PC 2003 (early version of windows mobile) in the early days of evolution of smart phones. He then progressed to Android and iOS programming for handled devices. He also provided consulting to some top technology companies like Lionbridge Inc. and Microsoft Learning. Currently, he is a Ph.D. researcher in the field of mobility and a Technical Manager with a technology company, where he is leading a team in designing and developing cutting edge enterprise mobile products for mobile phones as well as tablets. Published by:
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