The Busy Coder’s Guide to Advanced Android Development, Version 1.9.2
The Busy Coder’s Guide to Advanced Android Development picks up where its predecessor left off, covering yet more topics of interest to the professional Android application developer. If you need to use sensors, create home screen widgets, play back media, take pictures with the camera, or implement sophisticated services, this book will be a helpful guide. With all sample source code available for download from the CommonsWare Web site — as are the samples from all of CommonsWare’s Android books — you can try out the book examples yourself and continue your education further. CommonsWare even has a support Google Group for readers, to help answer questions about the book materials and examples.
What’s New Over Version 1.9.1
- Tested on Android 2.3 and 3.0
- New chapters on content providers
- New chapters on scripting languages in Android
- Revamped coverage of AlarmManager
- Rewritten app widget material
- Coverage of the new Honeycomb app widget and clipboard features
Table of Contents
- WebView, Inside and Out
- Crafting Your Own Views
- More Fun With ListViews
- Creating Drawables
- Home Screen App Widgets
- Interactive Maps
- Creating Custom Dialogs and Preferences
- Animating Widgets
- Using the Camera
- Playing Media
- Handling System Events
- Advanced Service Patterns
- Using System Settings and Services
- Content Provider Theory
- Content Provider Implementation Patterns
- The Contacts ContentProvider
- Searching with SearchManager
- Introspection and Integration
- Working with SMS
- More on the Manifest
- Device Configuration
- Push Notifications with C2DM
- The Role of Scripting Languages
- The Scripting Layer for Android
- JVM Scripting Languages
- Reusable Components
- Testing
- Production
Book Details
- Paperback: 260 pages
- Publisher: CommonsWare, LLC (March, 2011)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 9780981678016
- ISBN-13: 978-0981678016