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Hello, Android: Introducing Google's Mobile Development Platform
by
Ed Burnette
Android is a software toolkit for mobile phones, created by Google and the Open Handset Alliance. It's inside millions of cell phones and other mobile devices, making Android a major platform for application developers. That could be your own program running on all those devices. Getting started developing with Android is easy. You don't even need access to an Android phon...more
Paperback, Second Edition, 250 pages
Published
November 17th 2009
by Pragmatic Bookshelf
(first published October 15th 2008)
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As suggested by its subtitle, Hello, Android is an introduction to Google's development platform. It shows the reader how to make working applications that illustrate various capabilities that can be incorporated into ones own mobile phone software. Like many software introductions, the examples incorporate a deeper level of understanding than they illustrate to the user. For example, there is a section about 3D programming; you can replicate their demonstration easy enough, but unless you have ...more
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This book has some valuable information in the grayed notes sections.
The first 2 or 3 chapters are also pretty good at describing the initial development set up within eclipse.
The issues that I had with the book included : (1) there appears to have been a Google mill for authors where they all cover the same topics, n the same manner, and devote themselves solely to highlighting the Google API functions such as location.
(2) There is a code error in chapter 2, which for m...more
The first 2 or 3 chapters are also pretty good at describing the initial development set up within eclipse.
The issues that I had with the book included : (1) there appears to have been a Google mill for authors where they all cover the same topics, n the same manner, and devote themselves solely to highlighting the Google API functions such as location.
(2) There is a code error in chapter 2, which for m...more
Ottimo per iniziare la programmazione su Android. Per ogni argomento trattato ci sono chiari esempi di codice, e applicazioni effettivamente utili.<br />L'unico difetto è nel numero di pagine, per cui diversi argomenti sono solo accennati e non approfonditi.
I checked out the O'Reilly Android book, and then found this one recommended highly on Amazon. Go with this book - the author is a much better writer, and he covers more material.
i didn't complete this book, it is not bad (good introduction), puts you on the road fast, but the author ignores alot of important details to me, which made me much confused and lost, if you want a quick introduction read this book.
Android rocks! And I'm learning the platform to make my own Smartphone apps.. its really exciting! This book will be read many times.
Great book for a fast start with Android. Intended for absolute beginners.
Good intro book if this is the first time you face with android.
Very impressed with this book so far. That said I'm only starting.
This is a good book for beginners to the Android platform.
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Good basic overview of the Google SDK for developing Android applications on a smart phone. Really helped get started, with practical examples. Some samples were almost too superficial in their illustration of the code -- but, mostly he gives enough to get you going (and, you can't include every sample of the book would be 10,000 pages long).
Tracks the latest versions, was up to date and a good authority. An all around good place to start with Android.
Tracks the latest versions, was up to date and a good authority. An all around good place to start with Android.
Nice introduction to Android Platform, offering more hands-on-experience than laying down the theory in lecture-like style.
Covers the basic Android building blocks and demonstrates their usage in a concrete example. Continues to build on top of this example as you move further in the book, so in the end you have one complex program, rather than separate independent pieces of code.
Covers the basic Android building blocks and demonstrates their usage in a concrete example. Continues to build on top of this example as you move further in the book, so in the end you have one complex program, rather than separate independent pieces of code.
So far the book is good. He walks you through writing a Sodoku application. Instead of that I'm trying to write my own simple applications. The book is by no means a reference but so far it's a good gentle introduction. For what it's worth Google seems to have great online reference anyway.
I didn't finish this book. I read half of it than it was enough. Very very basic so it's perfect for beginners.
Penjelasan kode sudoku berhenti mendadak LOL
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