The definitive guide to building data-driven Android applications for enterprise systemsAndroid devices represent a rapidly growing share of the mobile device market. With the release of Android 4, they are moving beyond consumer applications into corporate/enterprise use. Developers who want to start building data-driven Android applications that integrate with enterprise systems will learn how with this book. In the tradition of Wrox Professional guides, it thoroughly covers sharing and displaying data, transmitting data to enterprise applications, and much more.Shows Android developers who are not familiar with database development how to design and build data-driven applications for Android devices and integrate them with existing enterprise systems Explores how to collect and store data using SQLite, share data using content providers, and display data using adapters Covers migrating data using various methods and tools; transmitting data to the enterprise using web services; serializing, securing, and synchronizing data Shows how to take advantage of the built-in capabilities of the Android OS to integrate applications into enterprise class systems
"Enterprise Android" prepares any Android developer to start creating data-intensive applications that today's businesses demand.
Zigurd Mednieks is a consultant to leading OEMs, enterprises, and entrepreneurial ventures creating mobile and IoT systems and apps.
Previously he was Chief Architect at D2 Technologies, a voice-over-IP (VoIP) technology provider. There he lead engineering and product definition work for products that blend communication and social media in purpose-built embedded systems.
He is lead author of the top-selling O'Reilly title Programming Android. Zigurd is also the lead author of Enterprise Android, published by Wiley WROX in 2013. This the first Android programming book to focus on cloud API-based applications.
Zigurd is Series Editor of the Addison Wesley Android Deep Dive series.
Zigurd is a veteran of user interface, telecommunications,, and social media product creation. In 1986, his first book, C programming Techniques for the Macintosh, co-authored with his wife-to-be Terry, was published by Howard W. Sams & Co. and went into several printings.