It's an ok book for a beginner read, but a little lightweight on it's coverage of the technical options open to game programmers.
The book also doesn't address some of the common issues game programmer's come up against - which are sure to be especially troubling for a new game programmer.
Though the book was written five years before and the current Android Studio uses Kotlin instead of Java, the contents of the book is valid and useful. The sample code in the book can be used with the current Android Studio (need some tweak). Very comprehensive way of exhibiting how to create a card game with Android platform. I'll use this book further, as a reference to create an app on Android platform.