Android Database Programming

by Jason Wei

Android Database Programming

Genres: Programming

212 pages, Paperback

First published May 18, 2012

Reviews

[m ko · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book is addressed to programmers who are supposed to get better understainding of how to use SQL and SQLite in Android applications. You will read few interesting things here, however, if you are not aware of SQLite, if you have never developed Android applications, and you have never worked with Apache Tomcat and Servlets you will be lost. That’s a fact. In my opionion this book is addressed to people who already know SQL, have developed for Android and want to combine both topics. There are few drawbacks in the book (at least from my point of view). First of all, introduction to SQL is to shallow. If you are not aware of SQL at all, it will not help you to understand the ods and end of SQL. Another thing that really cough my attention where programming practices that couldn’t be called proper ones. First one is related to the upgrade of databases in mobile application. I know this is just an example, but implying that you can remove all the data during upgrade is not a good pattern to follow. Another thing are the helper classes for the SQL access. In my opinion, teaching people to put everything in one place is not quite didactic.

I think this is a good sign that book like this appears on the market. It tries to synthesise various areas: SQLite, Servlets, SQL, Java and Androind in one place, however it seems to be too short and too condense to give 100% satisfaction to readers.

[Dawid Esterhuizen · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book is a well written piece of literature although I would have expected the book to be a little more focused. Coming from a database background a lot of this information was things that apply to all SQL DB's. The sections that cover android programming are put together with a specific use in mind. This book will give you a good overview of the options available to you for android, but only an introduction to the details. The case studies do give you a good idea of when to use which storage option.

[Alessandro Pellizzari · Rating 2 out of 5]

Un manuale discretamente inutile.

Inizia bene nei primi capitoli facendo una panoramica dei vari tipi di database disponibili in Android, ma nel momento in cui dovrebbe approfondirli spende oltre due capitoli a scrivere e descrivere una Servlet in Java con GWT da usare poi con 40 righe di codice Android. Tra l'altro accennando solamente alla necessità di fare richieste asincrone col server, ma non spiegando minimamente come farle.

Tutte informazioni che si trovano tranquillamente, e spesso spiegate meglio, in mille altri manuali. Lasciatelo pure sullo scaffale.