Название: Practical Android Projects (+code)
Автор: Lucas Jordan, Pieter Greyling
Издательство: Apress
Год: 2011
Страниц: 418
ISBN: 978-1-4302-3244-5, 978-1-4302-3243-8
Формат: PDF
Размер: 56 Мб
Язык: English

Take a practical approach to becoming a leading-edge Android developer, learning by example while combining the many technologies needed to create a successful, up-to-date web app. Practical Android Projects introduces the Android SDK and development tools of the trade, and then dives into building cool-looking and fun apps that put Android's amazing capabilities to work.
Android is the powerful, full-featured, open source mobile platform that powers phones like Google Nexus, Motorola Droid, Samsung Galaxy S, and a variety of HTC phones and tablet computers.
This book helps you quickly get Android projects up and running with the free and open source Eclipse, NetBeans, and IntelliJ IDEA IDEs. Then you build and extend mobile applications using the Android SDK, Java, Scripting Layer for Android, and languages such as Python, Ruby, javascript/HTML, Flex/AIR, and Lua.
What you'll learn
In Practical Android Projects you'll work on real-world projects such as:
Hosting an Android BASIC interpreter
Extending your Java-based Android applications with embedded LUA
Scripting your Android device with SL4A
Adding Twitter and Facebook to your applications
Using 2D graphics and animations for casual games
Creating cross-platform apps with javascript/HTML and Flex with AIR
Who this book is for
Practical Android Projects is for any developer new to the Android platform who wants to learn to build mobile applications. Knowledge of the fundamentals of Java programming is assumed.

Table of Contents

Android Fundamentals
Development Tools in Practice
Roll Your Own Android Scripting Environment
Embedding Lua in Android Applications
Introducing SL4A: The Scripting Layer for Android
Creating a GUI with HTML/javascript and AIR
Using REST with Facebook and Twitter
Using the Google App Engine with Android
Game Development: Graphics
Game Development: Animation
App Inventor

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