Introduction to Android Application Development: Android Essentials (Developer's Library)
Bonus KitKat material is available for download at www.informit.com/title/<WBR>9780321940261 <br> <br> <P style="MARGIN: 0px"> <B>What Every Android„ App Developer Should Know Today: Android Tools, App/UI Design, Testing, Publishing, And More</B> </P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px"> <br> </P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px">This fully reworked edition of a proven title is the most useful real-world guide to building robust, commercial-grade Android„ apps. The content is revised and updated for the latest Android 4.3 SDK and the newest development best practices.<I> <B> <I>Introduction to Android</I>„ <I>Application Development: Android Essentials, Fourth Edition,</I> </B> </I> <I> </I>covers all you need to quickly start developing professional apps for today€s Android devices. Three expert developers guide you through setting up your development environment, designing user interfaces, developing for diverse devices, and optimizing your entire app-development process€“from design through publication. Updated throughout, this title includes extensive coverage of the most useful new Android tools and utilities. It adds an all-new chapter on planning an amazing Android app user experience, plus extensive new coverage of unit testing, dialogs, preferences, and app publishing. Throughout, key concepts are taught through clear, up-to-date example code. </P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px"> </P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px" msonormal?="">This edition offers </P> <UL> <LI>Fully updated introductions to the latest Android 4.3 APIs, tools, utilities, and best practices <LI>Up-to-date strategies for leveraging new Android capabilities while preserving compatibility <LI>Navigation patterns and code samples for delivering more intuitive user experiences <LI>Example-based explanations of ActionBars, DialogFragments, and other key concepts <LI>Expert automated testing techniques to quickly improve code quality <LI>New Google Play Developer Console app publishing techniques that also offer more control </LI> </UL> <P style="MARGIN: 0px">For Android developers at all levels of experience, this reference is now more valuable than ever. Students, instructors, and self-learners will especially appreciate new chapter-ending questions and exercises, carefully designed to test knowledge and deepen mastery.</P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px"> </P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px">Annuzzi has released new source code samples for use with Android Studio. The code updates are posted to the associated blog site: http://<WBR>introductiontoandroid.<WBR>blogspot.com/ </P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px"> <br> </P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px"> <B>Note:</B> This revamped, newly titled edition is a complete update of <I>Android„ </I> <I>Wireless Application Development, Volume I: Android Essentials, Third Edition</I> </P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px"> </P>