Android is Google's wildly-successful operating system for phones, tables, other mobile devices, and increasingly for a wide array of consumer devices such as televisions. The massive adoption of Android worldwide opens up opportunity for programmers to develop and sell apps that run on Android devices. This is the book that turns the knob on the door of opportunity by getting readers started in learning to create Android applications. Beginning Android, 5th Edition is a fresh and up-to-date rewrite of Apress's best seller for new Android programmmers. It covers the very latest SDK version while being backward compatible with earlier versions. The original book was the first Android tutorial book to market for developers.

Beginning Android, Fifth Edition starts you on the path to developing innovative and salable apps for Android SDK 5 and earlier version compliant mobile devices, using simple examples that are ready to run with your copy of the latest Software Development Kit (SDK).

Autorentext
Grant Allen has worked in the IT field for over 20 years, as a CTO, enterprise architect, and database administrator. Grant's roles have covered private enterprise, academia and the government sector around the world, specialising in global-scale systems design, development, and performance. He is a frequent speaker at industry and academic conferences, on topics ranging from data mining to compliance, and technologies such as databases (DB2, Oracle, SQL Server, MySQL), content management, collaboration, disruptive innovation, and mobile ecosystems like Android. His first Android application was a task list to remind him to finish all his other unfinished Android projects. Grant works for Google, and in his spare time is completing a Ph.D on building innovative high-technology environments. Grant is the author of Beginning DB2, and lead author of Oracle SQL Recipes and The Definitive Guide to SQLite.

Inhalt
Part I: Get Android and Get Coding!.-1. Welcome to Android.-2. Ready, Set, Code!.-3. Inside Your First Android Project.-4. Changing and Improving Your Project.-.-Part II: Activities and the User Interface.-5. Layouts and UI Design.-6. Android Widgets.-7. Containers, Lists, and Adapters.-8. Input Methods, Fonts, Menus, and Dialogs.-9. The Action Bar.-10. The Lifecycle of an Activity.-.-III: A World of Wonderful Devices and Screens.-11. Devices of All Sizes.-12. Phone Calls!.-13. Audio and Sound Support.-14. Image and Video Handling.-15. A Device of Devices.-.-IV: Working with Resources and Services.-16. Working with Files.-17. Working with Local Databases.-18. Working with Preferences.-19. Controlling Security and Permissions.-20. More Power from Java Libraries.-21. Using External Libraries.-22. Calling on Services.-23. Generating Notifications