Android Application Development in 24 Hours, Sams Teach Yourself: Edition 3

Name: Android Application Development in 24 Hours, Sams Teach Yourself: Edition 3
Rating: 3.8701298236846924 (77 reviews)

Carmen Delessio · Lauren Darcey · Shane Conder

Sep 2013 · Sams Publishing

3.9

77 reviews

Ebook

448

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About this ebook

In just 24 sessions of one hour or less, learn how to build powerful apps for the world’s most popular mobile platform: Android 4.3. Using this book’s straightforward, step-by-step approach, you’ll build complete Android 4.3 apps from the ground up as you master the skills you need to design, develop, test, and publish powerful solutions. Extensively updated for Android’s newest features and tools, every lesson builds on what you’ve already learned, giving you a rock-solid foundation for real-world success!

Highlights of this new Third Edition include:

Extensive new coverage: fragments, action bar, SQLite, content providers, Facebook SDK, and more
Practical guidance on developing for multiple Android versions
How to use open source projects to simplify Android development
New topic-focused structure with at least one complete project in nearly every chapter

Learn how to...

Quickly set up your development environment and create Android projects
Use Android layouts and fragments to create apps that look great on phones, tablets, and even TVs
Develop intuitive user interfaces using Android controls
Access the cloud and retrieve data using the Flickr API
Create a full-blown app that parses JSON, stores metadata, and
displays Flickr images
Use a SQLite database and content providers to create responsive, data-driven apps
Write social apps using the Facebook Android SDK
Use contact and calendar data
Build location-based apps using LocationManager APIs or the new Google Play Location Services
Internationalize your apps
Work with media and cameras
Use open-source libraries to add “finishing touches”
Package and publish apps to Google Play and other app stores

Ratings and reviews

3.9

77 reviews

Bad Advice

January 19, 2014

I have been waiting to purchase this book since late October 2013. So I finally purchase the ebook via Google Play. I really wanted a pdf not online so I would be able to read the book on one computer while programming on another. After jumping through hoops and ropes with Adobe Digital Editions I load the ebook/pdf and very happily read then when I get to page 55 / Hour 2. The content is bleeding off both sides of the page. From here on there is so much that can not be read or that is missing. When I try and read the book via Google Play Books I can not view the images which are referenced. What is worse is I had to purchase Google Play cards so I could buy the book. I am not happy at all wasting my time and money on something that will never be able to use now. If you buy the book do it hard copy. This is the worst experience I've had with Google and I'm wanting to add Android Developer to my resume. I am ashamed of you.

6 people found this review helpful

Dwayne Wigfield

July 12, 2017

I've found it very helpful concise and userfriendlyy

2 people found this review helpful

Sean Gouws

February 14, 2014

Not what I'm looking for

3 people found this review helpful

About the author

Carmen Delessio is an experienced application developer who has worked as a developer, technical architect, and CTO in large and small organizations.

Carmen developed the award-winning “BFF Photo” Android app, which won the Sprint App Challenge contest in the Social Networking category.

Carmen began his online development career at Prodigy, where he worked on early Internet applications, shopping apps, and fantasy baseball.

He has written for Mashable and AndroidGuys and is the author of Sams Teach Yourself Google TV App Development in 24 Hours.

He is a graduate of Manhattanville College and lives in Pound Ridge, New York, with his wife, Amy, and daughter, Natalie.

Lauren Darcey is a multi-published Android author with several Pearson books to her credit, along with earlier editions of this book. Lauren is technical leader of Mamlambo, Inc., a firm specializing in mobile development and consulting with Android, iOS, Blackberry, and other mobile platforms. She has more than two decades of software development experience under her belt and is a recognized authority in enterprise architecture and commercial-grade mobile development.

Shane Conder is also a multi-published Android author with several Pearson books to his credit, along with earlier editions of this book. Shane has extensive development experience and has focused his attention on mobile and embedded development for the past two decades. He has designed and developed many commercial apps for Android, iOS, BREW, Blackberry, J2ME, Palm, and Windows Mobile, some of which have been installed on millions of phones worldwide.

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