Android Application Development Cookbook

410 Pages·2012·32.34 MB·English

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Android™ Application Development
Cookbook
93 Recipes foR Building Winning Apps
Wei-Meng Lee
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Android™ Application development cookbook: 93 Recipes for Building Winning Apps
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To my family,
Thanks for the understanding and support while I
worked on getting this book ready. I love you all!
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About the Author
Wei-Meng Lee is a technologist and founder of Developer Learning Solutions (www.learn2develop
.net), a technology company specializing in hands-on training on the latest mobile technologies.
Wei-Meng has many years of training experience and his courses place special emphasis on the learn-
ing-by-doing approach. This hands-on approach to learning programming makes understanding the
subject much easier than reading books, tutorials, and other documentation.
Wei-Meng is also the author of Beginning iOS 5 Application Development (Wrox, 2010)
and Beginning Android 4 Application Development (Wrox, 2011). You can contact him at
[email protected].
About the teChniCAL eDitor
ChAiM KrAuse is a Simulation Specialist at the US Army’s Command and General Staff College
where he develops various software products on a multitude of platforms, from iOS and Android
devices to Windows desktops and Linux servers, among other duties. Python is his preferred language,
but he is multilingual and also codes in Java, JavaScript/HTML5/CSS, and others. He was fortunate to
begin his professional career in the software field at Borland where he was a Senior Developer Support
Engineer for Delphi. Outside of computer geek stuff, Chaim enjoys techno and dubstep music, and
scootering with his two sled dogs Dasher and Minnie.
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ACKnoWLeDgMents
A Lot oF DeveLoPMent in the Android world has happened since my last book, Beginning Android 4
Application Development, went to print. Google has released a new version of the SDK: Android 4.1
SDK. With the Android 4.1 SDK and the ADT Plugin 20.0.3, it is now much easier to write Android
applications — from those that run on older devices right up to the latest and greatest.
I would like to thank some key people who have worked hard behind the scenes to make this book
a reality.
First, my personal gratitude to Bob Elliott, executive editor at Wrox. Bob is always ready to lend a
listening ear and offer help when it’s needed. It is a great pleasure to work with Bob, as he is one of
the most responsive people I have ever worked with. Thank you, Bob, for the help and guidance.
Of course, I cannot forget Ami Sullivan, my editor (and friend), who is always a pleasure to work
with. Thank you for your guidance and encouragement to keep the project going, Ami.
I am also grateful to my technical editor, Chaim Krause. Chaim has been eagle-eye editing the book
and testing my recipes, ensuring that my code works as written. Thanks, Chaim.
Last but not least, I want to thank my parents and my wife, Sze Wa, for all the support they have
given me. They have selflessly adjusted their schedules to accommodate my busy schedule when I
was working on this book. My wife, as always, has stayed up with me on numerous nights as I was
furiously working to meet the deadlines, and for this I would like to say to her and my parents, “I
love you all!” Finally, to our lovely dog, Ookii, thanks for staying by our side.
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