Professional Android 2 Application Development (Wrox Programmer to Programmer)

580 Pages·2010·17.37 MB·English

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ANDROID 2 APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT
INTRODUCTION............................................................. xxvii
CHAPTER1 Hello,Android..................................................1
CHAPTER2 GettingStarted ................................................17
CHAPTER3 CreatingApplicationsandActivities ............................. 49
CHAPTER4 CreatingUserInterfaces ....................................... 85
CHAPTER5 Intents,BroadcastReceivers,Adapters,
andtheInternet ............................................. 137
CHAPTER6 Files,SavingState,andPreferences............................ 187
CHAPTER7 DatabasesandContentProviders..............................209
CHAPTER8 Maps,Geocoding,andLocation-BasedServices .................245
CHAPTER9 WorkingintheBackground ...................................285
CHAPTER10 InvadingthePhone-Top ...................................... 327
CHAPTER11 Audio,Video,andUsingtheCamera ........................... 363
CHAPTER12 TelephonyandSMS.......................................... 389
CHAPTER13 Bluetooth,Networks,andWi-Fi ................................425
CHAPTER14 Sensors .................................................... 457
CHAPTER15 AdvancedAndroidDevelopment .............................. 477
INDEX.......................................................................529

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
RETOMEIERisoriginallyfromPerth,WesternAustralia,butnowlivesinLondon.
HecurrentlyworksasanAndroidDeveloperAdvocateatGoogle,helpingAndroidappdevelop-
erscreatethebestapplicationspossible.Retoisanexperiencedsoftwaredeveloperwithmorethan
10yearsofexperienceinGUIapplicationdevelopment.BeforeGoogle,heworkedinvariousindus-
tries,includingoffshoreoilandgasandfinance.
Alwaysinterestedin emerging technologies,Reto hasbeeninvolvedin Androidsincetheinitial
releasein2007.Inhissparetime,hetinkerswithawiderangeofdevelopmentplatforms,including
Google’splethoraofdevelopertools.
YoucancheckoutReto’swebsite,TheRadioactiveYak,athttp://blog.radioactiveyak.comor
followhimontwitterathttp://www.twitter.com/retomeier.
ABOUT THE TECHNICAL EDITOR
MILANNARENDRASHAH graduatedwitha BScComputerSciencedegreefromtheUniversityof
Southampton.Hehasbeenworkingasasoftwareengineerformorethansevenyears,with
experiencesinC#,C/C++,andJava.HeismarriedandlivesinBuckinghamshire,UnitedKingdom.