The Android Developer’s Cookbook

Ronan 'Zero' Schwarz is Co-Founder of OpenIntents, an open-source company specializing in Android development. Ronan has over 15 years of programing experience, in a wide variety of fields like augmented reality, web, robotics and business systems, as well as different programing languages including C, Java and Assembler. Ronan has been working on the Android Platform since 2007, and has helped creating SplashPlay and Droidspray, both top finalists of the Google Android Developer Challenge I and II. He is currently working with SinnerSchrader Mobile as a Consultant in Berlin, Germany. Ronan regularly speak at conferences in Europe, and is an Android dev luminary. Phil Dutson is the lead front-end and mobile developer for ICON Health and Fitness. He has worked on projects and solutions for NordicTrack, ProForm, Freemotion, Sears, Costco, Sam's Club and others. Through the years he has been using, tweaking, and writing programs for mobile devices from his first Palm Pilot 5000 to his current collection of iOS and Android devices. Phil is the author of 3 books jQuery, JQuery UI, and jQuery Mobile; Sams Teach Yourself jQuery Mobile in 24 hours, and Creating QR and Tag Codes. James Steele actively presents and participates in various Silicon Valley Android and new technology groups. His work at Sensor Platforms focuses on making user motion and context information available, while shielding applications developers from the complexity and physics of sensor hardware. Before joining Sensor Platforms, Dr. Steele held senior management positions at Spansion, Polaris Wireless and ArrayComm, as well as research positions in theoretical and particle physics at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Ohio State University. He holds a Ph. D. in theoretical physics from State University of New York at Stony Brook. Nelson To has been working on Android Research and Development for years. He has a great passion on exploring innovative ideas and creating the Android applications to make his ideas a reality. He has developed a plethora of Android applications including AOL AIM Android application, and the first High Definition video chatting android application (Vid)in the history on the Google TV for Logitech Revue Box. He also teaches Android classes in the local community to help people to learn the Android more effectively, and devotes significant amount of effort in the Android community to organize the Android meetings for the local community.

The Android ® Developer's Cookbook, Second Edition, has been extensively updated to reflect all Android 4.2.2 releases. You'll find all-new chapters on advanced threading and UI development, in-app billing, push messages, and native development, plus new techniques for everything from accessing NFC hardware to using Google Cloud Messaging. Proven modular recipes take your students from the basics all the way to advanced services, helping them to make the most of the newest Android APIs and tools. The authors' fully-updated code samples are designed to serve as templates for your students' own projects and components. They'll learn best-practice techniques for efficiently solving common problems and for avoiding pitfalls throughout the entire development lifecycle.

Preface
About the Authors
Chapter 1: Overview of Android
Chapter 2: Application Basics: Activites and Intents
Chapter 3: Threads, Services, Receivers, and Alerts
Chapter 4: Advanced Threading Techniques
Chapter 5: User Interface Layout
Chapter 6: User Interface Events
Chapter 7: Advanced UI Techniques
Chapter 8: Multimedia Techniques
Chapter 9: Hardware Interface
Chapter 10: Networking
Chapter 11: Data Storage Methods
Chapter 12: Location-Based Services
Chapter 13: In-App Billing
Chapter 14: Push Messages
Chapter 15: Native Android Development
Chapter 16: Debugging
Appendix A: Using the OpenIntents Sensor Simulator
Appendix B: Using the Compatibility Pack
Appendix C: Using a Continuous Integration System
Appendix D: Android OS Releases
Index