Android in action. Edition II

• Android SDK and web application programming
• Bluetooth communication and data processing from sensors
• Graphics, animation and multimedia on Android
• Techniques for writing native applications in C language

Since you've just noticed this book, you probably know what Android is and what it can do & # 8212; now it's time for you to check it in action too! This is an excellent book for all programmers who dream of creating their own applications for making a stunning career in the system . Although this book is not intended for beginners, it contains all the information you need for people for whom Android is a completely new environment. You can find there instructions necessary to quickly get to know the architecture of this platform and the way it works, which will allow you to start working in this environment. The remaining chapters are pure programming fun!

What will you start playing with Android? You will learn how to build applications for this system from the smallest building blocks to screens, add phone functions and use the OpenGL ES library to create complex 2D and 3D graphics. Then you will learn the rules for creating larger applications and the techniques of writing applications in C, also using the Android Native Development Kit. You will master the powerful Android SDK and build applications for WebKit using HTML 5, and you'll even learn to expand or replace the built-in functions of Android based on useful and intriguing examples.

• Introduction to the Android system
• Programming environment
• User interface components, including View and Layout
• Methods for storing and reading local data
• Networks and network services
• Overview of basic issues related to telephony
• Notifications and alarms
• Graphics and animation on Android
• Using the Android multimedia features
• Location-based services
• Integration of contacts from the social platform
• Application supporting servicemen
• Building an Android application in C language
• Bluetooth, sensors and application widgets
• Creating websites for Android
• Application localization strategies
• Android Native Development Kit
• Using the SDK and AVD Manager