Android 3. Application development

The Android operating system has conquered the smartphone market, and now its popularity among tablet users is increasing day by day. He gained sympathy thanks to an extremely user-friendly interface, a wide range of customizations and an unimaginable number of applications available. More than 500,000 have been published on Android Market! Among them, everyone will find something for themselves, regardless of whether it is a game or a unique application.

Based on the well-known JAVA language, having extensive, extensive documentation, it directly encourages the preparation of an interesting application on which you can earn specific money. Thanks to this amazing book dedicated to Android version 3, you'll be able to master its secrets. At the very beginning you will learn the history of Android and learn how to prepare the work environment. Then you'll become familiar with the application's structure, how to use resources and content providers. In the following chapters, you will learn how to build an aesthetic, functional and attractive user interface, remember user preferences and use HTTP services. This book is a complete and unique compendium of knowledge about Android. It should be on the shelf of every developer creating software for the Android platform!

• Preparation of the work environment
• Writing applications based on the Java environment
• Designing and building a user interface
• Sending and receiving messages
• Creating a two-dimensional animation
• Using geolocation services
• Text-to-speech processing
• Publication of the application in Android Market