Android Developer's Cookbook: Building Applications with the Androi d SDK The

Product Description

The world's #1 source of useful, reliable Android code: now completely updated and revised for the newest Android SDKs, technology updates, and best practices!

• 50% new material, plus updates throughout: fast access to real solutions for Jelly Bean and other Android 4.x SDKs and APIs
• Targets real-world programming challenges, while also offering a coherent Android development reference: from the basics to high-level services
• Demonstrates best practices with real-life 'straight from the trenches' code implementations, ready to download and use
• Provides code recipes and insights on topics that just aren't covered elsewhere, including Sensor Simulator, IntentQueue Service pattern variants, and more.

Do you want to get started building apps for Android, today's number one mobile platform? Are you already building Android apps but want to get better at it? The Android™ Developer's Cookbook, Second Edition, brings together all the expert guidance and code you'll need.

This edition has been extensively updated to reflect Jelly Bean and other current 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 you from the basics to all the way to advanced services, helping you to make the most of the newest Android APIs and tools. The authors' fully updated code samples are designed to serve directly as templates for your own projects and components. You'll learn best-practice techniques for efficiently solving common problems and for avoiding pitfalls throughout the entire development lifecycle