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Beginning Android 4

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  • © 2011

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  1. Grant Allen
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  • Beginning Android 4 starts you on the path to developing innovative and salable applications for Android 4 mobile devices, using simple examples that are ready to run with your copy of the Software Development Kit (SDK) 4.0.

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Table of contents (49 chapters)

  1. Activities

    1. Handling Activity Lifecycle Events

      • Grant Allen
      Pages 193-196

    2. Handling Rotation

      • Grant Allen
      Pages 197-211

    3. Dealing with Threads

      • Grant Allen
      Pages 213-229

    4. Creating Intent Filters

      • Grant Allen
      Pages 231-236

    5. Launching Activities and Subactivities

      • Grant Allen
      Pages 237-244

    6. Working with Resources

      • Grant Allen
      Pages 245-261

    7. Defining and Using Styles

      • Grant Allen
      Pages 263-268

  2. Honeycomb and Tablets

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 269-269
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    2. Handling Multiple Screen Sizes

      • Grant Allen
      Pages 271-292

    3. Focusing on Tablets and Larger UIs

      • Grant Allen
      Pages 293-298

    4. Using the Action Bar

      • Grant Allen
      Pages 299-306

    5. Fragments

      • Grant Allen
      Pages 307-322

    6. Handling Platform Changes

      • Grant Allen
      Pages 323-331

  3. Data Stores, Network Services, and APIs

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 333-333
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    2. Accessing Files

      • Grant Allen
      Pages 335-347

    3. Using Preferences

      • Grant Allen
      Pages 349-365

    4. Managing and Accessing Local Databases

      • Grant Allen
      Pages 367-379

    5. Leveraging Java Libraries

      • Grant Allen
      Pages 381-387

    6. Communicating via the Internet

      • Grant Allen
      Pages 389-405

  4. Services

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 407-407
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About this book

Beginning Android 4 is an update to Beginning Android 3, originally written by Mark Murphy. It is your first step on the path to creating marketable apps for the burgeoning Android Market, Amazon's Android Appstore, and more. Google’s Android operating-system has taken the industry by storm, going from its humble beginnings as a smartphone operating system to its current status as a platform for apps that run across a gamut of devices from phones to tablets to netbooks to televisions, and the list is sure to grow.

Smart developers are not sitting idly by in the stands, but are jumping into the game of creating innovative and salable applications for this fast-growing, mobile- and consumer-device platform. If you’re not in the game yet, now is your chance!

Beginning Android 4 is fresh with details on the latest iteration of the Android platform. Begin at the beginning by installing the tools and compiling a skeleton app. Move through creating layouts, employing widgets, taking user input, and giving back results. Soon you’ll be creating innovative applications involving multi-touch, multi-tasking, location-based feature sets using GPS.

You’ll be drawing data live from the Internet using web services and delighting your customers with life-enhancing apps. Not since the PC era first began has there been this much opportunity for the common developer. What are you waiting for? Grab your copy of Beginning Android 4 and get started!

About the author

Mark Murphy is the founder of CommonsWare and the author of The Busy Coder's Guide to Android Development. A three-time entrepreneur, his experience ranges from consulting on open source and collaborative development for Fortune 500 companies to application development on just about anything smaller than a mainframe. He has been a software developer for over 25 years, working on platforms ranging from the TRS-80 to the latest crop of mobile devices. A polished speaker, Mark has delivered conference presentations and training sessions on a wide array of topics internationally. Mark writes the "Building Droids" column for AndroidGuys and the "Android Angle" column for NetworkWorld. Outside of CommonsWare, Mark has an avid interest in how the Internet will play a role in citizen involvement with politics and government. He is a contributor to the Rebooting America essay collection, and his personal blog features many posts discussing "cooperative democracy."

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