Pro Android Apps Performance Optimization

1. Front Matter

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2. Optimizing Java Code

   • Hervé Guihot

   Pages 1-31

3. Getting Started With the NDK

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   Pages 33-71

4. Advanced NDK

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   Pages 73-107

5. Using Memory Efficiently

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   Pages 109-132

6. Multithreading and Synchronization

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7. Benchmarking and Profiling

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   Pages 163-176

8. Maximizing Battery Life

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   Pages 177-206

9. Graphics

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10. RenderScript

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    Pages 231-263

11. Back Matter

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Today's Android apps developers are often running into the need to refine, improve and optimize their apps performances. As more complex apps can be created, it is even more important for developers to deal with this critical issue. 

Android allows developers to write apps using Java, C or a combination of both with the Android SDK and the Android NDK. Pro Android Apps Performance Optimization reveals how to fine-tune your Android apps, making them more stable and faster. In this book, you'll learn the following:

• How to optimize your Java code with the SDK, but also how to write and optimize native code using advanced features of the Android NDK such as using ARM single instruction multiple data (SIMD) instructions (in C or assembly)
• How to use multithreading in your application, how make best use of memory and how to maximize battery life
• How to use to some OpenGL optimizations and to Renderscript, a new feature in Android 3.0 (Honeycomb) and expanded in Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich).

After reading and using this book, you'll be a better coder and your apps will be better-coded. Better-performing apps mean better reviews and eventually, more money for you as the app developer or your indie shop.

Herv Guihot is a software engineering department manager at a leading fabless semiconductor company for wireless communications and digital multimedia solutions. He has more than 10 years of experience in embedded systems, primarily focused on digital television. His current focus is on Android for ARM-based digital home platforms (televisions, Blu-ray players).

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