The Android Tablet Developer's Cookbook - Brossura

Harwani, B. M.

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0321885309 ISBN 13: 9780321885302

Casa editrice: Addison-Wesley Professional, 2013

Riassunto

The Android Tablet Developers Cookbook helps experienced Android developers leverage new Android 4.2.2 features to build compelling applications that take full advantage of tablets bigger screens, dual-core processors, and larger, faster memory.

Tightly focused on Android 4.2.2s tablet-related capabilities, it presents an unparalleled library of easy-to-reuse code for solving real-world problems. Everythings organized in modular, standalone sections to help you quickly find what youre looking for, even when you need to use multiple classes together.

Throughout, B.M. Harwani clearly explains how Android tablet apps are unique, how to leverage Android skills and libraries youve already mastered, and how to efficiently integrate tablet APIs and features. From media to NFC, porting phone apps to integrating analytics, this book will help you do it fast and do it right.

Coverage includes

• Providing user control via the system clipboard, notifications, and pending intents
• Supporting drag and drop for both text and images
• Displaying navigation and core app functionality via the ActionBar
• Using widgets to present calendars, number pickers, image stacks, and options lists
• Delivering powerful graphics via animation and hardware accelerated 2D
• Recording audio, video, and images
• Responding to sensors
• Pairing tablets to other Bluetooth-enabled Android devices or PCs
• Using Wi-Fi Direct to share media
• Creating custom home screen widgets
• Making the most of threads and the AsyncTask class
• Exchanging data via JSON
• Displaying and browsing Web content via the WebView widget
• Creating fragments dynamically at runtime and implementing communication between fragments
• Porting apps from smartphones to tablets and building new apps for both
• Supporting older versions of the Android SDK
• Sharing data and messages via NFC with Android Beam
• Integrating app analytics and tracking

Turn to The Android Tablet Developers Cookbook for proven, expert answers--and the code you need to implement them. Its all you need to jump-start any project and quickly create compelling Android tablet apps that sell!

Su questo libro

Informazioni sull'autore

B.M. Harwani is founder and owner of Microchip Computer Education (MCE), based in Ajmer, India, which provides computer education in all programming and Web developing platforms. He graduated with a BE in computer engineering from the University of Pune, and has a C Level (Master’s Diploma in Computer Technology) from DOEACC, Government of India. Being involved in the teaching field for more than 19 years, he has developed the art of explaining even the most complicated topics in a straightforward and easily understandable fashion. He wrote Android Programming Unleashed(Sams Publishing), among other books, and has taught programming courses for 17 years. To know more, visit Harwani’s blog at http://bmharwani.com/blog.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Addison-Wesley Professional
• Data di pubblicazione: 2013
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0321885309
• ISBN 13: 9780321885302
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 563
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: GS1 Slovakia; https://www.gs1sk.org; ; Nantersk� 23; Žilina; 010 08; Repubblica Slovacca