Hello, Android--New from Pragmatic Bookshelf

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Hello, Android--New from Pragmatic Bookshelf
Introducing Google's Mobile Development Platform

Raleigh, NC-Android offers a compelling, fresh take on mobile
applications. It blends the ubiquity of cell phones, the excitement of
open source software, and the corporate backing of Google and other Open
Handset Alliance members such as T-Mobile, Sony Ericsson, Intel, ARM,
Sprint, Motorola, and NTT DoCoMo. Pragmatic Bookshelf's new book, Hello
Android: Introducing Google's Mobile Development Platform ($32.95 USD),
will get you started.

Author Ed Burnette says, "While there are many mobile platforms on the
market, including Symbian, iPhone, Windows Mobile, BlackBerry, and Linux
Mobile, Android is special. It's the the first to combine portability
across a wide range of hardware, a wide-open marketplace for applications,
a high level of security and application isolation, a Linux-based
architecture, and tons of built-in services such as GPS, SQLite, and
embeddable Maps. The result is a mobile platform developers can't afford
not to learn."

With Ed's new book, getting started with Android is easy.
You don't even need access to an Android phone, just a computer where you
can install the Android SDK and the phone emulator that comes with it.
Within minutes, Hello, Android will get you creating your first working
application: Android's version of "Hello, World."

From there, you'll build up a more substantial example: an Android Sudoku
game. You'll learn about many aspects of Android programming, such as
creating user interfaces (including touch, D-pad, and keyboard input),
building location-based services (including GPS and cell-tower
triangulation), and working with sensors (accelerometer, compass). You'll
also see how to build in multimedia audio and video, add graphics using 2D
and 3D OpenGL, network with web pages and web services, and store data
with SQLite. You'll get a full overview of the Android application life
cycle.

If you're a busy developer who'd rather be coding than reading about
coding, this book is for you.

For a review copy or more information please email pragprogpr@oreilly.com.
Please include your delivery address and contact information.

Ed Burnette is a professional developer and author living in Cary, North
Carolina.

Additional Resources
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excerpts, a full table of contents, and more, see the catalog page for
Hello, Android.

Hello, Android
Publisher: Pragmatic Bookshelf
Ed Burnette
ISBN: 9781934356173, 228 pages, $32.95 USD, £25.50 GBP
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