{"product_id":"9781430234142","title":"Android Recipes: A Problem-Solution Approach","description":"\u003cp\u003e    Android continues to be one of the leading mobile OS and development platforms driving today's mobile innovations and the apps ecosystem. Android appears complex, but offers a variety of organized development kits to those coming into Android with differing programming language skill sets.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  \u003cem\u003eAndroid Recipes: A Problem-Solution Approach\u003c\/em\u003e guides you step-by-step through a wide range of useful topics using complete and real-world working code examples.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  In this book, you'll start off with a recap of Android architecture and app fundamentals, and then get down to business and build an app with Google’s Android SDK at the command line and Eclipse. Next, you'll learn how to accomplish practical tasks pertaining to the user interface, communications with the cloud, device hardware, data persistence, communications between applications, and interacting with Android itself. Finally, you'll learn how to leverage various libraries and Scripting Layer for Android (SL4A) to help you perform tasks more quickly, how to use the Android NDK to boost app performance, and how to design apps for performance, responsiveness, seamlessness, and more.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  Instead of abstract descriptions of complex concepts, in \u003cem\u003eAndroid Recipes, \u003c\/em\u003eyou'll find live code examples. When you start a new project, you can consider copying and pasting the code and configuration files from this book, then modifying them for your own customization needs. This can save you a great deal of work over creating a project from scratch!        \u003c\/p\u003e    What you’ll learn\u003cul\u003e  \u003cli\u003eDiscover Android architecture and various Android-specific APIs \u003c\/li\u003e  \u003cli\u003eHow to develop a unit conversion app in the context of command-line\/Android SDK and Eclipse\/Android SDK environments \u003c\/li\u003e  \u003cli\u003eHow to accomplish various tasks related to the user interface and more \u003c\/li\u003e  \u003cli\u003eHow to use external libraries to save time and effort \u003c\/li\u003e  \u003cli\u003eHow to quickly develop an app using the Scripting Layer for Android (SL4A) tool \u003c\/li\u003e  \u003cli\u003eHow to boost app performance by using the Android NDK \u003c\/li\u003e  \u003cli\u003eGuidelines for designing filtered apps, performant apps, responsive apps, and seamless apps \u003c\/li\u003e  \u003c\/ul\u003e  Who this book is for      \u003cp\u003e     Newcomers to Android, as well as more accomplished Android developers.         \u003c\/p\u003e     Table of Contents\u003col\u003e  \u003cli\u003eGetting Started with Android \u003c\/li\u003e  \u003cli\u003eUser Interface Recipes \u003c\/li\u003e  \u003cli\u003eCommunications and Networking \u003c\/li\u003e  \u003cli\u003eInteracting with Device Hardware and Media \u003c\/li\u003e  \u003cli\u003ePersisting Data \u003c\/li\u003e  \u003cli\u003eInteracting with the System \u003c\/li\u003e  \u003cli\u003eWorking with Libraries \u003c\/li\u003e  \u003cli\u003eScripting Layer for Android \u003c\/li\u003e  \u003cli\u003eAndroid NDK \u003c\/li\u003e  \u003cli\u003eApp Design Guidelines \u003c\/li\u003e  \u003c\/ol\u003e","brand":"Apress","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47166882021616,"sku":"9781430234142","price":31.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781430234142_p0.jpg?v=1763751851","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781430234142","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}