Ebook: Android Recipes: A Problem-Solution Approach

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. Android Recipes: A Problem-Solution Approach, Second Edition offers more than 100 down-to-earth code recipes, and guides you step-by-step through a wide range of useful topics using complete and real-world working code examples.  It's updated to include the Jelly Bean Android SDK as well as earlier releases. Instead of abstract descriptions of complex concepts, in Android Recipes, you'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. Crammed with insightful instruction and helpful examples, this second edition of Android Recipes is your guide to writing apps for one of today’s hottest mobile platforms. It offers pragmatic advice that will help you get the job done quickly and well.  This can save you a great deal of work over creating a project from scratch! What you’ll learn Use external libraries to save time and effort  Boost app performance by using the Android NDK and Renderscript  Design apps for performance, responsiveness, and seamlessness  Send data between devices and other external hardware  Persist application data and share it between applications  Capture and play back various device media items  Communicate with web services  Get the most out of your user interface  Develop a unit conversion app in the context of the command-line/Android SDK and Eclipse/Android SDK environments Who this book is for This book is a handy reference for all Android app developers.  Newcomers may also find this of interest, too. Table of Contents1. Getting Started with Android 2. User Interface Recipes 3. Communications and Networking 4. Interacting with Device Hardware and Media 5. Persisting Data 6. Interacting with the System 7. Working with Libraries 8. Working with Android NDK and Renderscript   9. Appendix A: Scripting Layer for Android 10. Appendix B: Android Tools Overview 11. Appendix C: App Design Guidelines 12. Appendix D: Univerter Architecture