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Jump in and build working Android apps with the help of more than 200 tested recipes. With this cookbook, you’ll find solutions for working with the user interfaces, multitouch gestures, location awareness, web services, and device features such as the phone, camera, and accelerometer. You also get useful steps on packaging your app for the Android Market.
Ideal for developers familiar with Java, Android basics, and the Java SE API, this book features recipes contributed by more than three dozen developers from the Android community. Each recipe provides a clear solution and sample code you can use in your project right away. Among numerous topics, this cookbook helps you:
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Use guidelines for designing a successful Android app
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Work with UI controls, effective layouts, and graphical elements
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Learn how to take advantage of Android’s rich features in your app
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Save and retrieve application data in files, SD cards, and embedded databases
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Access RESTful web services, RSS/Atom feeds, and information from websites
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Create location-aware services to find locations and landmarks, and situate them on Google Maps and OpenStreetMap
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Test and troubleshoot individual components and your entire application
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Flash’s evolution is unique, even for the fast-changing computer software world.
First released in 1996 under the name FutureSplash, it was a tool for creating
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Practical MongoDB: Architecting, Developing, and Administering MongoDB
The "one-size-fits-all" thinking regarding traditional RDBMSs has been challenged in the last few years by the emergence of diversified NoSQL databases. More than 120 NoSQL databases are now available in the market, and the market leader by far is MongoDB. With so many companies opting for MongoDB as their NoSQL database of choice,... | | The Facts on File Chemistry HandbookTHE FACTS ON FILE CHEMISTRY HANDBOOK, Revised Edition offers students a full view of this vital branch of science, in the form of a one-stop reference.
The Revised Edition expands greatly on the information available in the previous edition, with the inclusion of four new sections—an A–Z of key advances in the field of... | | Full Throttle: 122 Strategies to Supercharge Your Performance at WorkDo you want to be charged up every day? Do you want to be focused for every meeting? Do you want greater health, balance and happiness?
Facing a continual barrage of tasks coupled with a tough economy, many people feel completely drained by day’s end. To stay ahead of the game, you need to capitalize on your energy, to go full... |
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