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Learn Android App Development
Learn Android App Development isÌýa hands-onÌýtutorial and useful reference. You'll quickly get up to speed and master the Android SDK and the Java that you need for your Android Apps. The Android SDK offers powerful features, and this book is the fastest path to mastering them―and the rest of the Andorid SDK―for programmers with some experience who are new to Android smartphone and tablet apps development. Many books introduce the Android SDK, but very few explain how to develop apps optimally. This book teaches both core Java language concepts and how to wisely but rapidly employ the design patterns and logic using the Android SDK, which is based on Java APIs. You'll also learn best practices that ensure your code will be efficient and perform well. After reading this book, you'll have your first app ready and on the app store, earning you the prestige and the money you seek.
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571 pages, Paperback
First published May 6, 2013
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September 26, 2014
I couldn't even finish this one. I've got to like 6. or 7. chapter (1/3 of the book) and realized that I still know next to nothing about android development. This book is aimed at programmers who would like to learn how to code apps for android, but a significant part of it is author explaining mechanics and shortcuts of Eclipse IDE (which are very similar to any other IDE out there and programmers sure know them already).
Other main things that really bugged me (and convinced me to write this review so others may save their time):
1. repetitive tasks that teach very little about android development: pages and pages filled with creating almost identical 7-8 (really basic) methods in one of the chapters, similar activities in other and so on.
2. screenshots: do you really have to screen your whole IDE just to show how method, class, xml whatever looks like?
3. lack of formatting: step by step processes are written in vast paragraphs of text, causing reader to lose focus.
4. "now we'll use that handy programmer's shortcut ctl+c" over and over and over again...was driving me crazy.
tl;dr : advice - there are far better books about android development, try those instead.
Other main things that really bugged me (and convinced me to write this review so others may save their time):
1. repetitive tasks that teach very little about android development: pages and pages filled with creating almost identical 7-8 (really basic) methods in one of the chapters, similar activities in other and so on.
2. screenshots: do you really have to screen your whole IDE just to show how method, class, xml whatever looks like?
3. lack of formatting: step by step processes are written in vast paragraphs of text, causing reader to lose focus.
4. "now we'll use that handy programmer's shortcut ctl+c" over and over and over again...was driving me crazy.
tl;dr : advice - there are far better books about android development, try those instead.
September 22, 2013
Pretty usefull if you want to write you first real (i mean real purpose) app.
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