Android Application Development

(with KitKat Support)

Black Book™
The book, Android Application Development Black Book, is a one-
time reference book that covers all aspects of Android application
development in an easy-to-understand approach—for example, how to
design user interface by using Views and ViewGroups, how to
persistently store data by using content providers, how to design mobile
applications displaying pictures and menus by using Views, how to
develop Android mobile applications for sending messages and e-mails,
how to work with location services and maps, how to run background
services in the mobile applications, how to develop applications
supporting audio, video, and camera of a mobile device, etc. The book
explores these concepts with appropriate examples and executable
applications.
ISBN: 9789351194095
Pages: 580
Price: 549/-
Authors: Pradeep Kothari, KLSI

What is in this book for you

Introducing Java—Helps you to learn about The Drawable Class—Helps you to develop
animation- fundamentals of Java programming based a p p l i c a t i o n s for Android 4
Activities and Intents—Help you to perform an operation The Get and Post Methods—Help you to
establish such as m a k i n g a call, capturing a photo, sending a network connections for downloading binary
data and message or viewing a map in a mobile application images
User Interface Using Views and ViewGroups—Helps you Audio, Video, and Camera API—Allow
you to create a to design v a r i o u s types of layouts, such as linear, sound pool or v i d e o s and play
them one by one by
relative, and table using media player
Pictures and Menus with Views—Allow you to display Threads and Services Support—Help you
to work with images as thumbnails in the grid view or change an various types of services and their
life cycles
image by using the Bluetooth, NFC, and Wi-Fi APIs—Help you to
develop I m a g e S w i t c h e r view applications to transfer data from one device to
SQLite Database—Allows you to store data of a mobile another through wireless technologies
application persistently Telephony and SMS APIs—Help you to
develop
Shared Preferences—Allow you to store primitive data Android applications by using the
TelephonyManager through keyv a l u e pairs and SmsManager classes
Intent class and Setting the ACTION_SEND intent—Help Hardware Sensors API—Helps you to
develop
you to send an SMS programmatically applications to use the sensors, such as accelerometer,
The GoogleMaps API—Helps you to work with maps and of the Android devices
location s e r v i c e s in an Android application Widgets and Live Wallpapers Development—Helps
you to create and more...
About the Author
Pradeep Kothari holds the B.E. degree in Electronics and Communication and has about 9 years of industry experience in
developing, architecting, and deploying enterprise-level mobile technological product and solutions for Windows mobile, J2ME,
Android, and iOS based devices while working in some top technology companies in the domain of Telecom, Gaming, Mobile
content solutions, and Education technology. Pradeep started his software carrier writing Mobile apps for Pocket PC 2003 (early
version of windows mobile) in the early days of evolution of smart phones. He then progressed to Android and iOS programming
for handled devices. He also provided consulting to some top technology companies like Lionbridge Inc. and Microsoft Learning.
Currently, he is a Ph.D. researcher in the field of mobility and a Technical Manager with a technology company, where he is leading
a team in designing and developing cutting edge enterprise mobile products for mobile phones as well as tablets.
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