Professional Android 4 Application Development
Android based smartphones and tablets have taken the world by storm. Whether it's a boy or girl, young or old, everyone seems to be falling head over heels in love with these gadgets. This creates a large market for developers who want to create applications that work on the Android platform. The Professional Android 4 Application Development (Wrox) will provide you with all the tools and tricks that you need to get started on this journey. All that theory would be worthless without any practice and so the book features a sizeable number of hands-on projects that will allow you to get your hands dirty in the Android SDK sandbox. You will come face to face with the latest APIs brought forth in Android comprising of NFC Beam, Wi-Fi Direct and countless other features. It will also expose you to new changes in the Android environment including the enhanced animation framework, drag and drop features and the action bar. All the practical exercises that have been outlined in the book will bolster your abilities to design a robust yet purposeful application for your target audience. It is common knowledge that developing a world class application is just half the story and you also need to know how to release it, market it . The book takes care of those areas also as it would walk you through ideas on how to publish and market your application as well create platforms that will enhance user's experience. Professional Android 4 Application Development (Wrox) was published on 8 June 2012 in paperback.