Tag Archives: Android

Location-aware

Location-Aware Applications, Richard Ferraro, – 2011 Programmers of Android and iPhone apps will want to read this timely book. 300 pages.

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Rough Guide to Android

The Rough Guide to Android Phones, Andrew Clare, (- 2011) Android phone users will find this tiny guide useful. 200 pages.

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Android Fully Loaded

Android Fully Loaded, Rob Huddleston, 2011 A users guide to Android smartphones. Excellent. 200 pages.

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Pro Android 3

Pro Android 3, Satya Komatineni, – 2011 Programmers targeting Android phones and tablets will want to read this book. At 1100 pages, this is an unwieldy book. Contents: Setting Up Your Development Environment Understanding Android Resources Understanding Content Providers Understanding … Continue reading

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Building Android Apps

Building Android Apps with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, Jonathan Stark, O’Reilly, 2010 Developers of web applications will want to read this well written book. If you can build your app with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, you probably should. A chapter … Continue reading

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Android in Action

Android in Action 2nd ed., Frank Ableson, 2011 Programmers will like this book. It is well written, looks useful, and has lots of example Java code. 550 pages. Contents: Part 1. What is Android? The big picture. Introducing Android Android’s … Continue reading

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Droid X Dummies

Droid X for Dummies, Dan Gookin, (- 2010) A user guide which you will want to read whether you have a Droid, HTC, Samsung, Nexus, or other mobile. 300 pages.

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Droid X Manual

Droid X: the Missing Manual, Preston Gralla, O’Reilly, 2011 An Android users guide.

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Learning Android

Learning Android, Marko Gargenta, O’Reilly, 2010 This slim book will get you programming Java apps quickly. Also, for C++ code, there is a valuable chapter showing how to use JNI (for compute intensive graphics or math). 200 pages.

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Android Apps Marketing

Android Apps Marketing – Secrets to Selling Your Android App, Jeffrey Hughes, – 2010 Excellent. 300 pages.

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