The Busy Coder's Guide to Android Development - Free Download Android Tutorial
The Busy Coder's Guide to Android Development
by Mark L. Murphy
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Welcome to the Book!
Thanks!
Thanks for your interest in developing applications for Android!
Increasingly, people will access Internet-based services using so-called
"non-traditional" means, such as mobile devices. The more we do in that
space now, the more that people will help invest in that space to make it
easier to build more powerful mobile applications in the future. Android is
new – at the time of this writing, there are no shipping Android-powered
devices – but it likely will rapidly grow in importance due to the size and
scope of the Open Handset Alliance.
And, most of all, thanks for your interest in this book! I sincerely hope you
find it useful and at least occasionally entertaining.
Prerequisites
If you are interested in programming for Android, you will need at least
basic understanding of how to program in Java. Android programming is
done using Java syntax, plus a class library that resembles a subset of the
Java SE library (plus Android-specific extensions). If you have not
programmed in Java before, you probably should quick learn how that
works before attempting to dive into programming for Android.
The book does not cover in any detail how to download or install the
Android development tools, either the Eclipse IDE flavor or the standalone
flavor. The Android Web site covers this quite nicely. The material in the
book should be relevant whether you use the IDE or not. You should
download, install, and test out the Android development tools from the
Android Web site before trying any of the examples listed in this book.
Some chapters may reference material in previous chapters, though usually
with a link back to the preceding section of relevance.
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