Download or read book Best Android Apps written by Mike Hendrickson and published by "O'Reilly Media, Inc.". This book was released on 2010-04-27 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You can choose from thousands of apps to make your Android device do just about anything you can think of -- and probably a few things you'd never imagine. There are so many Android apps available, in fact, that it's been difficult to find the best of the bunch -- until now. Best Android Apps leads you beyond the titles in Android Market's "Top Paid" and "Top Free" bins to showcase apps that will truly delight, empower, and entertain you. The authors have tested and handpicked more than 200 apps and games, each listed with a description and details highlighting the app's valuable tips and special features. Flip through the book to browse their suggestions, or head directly to the category of your choice to find the best apps to use at work, on the town, at play, at home, or on the road. Discover great Android apps to help you: Juggle tasks Connect with friends Play games Organize documents Explore what's nearby Get in shape Travel the world Find new music Dine out Manage your money ...and much more!

Download or read book Amazing Android Apps For Dummies written by Daniel A. Begun and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2011-02-02 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Find the Android apps that are right for you so you can have fun and get more done! The popularity of Android apps is exploding and this handy guide helps you sort through the thousands of available applications so you can find the ones that are ideal for you. You'll explore a variety of apps in the areas of entertainment, finance, health, food, music, news, weather, photography, reference, dining out, social networking, sports, travel, and more. Author Daniel Begun helps you navigate through this enormous—and potentially overwhelming—array of Android apps. Holds your hand through the oftentimes overwhelming app selection and shares helpful advice for sorting through the tens of thousands of apps to find the ones that are right for you Helps you uncover which apps are worth the price and what's fabulous for free Provides advice on what apps work best for all your favorite hobbies – from movies to music, sports to social networking, fitness to fun games, and everything in between Amazing Android Apps For Dummies walks you through the process of finding, purchasing, and installing the most appealing apps for your needs.

Download or read book The Rough Guide to the Best Android Apps written by Rough Guides and published by Rough Guides UK. This book was released on 2012-08-02 with total page 141 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: So many apps and so little time. How do you get to the best with a minimum of fuss? The Rough Guide to the Best Android Apps solves the problem. It reveals the 400 best free and paid for applications for smartphones and tablets in all categories. Whether its navigation or news, photography or productivity, games or utilities this book highlights the best Android apps available from the marquee names to the hidden gems. Discover now the 400 apps your Android device should be using.

Download or read book Android Apps for Absolute Beginners written by Wallace Jackson and published by Apress. This book was released on 2017-03-14 with total page 499 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Get your first Android apps up and running with the help of plain English and practical examples. If you have a great idea for an Android app, but have never programmed before, then this book is for you. Android Apps for Absolute Beginners cuts through the fog of jargon and mystery that surrounds Android app development, and gives you simple, step-by-step instructions to get you started. This book teaches Android application development in language anyone can understand, giving you the best possible start in Android development. It provides clean, straightforward examples that make learning easy, allowing you to pick up the concepts without fuss. It offers clear code descriptions and layout so that you can get your apps running as soon as possible Although this book covers what's new in Android 7, it is also backwards compatible to cover some of the previous Android releases. What You'll Learn Download, install, and configure the latest software needed for Android app development Work efficiently using an integrated development environment (IDE) Build useful, attractive applications and get them working immediately Create apps with ease using XML markup and drag-and-drop graphical layout editors Use new media and graphics to skin your app so that it has maximum appeal Create advanced apps combining XML, Java and new media content Who This Book Is For If you have a great idea for an Android app, but have never programmed before, then this book is for you. You don’t need to have any previous computer programming skills — as long as you have a desire to learn and you know which end of the mouse is which, the world of Android apps development awaits.

Download or read book The Rough Guide to the Best Android Apps written by Andrew Clare and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2012-08-02 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now available in ePub format. So many apps and so little time. How do you get to the best with a minimum of fuss? The Rough Guide to the Best Android Apps solves the problem. It reveals the 400 best free and paid for applications for smartphones and tablets in all categories. Whether its navigation or news, photography or productivity, games or utilities this book highlights the best Android apps available from the marquee names to the hidden gems. Discover now the 400 apps your Android device should be using.

Download or read book Learn Android Studio written by Clifton Craig and published by Apress. This book was released on 2015-05-15 with total page 470 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn Android Studio covers Android Studio and its rich tools ecosystem, including Git and Gradle: this book covers how Android Studio works seamlessly with Git, for source control, and Gradle, a build and test tool. In addition, this book demonstrates how to develop/collaborate with remote Git web-hosting services such as GitHub and Bitbucket. Four complete Android projects accompany this volume and are available for download from a public Git repository. With this book, you learn the latest and most productive tools in the Android tools ecosystem, and the best practices for Android app development. You will be able to take away the labs' code as templates or frameworks to re-use and customize for your own similar apps. Android Studio is an intuitive, feature-rich, and extremely forgiving Integrated Development Environment (IDE). This IDE is more productive and easier to use for your Android app creations than Eclipse. With this book you will quickly master Android Studio and maximize your Android development time. Source code on the remote web-hosting service is targeted to the latest Android Studio release, version 1.2.

Download or read book High Performance Android Apps written by Doug Sillars and published by "O'Reilly Media, Inc.". This book was released on 2015-09-09 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Annotation In a virtual sea of Android apps, the key to survival in the form of user engagement, referrals and purchases is simple: performance and perceived speed. But building a high performance app isn't easy in a fast-paced and rapidly changing environment where new devices, platforms and development tools are announced almost daily. This practical guide provides tools and tips that will help you take app performance to a new level.

Download or read book Kotlin Cookbook written by Ken Kousen and published by O'Reilly Media. This book was released on 2019-11-14 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Use Kotlin to build Android apps, web applications, and more—while you learn the nuances of this popular language. With this unique cookbook, developers will learn how to apply thisJava-based language to their own projects. Both experienced programmers and those new to Kotlin will benefit from the practical recipes in this book. Author Ken Kousen (Modern Java Recipes) shows you how to solve problems with Kotlin by concentrating on your own use cases rather than on basic syntax. You provide the contextand this book supplies the answers. Already big in Android development, Kotlin can be used anywhere Java is applied, as well as for iOS development, native applications, JavaScriptgeneration, and more. Jump in and build meaningful projects with Kotlin today. Apply functional programming concepts, including lambdas, sequences, and concurrency See how to use delegates, late initialization, and scope functions Explore Java interoperability and access Java libraries using Kotlin Add your own extension functions Use helpful libraries such as JUnit 5 Get practical advice for working with specific frameworks, like Android and Spring

Download or read book Pro Android Media written by Shawn Van Every and published by Apress. This book was released on 2011-07-29 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mobile devices have evolved to focus on rich media production and consumption. Developers of mobile applications are able to create applications that allow people to play, capture, and share media in a variety of new ways on mobile devices. The popularity of Android has soared in part because the platform offers developers a rich set of capabilities including access to media capturing and playback functions. Pro Android Media provides concise and clear instruction on how to utilize the media APIs made available through Android to create dynamic apps. It takes you from a simple means to gain access to the camera to complex video capture and sharing examples. It also covers sound, graphics, painting, and more—everything you need to make your app come "alive." After reading this book, the app you create will showcase the best of multimedia that Android has to offer.

Download or read book The Business of Android Apps Development written by Mark Rollins and published by Apress. This book was released on 2013-07-22 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The growing but still evolving success of the Android platform has ushered in a second mobile technology “gold rush” for app developers. Google Play and Amazon Appstore for Android apps has become the second go-to apps eco for today's app developers. While not yet as large in terms of number of apps as iTunes, Google Play and Amazon Appstore have so many apps that it has become increasingly difficult for new apps to stand out in the crowd. Achieving consumer awareness and sales longevity for your Android app requires a lot of organization and some strategic planning. Written for today's Android apps developer or apps development shop, this new and improved book from Apress, The Business of Android Apps Development, Second Edition, tells you today's story on how to make money on Android apps. This book shows you how to take your app from idea to design to development to distribution and marketing your app on Google Play or Amazon Appstore. This book takes you step-by-step through cost-effective marketing, public relations and sales techniques that have proven successful for professional Android app creators and indie shops—perfect for independent developers on shoestring budgets. It even shows you how to get interest from venture capitalists and how they view a successful app vs. the majority of so-so to unsuccessful apps in Android. No prior business knowledge is required. This is the book you wish you had read before you launched your first app! What you’ll learn How to take your app from idea to design to development to distributing and marketing your app on Google Play or Amazon Appstore How do Venture Capitalists validate new App Ideas, and use their techniques. How to monetize your app: Freemium, ads, in-app purchasing and more What are the programming tips and tricks that help you sell your app How to optimize your app for the marketplace How to marketing your app How to listen to your customer base, and grow your way to greater revenue Who this book is for This book is for those who have an idea for an app, but otherwise may know relatively little about entrepreneurship, app development, or even business in general. You should be able to pick up this book and feel like someone is holding your hand as they go through the process of evaluating your idea, learning to code, placing your app in the marketplace, marketing your app, and finally, improving your app to meet the needs of your customer base. Table of Contents1. The Android Market: A Background 2. Making Sure Your App Will Succeed 3. Legal Issues: Better Safe Than Sorry 4. A Brief Introduction to Android Development 5. Develop Apps Like a Pro 6. Making Money with Ads on Your Application 7. In-App Billing: Putting A Store in Your Application 8. Making App Marketplaces Work for You 9. Getting The Word Out 10. After You Have A User Base

Download or read book The Best iPhone Android and BlackBerry Apps written by and published by Vasanth Simon. This book was released on with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Best Book On Marketing Your Android App written by Eddie Kim and published by Hyperink Inc. This book was released on 2012-03-10 with total page 75 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bestselling Android Dev Eddie Kim Teaches You How To Market Your Android Apps! You've designed the perfect app, and you're wondering why no one is buying it. Our experienced Android developer, Eddie Kim, has been in your shoes, and he knows how stiff the competition can be. Eddie introduces you to the people with the power, your customers, as he walks you through the marketing steps you need to take to make your app stand out from the a sea of similar apps. You're an innovative developer, but when it comes to advertising your app, you don't know how to rally an audience like Billy Mays. However, you've found that other books offer redundant, outdated, or useless advice, and you're looking for a book that gives you specific, straight-forward strategies to dominate the market now. Eddie is here to show you his own tricks (which earned him over $180,000 a year in Android apps), which will increase your sales and teach you how to dream up bestselling Android apps for your money-making arsenal. JUST A FEW OF THE THINGS YOU'LL LEARN: * A step-by-step development guide for identifying unfilled app needs, avoiding piracy with Eddie's coding strategies, and guarding against * 3 major development mistakes * Android vs. iPhone: An analysis of the pros and cons of Android and iPhone programming * The inside scoop on increasing customer ratings, making the most of blogs and social media, and avoiding the 70-30 price split MEET EDDIE KIM Eddie is an independent Android developer, responsible for hit applications like Car Locator, Smarter Alarm, Copy Paste It, and Screenshot It. His applications have won numerous accolades and over $100,000 in prize money. He has been featured in numerous publications, including Wired Magazine, Techcrunch, and Capital. Today he sells over $180,000/year in Android apps. Eddie graduated from Stanford University in 2005.

Download or read book Android for Programmers written by Paul J. Deitel and published by Prentice Hall. This book was released on 2012 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By the world's #1 Java programming authors, and the creators of the bestselling "iPhone for Programmers," the application-driven approach to Android brings the Deitels' signature "Live Code" technique to Android development and teaches every new technique in the context of a real-world Android App: 16 complete Apps in all.

Download or read book Android User Interface Design written by Ian G. Clifton and published by Addison-Wesley. This book was released on 2013-04-15 with total page 666 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Build Android Apps That Are Stunningly Attractive, Functional, and Intuitive In today’s crowded Android marketplace, it’s more important than ever to differentiate your apps. Great design is the best way to do that. Now, leading Android app design expert Ian G. Clifton shows you how to make your apps come alive and how to deliver apps that users will want, love, and buy! Reflecting the Android 4.2 SDK, this book serves both as a tutorial for the entire design and implementation process and as a handy reference you’ll rely on for every Android development project. Clifton shows how to create effective designs, organize them into Android components, and move gracefully from idea, to wireframe, to comp, to finished app. You’ll learn how to bring your own voice, personality, and style to your app designs; how to leverage advanced drawing techniques such as PorterDuff compositing; how to test designs on diverse Android devices; and much more. Android User Interface Design details each step of the design and development process and contains extensive downloadable sample code, including complete finished apps. Learn how Android has evolved to support outstanding app design Integrate app design with development, from idea through deployment Understand views, the building blocks of Android user interfaces Make the most of wireframes and prototypes Build efficient layouts and integrate smooth animations Make apps more useful by automatically updating ListViews Combine views into custom components Use image compositing and other advanced techniques Work with the canvas and advanced drawing Leverage Google Play and Amazon Appstore assets One step at a time, this guide helps you bridge the gap between Android developers and designers so you can work with colleagues to create world-class app designs...or do it yourself!

Download or read book The Best Book On Finding Developing Your Android App Idea written by Eddie Kim and published by Hyperink Inc. This book was released on 2011-11-30 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Android can seem intimidating, if not downright overwhelming, for a first time developer. In "The Best Book On Finding & Developing Your Android App Idea", Edward Kim walks Android rookies through the process, from conceptualization straight through to the Android market, helping them through the basics so they can get right down to what's important to their application.

Download or read book Android Apps Security written by Sheran Gunasekera and published by Apress. This book was released on 2012-12-03 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Android Apps Security provides guiding principles for how to best design and develop Android apps with security in mind. It explores concepts that can be used to secure apps and how developers can use and incorporate these security features into their apps. This book will provide developers with the information they need to design useful, high-performing, and secure apps that expose end-users to as little risk as possible. Overview of Android OS versions, features, architecture and security. Detailed examination of areas where attacks on applications can take place and what controls should be implemented to protect private user data In-depth guide to data encryption, authentication techniques, enterprise security and applied real-world examples of these concepts

Download or read book Android Apps with Eclipse written by Onur Cinar and published by Apress. This book was released on 2012-08-04 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eclipse is the most adopted integrated development environment (IDE) for Java programmers. And, now, Eclipse seems to be the preferred IDE for Android apps developers. Android Apps with Eclipse provides a detailed overview of Eclipse, including steps and the screenshots to help Android developers to quickly get up to speed on Eclipse and to streamline their day-to-day software development. This book includes the following: Overview of Eclipse fundamentals for both Java and C/C++ Development. Using Eclipse Android Development Toolkit (ADT) to develop, debug, and troubleshoot Android applications. Using Eclipse C/C++ Development Toolkit (CDT) in conjunction with Android Native Development Kit (NDK) to integrate, develop and troubleshoot native Android components through Eclipse.