Meier R. Professional Android 2 Application Development

2nd edition. — Wrox, 2010. — 576 p. — ISBN-10 0470565527, ISBN-13 978-0470565520.This book is for anyone interested in creating applications for the Android mobile phone platform using the SDK. It includes information that will be valuable, whether you’re an experienced mobile developer or you’re making your first foray, via Android, into writing mobile applications.
It will help if readers have used mobile phones (particularly phones running Android), but it’s not necessary, nor is prior experience in mobile phone development. It’s expected that you’ll have some experience in software development and be familiar with basic development practices. While knowledge of Java is helpful, it’s not a necessity.
Chapters 1 and 2 introduce mobile development and contain instructions to get you started in Android. Beyond that, there’s no requirement to read the chapters in order, although a good understanding of the core components described in Chapters 3 through 7 is important before you venture into the remaining chapters. Chapters 8 through 15 cover a variety of optional and advanced functionality and can be read in whatever order interest or need dictates.