Jordan L., Greyling P. Practical Android Projects

Lucas Jordan, Pieter Greyling. Practical Android Projects. Apress, 2011. - 416 p. - ISBN: 1430232439Take a practical approach to becoming a leading-edge Android developer, learning by example while combining the many technologies needed to create a successful, up-to-date web app.Practical Android Projects introduces the Android SDK and development tools of the trade, and then dives into building cool-looking and fun apps that put Android's amazing capabilities to work. Android is the powerful, full-featured, open source mobile platform that powers phones like Google Nexus, Motorola Droid, Samsung Galaxy S, and a variety of HTC phones and tablet computers.This book helps you quickly get Android projects up and running with the free and open source Eclipse, NetBeans, and IntelliJ IDEA IDEs. Then you build and extend mobile applications using the Android SDK, Java, Scripting Layer for Android, and languages such as Python, Ruby, JavaScript/HTML, Flex/AIR, and Lua.What you'll learnIn Practical Android Projects you'll work on real-world projects such as:
Hosting an Android BASIC interpreter
Extending your Java-based Android applications with embedded LUA
Scripting your Android device with SL4A
Adding Twitter and Facebook to your applications
Using 2D graphics and animations for casual games
Creating cross-platform apps with JavaScript/HTML and Flex with AIRWho this book is forPractical Android Projects is for any developer new to the Android platform who wants to learn to build mobile applications. Knowledge of the fundamentals of Java programming is assumed.Android Fundamentals
Development Tools in Practice
Roll Your Own Android Scripting Environment
Embedding Lua in Android Applications
Introducing SL4A: The Scripting Layer for AndroidВ
Creating a GUI with HTML/JavaScript andВAIR
Using REST with Facebook and Twitter
Using theВGoogle App EngineВwith Android
Game Development: Graphics
Game Development: Animation
App Inventor