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You've developed a killer app for one mobile devicenow its time to maximize your intellectual investment and develop for the full spectrum of mobile platforms and devices. With Cracking iPhone and Android Native Development, youll learn how to quickly retool between the iPhone and Android platforms and broaden the interest and audience of your app, without working with burdensome and error-prone compatibility layers and toolkits. Cracking iPhone and Android Native Development takes you, the developer, through the same mobile software development projecton both platforms, learning the differences between and the relative strengths and weaknesses of each platform as you go. No magic intermediate layers of obfuscationby the time you get to the end, you...

Beginning Android Tablet Programming starts off by showing how to get your system ready for Android tablet programming. You won't need any previous Android experience, because you'll learn all about the basic structure of an Android program and how the Android operating system worksand then you'll learn how to write your first Android tablet application from scratch! Beginning Android Tablet Programming then equips youto build a set of interesting and fully-working Android tablet applications. These projects will give you the inspiration and insights to build your own Android programs in the future. You'll be introduced to 2D programming, and you'll see what you can do with a touch screen interface and the Honeycomb SDK. Of course, 3D programming i...

Android games programmers now havethe power to write games for Android tablets. Beginning Android Tablet Games Programmingexplains how to enhance your Android games using the new tablet interface and the additional screen estate. You'll learn how to bring yourprogramming skillsup to date and intoa world where touch screens, games physics, andartificial intelligencecome together in new and surprising ways. Beginning Android Tablet Games Programming shows how to quickly and easily set up an Android development environmentin no time at all, you'll beprogramming away. You'll begin with some simple games using sprites and choreographed movement. Next, you'll learn how to handle user input inthe modernage of touch screens and motion. Along the way, you'...

Learn how to develop applications for Android mobile devices using simple examples, ready to run with your copy of the software development kit. Author and Android columnist, writer, developer, and community advocate Mark L. Murphy shows you what you need to know to get started on programming Android applicationseverything from crafting graphical user interfaces to using GPS, accessing web services, and more! The Android development platform, created by Google and the Open Handset Alliance, is a platform in its truest sense, encompassing hundreds of classes beyond the traditional Java classes and open source components that ship with the SDK. Some Android books race through the material, trying to cover as much ground as possible in as few pages as p...

Beginning Android 4 Games Development offers everything you need to join the ranks of successful Android game developers. You'll start with game design fundamentals and programming basics, and then progress toward creating your own basic game engine and playable game that works on Android 4.0 and earlier devices. This will give you everything you need to branch out and write your own Android games. The potential user base and the wide array of available high-performance devices makes Android an attractive target for aspiring game developers. Do you have an awesome idea for the next break-through mobile gaming title?Beginning Android 4Games Developmentwill help you kick-start your project. The book will guide you through the process of making severa...