Android Pocket Primer

As part of the best selling Pocket Primer series, this book provides an overview of the major
aspects and the source code to use the latest versions of Android. It has coverage of the fundamental
aspects of Android that are illustrated via code samples for versions 4.x through 7.x and features the
Google Pixel phone. This Pocket Primer is primarily for self-directed learners who want to learn
Android programming and it serves as a starting point for deeper exploration of its numerous applications.
Companion disc (available for downloading from the publisher with Amazon order number by writing to
[email protected]) with source code, images, and appendices.

Features
+Provides coverage of the fundamental aspects of Android that are illustrated via code samples for versions 4.x through 7.x
+Contains latest material on Android VR, graphics/animation, apps, and features the new Google Pixel phone
+Includes companion files with all of the source code, appendices, and images from the book
(available for downloading from the publisher with Amazon order number by writing to [email protected])

Brief Table of Contents
1. A Quick Introduction to Android. 2. Design and UI Controls. 3. Additional UI Controls .
4. Graphics and Animation. 5. User Gestures. 6. Sensors and MultiMedia. 7. Data Storage
and File I/O. 8. Services and Broadcast Receivers. 9. Android VR, TV, and Auto, and Things.
10. Functional Reactive Programming. Appendices: A. Threads and Networking. B. Performance and Debugging.
C. Miscellaneous. Index.

On the Companion Files!
(available for downloading from the publisher with Amazon order number by writing to [email protected])
+Source code samples
+All images from the text (including 4-color)
+Appendices (see Table of Contents)

About The Author
Oswald Campesato (San Francisco, CA) specializes in D3, Java, Android, and CSS3/SVG graphics.
He is the author/co-author of over twenty books including jQuery, CSS3, and HTML5 for Mobile
and Desktop Devices and the Python Pocket Primer (Mercury Learning).