Android 9 Development Cookbook

Rick Boyer has been a professional programmer for over 20 years. He has designed websites, written programs for Windows, and coded for numerous mobile platforms such as Windows CE, Windows Phone, and Android. Almost eight years ago, he took the plunge and founded NightSky Development, a software consulting firm specializing solely in Android development.

The Android operating system has the most installations worldwide. There has never been a better moment to learn Android development so that you may create your own apps or contribute to the open source community. You'll find solutions for everything from user interfaces and multi-touch gestures to device functions like the camera and accelerometer in this updated third edition.

Android 9 Development Cookbook will walk you through the process of packaging your app for the Android Market step by step. You'll begin by investigating layout options and when to employ them. Following that, you'll concentrate on widgets and styles, from integrating a widget into a layout to turning a style into a theme. You will later learn how to use notifications and alerts in your app. As you go, you'll learn how to use the touchscreen and sensors before diving into the Open Visuals Library to create high-performance 2D and 3D graphics. Following that, you'll learn about geofencing, from establishing a user's location to utilizing Google MapView to provide mapping capabilities to your app. In the last chapters, you'll learn how to submit your app to the Google Play store. Each recipe provides a clear solution, and you'll learn important insights and approaches connected to Android Pie's capabilities throughout the book. It is among the best books on Android development.

You will have learnt how to confidently write apps from scratch and apply answers to numerous development difficulties by the end of this book.

What you will discover:

• Create applications that use the most recent Android framework while remaining backward compatible with the support library.
• Discover graphics, animation, and multimedia recipes for creating interesting applications.
• Using the most recent Google Play Services API, add location awareness to your app.
• Make use of Google Speech Recognition APIs in your app.
• Learn how to use notifications and alerts in your apps.
• Use the Open Graphics Library to create 2D and 3D graphics.

If you are new to Android development and want to learn the framework by doing, or if you are an experienced developer looking for clear working code to address the various issues in Android development, this book will be useful.

Author: Rick Boyer

Link to buy: https://www.amazon.com/Android-Development-Cookbook-solutions-developers-ebook/dp/B07J664P3D

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