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Learning Java by Building Android Games - Second Edition
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Learning Java by Building Android Games
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Overview of this book
Android is one of the most popular mobile operating systems presently. It uses the most popular programming language, Java, as the primary language for building apps of all types. However, this book is unlike other Android books in that it doesn’t assume that you already have Java proficiency.
This new and expanded second edition of Learning Java by Building Android Games shows you how to start building Android games from scratch. The difficulty level will grow steadily as you explore key Java topics, such as variables, loops, methods, object oriented programming, and design patterns, including code and examples that are written for Java 9 and Android P.
At each stage, you will put what you’ve learned into practice by developing a game. You will build games such as Minesweeper, Retro Pong, Bullet Hell, and Classic Snake and Scrolling Shooter games. In the later chapters, you will create a time-trial, open-world platform game.
By the end of the book, you will not only have grasped Java and Android but will also have developed six cool games for the Android platform.
Table of Contents (28 chapters)
Preface
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1. Java, Android and Game Development
2. Java: First Contact
3. Variables, Operators and Expressions
4. Structuring Code with Java Methods
5. The Android Canvas Class – Drawing to the Screen
6. Repeating Blocks of Code with Loops
7. Making Decisions with Java If, Else and Switch
8. Object-Oriented Programming
9. The Game Engine, Threads, and The Game Loop
10. Coding the Bat and Ball
11. Collisions, Sound Effects and Supporting Different Versions of Android
12. Handling Lots of Data with Arrays
13. Bitmap Graphics and Measuring Time
14. The Stack, the Heap, and the Garbage Collector
15. Android Localization -Hola!
16. Collections, Generics and Enumerations
17. Manipulating Bitmaps and Coding the Snake class
18. Introduction to Design Patterns and much more!
19. Listening with the Observer Pattern, Multitouch and Building a Particle System
20. More Patterns, a Scrolling Background and Building the Player's ship
21. Completing the Scrolling Shooter Game
22. Exploring More Patterns and Planning the Platformer Project
23. The Singleton Pattern, Java HashMap, Storing Bitmaps Efficiently and Designing Levels
24. Sprite-sheet animations, Controllable Player and Parallax Scrolling Backgrounds
25. Intelligent Platforms and Advanced Collision Detection
26. What next?
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