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Learning Android Application Development

By : Raimon Ràfols Montane, Laurence Dawson
Book Image

Learning Android Application Development

By: Raimon Ràfols Montane, Laurence Dawson

Overview of this book

The mobile app market is huge. But where do you start? And how you can deliver something that takes Google Play by storm? This guide is the perfect route into Android app development – while it’s easy for new apps to sink without a trace, we’ll give you the best chance of success with practical and actionable guidance that will unlock your creativity and help you put the principles of Android development into practice. From the fundamentals and getting your project started to publishing your app to a huge market of potential customers, follow this guide to become a confident, creative and reliable mobile developer. Get to grips with new components in Android 7 such as RecyclerView, and find out how to take advantage of automated testing, and, of course, much, much more. What are you waiting for? There’s never been a better time – or a better way – to get into Android app development.
Table of Contents (16 chapters)
Learning Android Application Development
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface

About the Reviewers

Vincent Brison is a veteran Android software craftsman. With 4 years of Android development experience, he successfully lead the development of reference banking applications as the lead Android developer. He specializes in application architecture around Clean Code, code quality and testing on Android, and cutting edge graphical implementations for Android. As an open source enthusiast, Vincent is sharing some of his work on GitHub (https://github.com/vincentbrison), on his personal website (https://vincentbrison.com), and in events like Droidcon.

I personally would like to thank Thomas B. for showing me the right way of crafting Android applications.

Pablo Pera is an entrepreneur and engineer who has built and launched Android apps that have reached more than 30 million users worldwide. He started his professional career at Google, right about the time Android was born, and worked for large organizations such as CERN and tech startups, where he has been leading various engineering teams.

Karim Varela is an entrepreneur and mobile enthusiast at heart. He is currently involved in a couple of mobile start-ups, Coffee Meets Bagel and Tastemates. At Coffee Meets Bagel, he leads the engineering team and he advises Tastemates and Proxloop on strategy, product, and technology. Previously, he built the Android app for the world-famous Tinder app.

He earned an MBA from the University of Florida and a bachelor's degree in computer science from the University of California. He also contributed as a technical reviewer on the book Pro Android 4 and coauthored the book Instant GSON.