Android Wireless Application Development Excerpt

This excerpt provides guidance on executing a successful Android project from concept and design through delivery.


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From InformIT | Nov 2, 2009

Android Wireless Application Development combines all the reliable information, sample code and best practices you need to build, distribute and market successful Android mobile applications. Drawing on their extensive experience with mobile and wireless development, authors Shane Conder and Lauren Darcey cover everything you need to execute a successful Android project, from concept and design through coding, testing, packaging and delivery.

Conder and Darcey explain how mobile development differs from conventional development, how Android differs from other mobile platforms, and how to take full advantage of Android's unique features and capabilities. They present detailed, code-rich coverage of Android's most important APIs, expert techniques for organizing development teams and managing Android projects, and dozens of time-saving tricks and pitfalls to avoid.

This excerpt is the entire first chapter, entitled "Introducing Android."

The attached Zip file includes:

  • Intro Page.doc
  • Cover Sheet and Terms.pdf
  • Android Wireless Application Development Excerpt.pdf
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