Android Recipes A Problem-Solution Approach for Android 5.0

Abstract

If you are reading this book, you probably don’t need to be told of the immense opportunit that mobile devices represent for software developers and users. In recent years, Android has become one of the top mobile platforms for device users. This means that you, as a developer, must know how to harness Android so you can stay connected to this market and the potential that it offers. But any new platform brings with it uncertainty about best practices and solutions to common needs and problems.What we aim to do with Android Recipesis give you the tools to write applications for the Android platform through direct examples targeted at the specific problems you are trying to solve. This book is not a deep dive into the Android SDK, NDK, or any of the other tools. We don’t weigh you down with all the details and theory behind the curtain. That’s not to say that those details aren’t interesting or important. You should take the time to learn them as they may save you from making future mistakes. However, more often than not, they are simply a distraction when you are just looking for a solution to an immediate problem. This book is not meant to teach you Java programming or even the building blocks of an Android application. You won’t find many basic recipes in this book (such as how to displa text with TextView, for instance), as we feel these are tasks easily remembered once learne Instead, we set out to address tasks that developers, once comfortable with Android, need to do often but find too complex to accomplish with a few lines of code. Treat Android Recipesas a reference to consult, a resource-filled cookbook that you can always open to find the pragmatic advice you need to get the job done quickly and well.