This is a no frills, no nonsense, code centric run through the guts of application development on Google’s Mobile OS. It focuses on giving developers the essential tools and examples required to make viable commercial applications work.
Focuses on just four main topics: Application life-cycle and OS integration, User interface, Location based services, and Networking The reader will understand how an Android application functions and communicates with the handset that hosts it The reader will be able to create and display a rich mix of custom rendered screens and tailored Android widgets Readers will know how to use Google’s powerful Map tool They will understand the intricacies of network connectivity in the mobile world