Pro Android 3

Book Description

Pro Android 3 shows you how to build real-world and fun mobile applications using the new Android 3.0 SDK. It covers everything from the fundamentals of building apps for embedded devices, phones, and tablets to advanced concepts such as custom 3D components and multi-tasking.

Using the tutorials and expert advice, you’ll quickly be able to build cool mobile apps and run them on dozens of Android-based smartphones. You’ll explore and use the Android APIs, including those for media and sensors. And you’ll check out what’s new with Android 3.0, including the improved UI across all Android platforms, integration with services, and more, giving you the knowledge to create stunning, cutting-edge apps, while keeping you agile enough to respond to changes in the future.
What you’ll learn

• How to use Android to build Java-based mobile applications for Google phones with a touch screen or keyboard
• How to design and implement irresistible user interfaces for touchscreens with Views and layouts
• How to populate your application with data from data sources, using Content Providers
• How to create 3D graphics with OpenGL and custom components
• How to build multimedia and game apps using Android’s Media APIs and OpenGL
• How to use Android’s location-based services, network-based services, and security
• How to use new Android 3.0 features, such as Fragments and the ActionBar

Who this book is for This book is for professional software engineers/programmers looking to move their ideas and applications into the mobile space with Android. It assumes a passable understanding of Java, including how to write classes and handle basic inheritance structures.
Table of Contents

1. Introducing the Android Computing Platform
2. Setting up your Development Environment
3. Understanding Resources
4. Understanding Content Providers
5. Understanding Intents
6. Building User Interfaces and Using Controls
7. Adding Menus
8. Implementing Dialogs
9. Working with Preferences and Saving State
10. Security and Permissions
11. Working with Services
12. Exploring Packages, Processes, and Library Projects
13. Exploring Processes, Components, Threads, and Handlers
14. Exploring Broadcast Receivers and Long Running Services
15. Exploring the Alarm Manager
16. Unveiling 2D Animation
17. Exploring Maps and Location Services
18. Using the Telephony APIs
19. Understanding the Media Frameworks
20. Programming 3D Graphics with OpenGL
21. Exploring Live Folders
22. Home Screen Widgets and Live Wallpaper
23. Android Search
24. Exploring Text to Speech and the Google Translate API
25. Touchscreens
26. Using Sensors
27. Understanding the Contact API
28. Deploying your Application: Android Market and Beyond
29. Fragments
30. Action Bar
31. Selected Topics in Android 3.0

中文：

书名：Pro Android 3

Pro Android 3 向您展示如何使用新的Android 3.0 SDK构建真实而有趣的移动应用程序。它涵盖了从为嵌入式设备、手机和平板电脑构建应用程序的基本原理到定制3D组件和多任务处理等高级概念的方方面面。

使用这些教程和专家建议，你很快就能开发出很酷的移动应用程序，并在数十款基于Android的智能手机上运行它们。您将探索和使用Android API，包括用于媒体和传感器的API。你还将了解安卓3.0的新特性，包括在所有安卓平台上改进的用户界面、与服务的集成等，让你能够创建令人惊叹的尖端应用程序，同时保持足够的灵活性，以应对未来的变化。
你会学到什么？

• 如何使用Android为带触摸屏或键盘的Google手机构建基于Java的移动应用程序
• 如何设计和实现带有视图和布局的触摸屏不可抗拒的用户界面
• 如何使用内容提供商使用数据源中的数据填充应用程序
• 如何使用OpenGL和自定义组件创建3D图形
• 如何使用Android的Media API和OpenGL构建多媒体和游戏应用
• 如何使用Android的基于位置的服务、基于网络的服务和安全
• 如何使用Android 3.0的新功能，如片段和ActionBar

这本书的目标读者是专业软件工程师/程序员，他们希望通过Android将他们的想法和应用程序应用到移动领域。本文假定您对Java的理解还过得去，包括如何编写类和处理基本的继承结构。
目录表

1. Android计算平台简介
2. 设置您的开发环境
3. 了解资源
4. 了解内容提供商
5. Understanding Intents
6. 生成用户界面和使用控件
7. 添加菜单
8. Implementing Dialogs
9. 使用首选项和保存状态
10. Security and Permissions
11. 使用服务
12. 浏览包、进程和库项目
13. 浏览进程、组件、线程和处理程序
14. 探索广播接收器和长期运行服务
15. 浏览报警管理器
16. 揭开2D动画面纱
17. Exploring Maps and Location Services
18. 使用电话API
19. Understanding the Media Frameworks
20. Programming 3D Graphics with OpenGL
21. 浏览活动文件夹
22. Home Screen Widgets and Live Wallpaper
23. 安卓搜索
24. 探索文本语音转换和Google Translate API
25. Touchscreens
26. 使用传感器
27. 了解联系API
28. 部署您的应用程序：Android市场及其他
29. 碎片
30. 动作栏
31. Android 3.0中的精选主题