Introducing Android Development with Ice Cream Sandwich

Book Description

The Android platform continues to aggressively grow in market share against competing mobile platforms, such as Apple iOS and BlackBerry. Android’s latest major platform update, Android 4.0, frequently called by its code-name, Ice Cream Sandwich or just ICS merges the smartphone-centric Android 2.3.x (Gingerbread) and the tablet-centric Android 3.x (Honeycomb) platform editions into a single SDK for all smart-devices, be they phones, tablets, televisions, or toasters.

This short e-book provides an overview from the authors on the importance of Ice Cream Sandwich as well as key preview content from the upcoming book, “Android Wireless Application Development, Third Edition, Volume I.” This preview content provides some essential references, updated for Android SDK 4.0,  for those interested in jumping into Android application development at this exciting time. To use this e-book most effectively, you need to download the Android development SDK and tools, install them on your development machine, and configure them using the development environment of your choice. You can find instructions for installing and configuring your computer for Android software development on the Android Developer website at http://d.android.com/sdk/.

The Android platform continues to aggressively grow in market share against competing mobile platforms, such as Apple iOS and BlackBerry. Android’s latest major platform update, Android 4.0, frequently called by its code-name, Ice Cream Sandwich or just ICS merges the smartphone-centric Android 2.3.x (Gingerbread) and the tablet-centric Android 3.x (Honeycomb) platform editions into a single SDK for all smart-devices, be they phones, tablets, televisions, or toasters.

This short e-book provides an overview from the authors on the importance of Ice Cream Sandwich as well as key preview content from the upcoming book, “Android Wireless Application Development, Third Edition, Volume I.” This preview content provides some essential references, updated for Android SDK 4.0,  for those interested in jumping into Android application development at this exciting time. To use this e-book most effectively, you need to download the Android development SDK and tools, install them on your development machine, and configure them using the development environment of your choice. You can find instructions for installing and configuring your computer for Android software development on the Android Developer website at http://d.android.com/sdk/.

中文：

书名：用冰激凌三明治介绍Android开发

与苹果iOS和黑莓等竞争对手相比，Android平台的市场份额继续大幅增长。安卓最新的重大平台升级版本安卓4.0，通常被称为Ice Cream Sandwich或Just ICS，它将以智能手机为中心的安卓2.3.x(姜饼)和以平板电脑为中心的安卓3.x(蜂巢)平台版本合并为一个SDK，适用于所有智能设备，无论是手机、平板电脑、电视还是烤面包机。

这本简短的电子书概述了冰淇淋三明治的重要性，以及即将出版的新书《Android无线应用程序开发》第三版第一卷的主要预览内容。此预览内容提供了一些针对Android SDK 4.0更新的重要参考资料，供有兴趣在这个激动人心的时刻投身Android应用程序开发的人参考。要最有效地使用这本电子书，您需要下载Android开发SDK和工具，将它们安装在您的开发机器上，并使用您选择的开发环境对其进行配置。您可以在Android开发者网站http://d.android.com/sdk/.上找到安装和配置您的计算机以进行安卓软件开发的说明

与苹果iOS和黑莓等竞争对手相比，Android平台的市场份额继续大幅增长。安卓最新的重大平台升级版本安卓4.0，通常被称为Ice Cream Sandwich或Just ICS，它将以智能手机为中心的安卓2.3.x(姜饼)和以平板电脑为中心的安卓3.x(蜂巢)平台版本合并为一个SDK，适用于所有智能设备，无论是手机、平板电脑、电视还是烤面包机。

这本简短的电子书概述了冰淇淋三明治的重要性，以及即将出版的新书《Android无线应用程序开发》第三版第一卷的主要预览内容。此预览内容提供了一些针对Android SDK 4.0更新的重要参考资料，供有兴趣在这个激动人心的时刻投身Android应用程序开发的人参考。要最有效地使用这本电子书，您需要下载Android开发SDK和工具，将它们安装在您的开发机器上，并使用您选择的开发环境对其进行配置。您可以在Android开发者网站http://d.android.com/sdk/.上找到安装和配置您的计算机以进行安卓软件开发的说明