Introduction to AndroidAndroid How to Program

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•Android app development is done in Java and XML•Experience with C++ and using class libraries will

help you master Java, OOP, and XML along the way.

•Text is an app-driven approach, so we learn by studying applications, then you add on or do something else that is similar

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Preface

•Covers features from Android SDK 2.x and 3.x, Android Maps APIs, Eclipse, Multimedia, Web services

•Chapters 15-19 are online at www.informit.com/register

•There are Deitel Online Android resources (pg xviii)

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Before You Begin•Updates available at www.deitel.com/books/AndroidFP•Need Java SE 6 SDK - http://java.sun.com•Need Eclipse 3.6.2 or later (3.7 in lab)•Need Android SDK versions 2.2, 2.33, 3.0, 4.0.3 and

whatever other version your own Android device is running

•ADT (Android Development Tools) Plugin for Eclipse

•READ THE DOCUMENTATION FOR INSTALLING EVERYTHING, if you are developing apps on your own devices.

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available at deitel.com/books/AndroidFP