Expert Android, 1st ed.

From the leading publisher of Android books, Apress? Expert Android gives you advanced techniques for customizing views, controls, and layouts. You?ll learn to develop apps in record time using JSON, Advanced Form Processing, and the BaaS (Backend As A Service) platform Parse. The book also includes extensive coverage on OpenGL, Search, and Telephony. With these advanced and time saving technologies you?ll be able to release compelling mobile applications in Google Play and the Amazon Appstore at a rapid pace.

In Expert Android, you?ll learn to:

• Borrow, reuse, or build custom Android UI components
• Create 3D experiences using OpenGL ES 2.0
• Write collaborative applications in the Parse cloud and communicate with your app user community through Parse Push Technology
• Reduce the time-to-market while creating rock solid apps for multiple devices

Whether you are an individual or enterprise developer, in Expert Android you?ll find  the advanced techniques and practices to take your mobile apps to the next level. Regardless of the Android release, this book serves as your definitive, capstone reference for your Apress Android experience.

01. Custom Views

02. Compound Views

03. Custom Layouts

04. Using JSON for On-Device Persistence

05. Programming for multiple devices

06. Advanced Form Processing for Android

07. Using the Telephony API

08. Advanced Debugging and Analysis

09. Programming in OpenGL ES 2.0 for Android

10. Android Search User Experience

11. Android Search Providers

12. Android Search Custom Providers

13. Cloud storage for Applications: Parse.com

14. Enhancing Parse with Parcelables

15. Using Push Notifications with Parse

Satya Komatineni has been programming for more than 20 years in the IT and Web space. He has had the opportunity to work with Assembly, C, C++, Rexx, Java, C#, Lisp, HTML, JavaScript, CSS, SVG, relational databases, object databases and related technologies. He has published more than 30 articles touching many of these areas, both in print and online. He has been a frequent speaker at O'Reilly Open Source Conference, speaking on innovations around Java and Web. Satya has done a considerable amount of original work in creating Aspire, a comprehensive open-source Java-based web framework, and has explored personal web productivity and collaboration tools through his open-source work for KnowledgeFolders.com. Satya holds a master's degree in electrical engineering from Indian Institute of Technology and a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from Andhra University, India. You can find his website at SatyaKomatineni.com.

From the authors of best selling, Pro Android, they write this definitive reference, Expert Android. Day and date with next major update in Android, Key Lime Pie SDK, expected/anticipated in 2013. An expert-level book from the leading publisher of Android books, Apress. Android is still a key tech and book topic.