Android TV Apps Development, 1st ed. Building for Media and Games
Auteur : Trebilcox-Ruiz Paul
Walking through example applications, you will learn the vocabulary necessary to solve real-world problems and how to present your content on the television through Android. In addition to practical code examples, you will learn about various design considerations that will make using your apps an enjoyable experience for users.
- How to design for Android TV
- How to create a media app for Android TV
- What are the game design/development considerations for Android TV
- How to distribute Android TV apps
- Introduction
- Discuss what Android TV is
- Discuss what needs to be considered before making the app (is it a game, or a media app? Does it make sense for the TV? DRM, supported formats, hardware restrictions. Why apps that are already created for tablets/phones need a design revamp)
- Creating a Hello World application in Android Studio
- Designing for TV
- Overscan, grids, 10' view, anti-patterns
- Colors and fonts
- Creating a Media Application
- Manifest and gradle setup
- Introduce the Leanback library that will be used for the majority of the media app.
- RecyclerView grid of items, side navigation, preferences, cards
- Search
- Detail Fragment, recommendations
- Game Considerations
- General design consideration, setting up the manifest to support games
- How to work with the game controller - handling disconnects, new players, button and joystick interactions
- How to communicate between secondary Android devices (phone, tablet) and the Android TV for a second screen experience. Going to look into the Nearby Messages API that was released yesterday to see if that's more viable, otherwise I know the Nearby Connections API works well.
- Distributing Android TV Applications
- Checklist of requirements to get approved for distribution on the Play Store, and details on what those requirements are.
A unique short book of 150 pages on designing and developing Android TV apps for early adopters
Written by an "in-the-trenches" Android coder and expert
Android remains one of the top two most popular mobile platforms out there
Date de parution : 12-2015
Ouvrage de 120 p.
15.5x23.5 cm