This is a good book and I am pleased that I bought it.
I have a background in Eclipse and Java and I was looking for a book that would get me up and running with Android App development. So far this book is helping tremendously. I am currently 15% of the way through the book and already I am getting the hang of Android App development.
The only thing that I am annoyed about is that lots of the code examples in this book have method calls that are deprecated in the latest Android 4.0.x SDK.
This is more a gripe about the Android SDK itself, rather than the way this book has been put together. It obviously took a while to write the book and it is no surprise that the Android SDK now works slightly differently.
If you’re looking for a book to teach you Java and get familiar with Eclipse, then I wouldn’t recommend this book, as it jumps straight in with how to use Activities and Fragments and many other wonders of the Android SDK. But I would heartily recommend this book if you’re wanting to get straight into Android App development and not mess around with what Java is and how you manage an Eclipse project.
Having said that, I’ve had to do lots of Googling to find out how to re-code lots of the book’s examples, so that they work (non-deprecated) in the latest Android SDK, but I am not fussed about that so much, as the book explains the concepts extremely well.
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I have been coding with Java for the last couple of years on the desktop but had never target a mobile.
A lot of information available online can be hard to follow or a bit disjointed, this book got me going in no time, so far I have only read the first 2 chapters and the information is complete and easy to follow.
got the “helloWorld” program running in minutes, and most of that was spent waiting for the SDK to download.
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I’m a C# programmer but totally new to Java and New to Mobile Development. This Book was simple and easy to use and follow. Step by Step guide. Had my first Hello World App in no time. Brilliant!!
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Very useful,
This is a good book and I am pleased that I bought it.
I have a background in Eclipse and Java and I was looking for a book that would get me up and running with Android App development. So far this book is helping tremendously. I am currently 15% of the way through the book and already I am getting the hang of Android App development.
The only thing that I am annoyed about is that lots of the code examples in this book have method calls that are deprecated in the latest Android 4.0.x SDK.
This is more a gripe about the Android SDK itself, rather than the way this book has been put together. It obviously took a while to write the book and it is no surprise that the Android SDK now works slightly differently.
If you’re looking for a book to teach you Java and get familiar with Eclipse, then I wouldn’t recommend this book, as it jumps straight in with how to use Activities and Fragments and many other wonders of the Android SDK. But I would heartily recommend this book if you’re wanting to get straight into Android App development and not mess around with what Java is and how you manage an Eclipse project.
Having said that, I’ve had to do lots of Googling to find out how to re-code lots of the book’s examples, so that they work (non-deprecated) in the latest Android SDK, but I am not fussed about that so much, as the book explains the concepts extremely well.
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|Briliant Book to get you going,
I have been coding with Java for the last couple of years on the desktop but had never target a mobile.
A lot of information available online can be hard to follow or a bit disjointed, this book got me going in no time, so far I have only read the first 2 chapters and the information is complete and easy to follow.
got the “helloWorld” program running in minutes, and most of that was spent waiting for the SDK to download.
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|Great Book – New to Mobile Development,
I’m a C# programmer but totally new to Java and New to Mobile Development.
This Book was simple and easy to use and follow.
Step by Step guide.
Had my first Hello World App in no time.
Brilliant!!
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