Android Game Programming For Dummies

by Derek James

Learn how to create great games for Android phones Android phones are rapidly gaining market share, nudging theiPhone out of the top spot. Games are the most frequentlydownloaded apps in the Android market, and users are willing to payfor them. Game programming can be challenging, but thisstep-by-step guide explains the process in easily understood terms.A companion Web site offers all the programming examples fordownload. If you have some programming knowledge, Android GameProgramming For Dummies will have you creating cool games forthe Android platform quickly and easily.

384 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2012

Reviews

[Heather]

It's an ok book for a beginner read, but a little lightweight on it's coverage of the technical options open to game programmers.

The book also doesn't address some of the common issues game programmer's come up against - which are sure to be especially troubling for a new game programmer.

[Toshihiro]

Though the book was written five years before and the current Android Studio uses Kotlin instead of Java, the contents of the book is valid and useful. The sample code in the book can be used with the current Android Studio (need some tweak). Very comprehensive way of exhibiting how to create a card game with Android platform. I'll use this book further, as a reference to create an app on Android platform.

[Mai]

This is really helpful especially for those who want to build their own Android mobile game.