Android Game Programming for Dummies

by Derek James

Learn how to create great games for Android phonesAndroid phones are rapidly gaining market share, nudging the iPhone out of the top spot. Games are the most frequently downloaded apps in the Android market, and users are willing to pay for them. Game programming can be challenging, but this step-by-step guide explains the process in easily understood terms. A companion Web site offers all the programming examples for download.Presents tricky game programming topics--animation, battery conservation, touch screen input, and adaptive interface issues--in the straightforward, easy-to-follow "For Dummies" fashionExplains how to avoid pitfalls and create fun games based on best programming practices for mobile devicesA companion web site includes all programming examples

If you have some programming knowledge, "Android Game Programming For Dummies" will have you creating cool games for the Android platform quickly and easily.

387 pages, ebook

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.