Programming Android

by Zigurd Mednieks

Thank you for making Programming Android a huge success! This edition has been superseded by the second edition, ISBN 1449316646, also sold here on Amazon.com.What does it take to build well-engineered Android applications? Explore Android's core building blocks and APIs in depth with this authoritative guide, and learn how to create compelling apps that work on a full range of Android devices. You'll work with proven approaches to app design and implementation--including application frameworks that you can use as a starting point for your own projects.Delve into sensors, native development, 3D graphics, and many other topics, and discover how to build apps on the platform of your choice. If you're an intermediate to advanced programmer, you'll learn how to make great Android apps.

426 pages, Paperback

Published August 18, 2011

About the author

Zigurd Mednieks is a consultant to leading OEMs, enterprises, and entrepreneurial ventures creating mobile and IoT systems and apps.

Previously he was Chief Architect at D2 Technologies, a voice-over-IP (VoIP) technology provider. There he lead engineering and product definition work for products that blend communication and social media in purpose-built embedded systems.

He is lead author of the top-selling O'Reilly title Programming Android. Zigurd is also the lead author of Enterprise Android, published by Wiley WROX in 2013. This the first Android programming book to focus on cloud API-based applications.

Zigurd is Series Editor of the Addison Wesley Android Deep Dive series.

Zigurd is a veteran of user interface, telecommunications,, and social media product creation. In 1986, his first book, C programming Techniques for the Macintosh, co-authored with his wife-to-be Terry, was published by Howard W. Sams & Co. and went into several printings.