Android is a tough platform to get started on. You need to know Java, the Android framework, the IDE, the architecture of a typical Android device and so on. For one book to guide you over so much territory is a difficult challenge.  Based on Big Nerd Ranch's popular Android Bootcamp course, this second edition includes coverage of Lollipop and material design. 

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The previous edition of this book takes star billing in All About Android Books in our Programmers Bookshelf  section. Giving a rating of 4.9 out of 5, Mike James concluded "As long as you know Java reasonably well this is a good place to start an exploration of Android programming". 

Author: Bill Phillips, Chris Stewart, Brian Hardy and Kristin Marsicano
Publisher: Big Nerd Ranch Guides
Publication date: July 24, 2015
Pages: 600
ISBN: 978-0134171456

Print: 0134171454
Kindle: B0136ZXIMM
Category: Android, Phone/mobile, Java 
Level: For reasonably experienced Java programmers

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