The subtitle of this book by enterprise Android developer Phil Dutson is "Best Practices for Professional Developers" and it sets out to show how you can use the openness and versatility of Android without falling into the trap of writing code that is inefficient, unreliable, insecure, or hard to maintain. Dutson explores the patterns and procedures for building optimized, robust apps with Android 5.0+.

The book guides you through establishing an efficient development environment and workflow, and testing your app to ensure that your code works just as you expect. Modern best practices for structuring apps, using widgets and components, and working with views are all covered.

In addition to looking at how to build apps that are easy to manage and update, and that deliver accurate and up-to-date information without wasting precious battery power, Dutson also looks at how to take advantage of new hardware, such as Android Wear and Android TV.

Author: Phil Dutson
Publisher: Addison Wesley
Date: February 2016
Pages: 320
ISBN: 978-0133923681
Print: 0133923681
Kindle: B01BYKJACS
Audience: Android developers
Level: intermediate
Category: Phone/mobile

• Using testing to build more trustworthy, dependable, maintainable apps
• Understanding subtle but critical differences between Android and traditional Java programming
• Building consistent, modern user interfaces with views and layouts
• Making use of the MVC pattern to cleanly organize logic
• Creating rich visual experiences with 3D graphics, animation, and media
• Simplifying capture and use of location data with the Locations API
• Integrating optional hardware, such as Bluetooth, NFC, or USB
• Building better apps with Google Play Services
• Creating Android Wear notifications and apps
• Tuning and improving apps with Google Analytics
• Designing Android TV apps for the “ten foot view”

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