Sams Teach Yourself Google TV App Development in 24 Hours (Sams Teach Yourself -- Hours) (Sams Teach Yourself)
by Carmen Delessio
In just 24 sessions of one hour or less, Sams Teach Yourself Google TV App Development in 24 Hours will help you master app development with the radically improved new version of Google TV running Android 3.2 and Android second-screen apps using 4.2. Using its straightforward, step-by-step approach, you’ll gain the hands-on skills you need to build all three types of Google TV apps: Web, Android, and second-screen apps. You’ll learn today’s Google TV development best practices. Every lesson buil...
The Android Tablet Developer's Cookbook helps experienced Android developers leverage new Android 4.2.2 features to build compelling applications that take full advantage of tablets' bigger screens, dual-core processors, and larger, faster memory. Tightly focused on Android 4.2.2's tablet-related capabilities, it presents an unparalleled library of easy-to-reuse code for solving real-world problems. Everything's organized in modular, standalone sections to help you quickly find what you're look...
Dart is a class-based, object-oriented language that simplifies the development of structured modern apps, scales from small scripts to large applications, and can be compiled to JavaScript for use in any modern browser. In this rigorous but readable introductory text, Dart specification lead Gilad Bracha fully explains both the language and the ideas that have shaped it. The Dart Programming Language offers an authoritative description of Dart for programmers, computer science students, and o...
Windows Store App Essentials: Give Your App the Windows Difference
by Greg Leonardo
Give your app the Windows Store difference. Windows Store App Essentials provides you with all of the practical information that you need to make sure that your app takes advantage of all of the unique features of the Windows Store environment. Starting with practical advice on app design and working within Microsoft's Modern UI guidelines, the book carries on to cover making the most of Live Tiles, integrating with the Charms Bar, and using Live Connect to enable a seamless user experience. Win...
Create exciting projects by connecting the Raspberry Pi to your Android phone About This Book • Manage most of the fundamental functions of Raspberry Pi from your Android phone • Use the projects created in this book to develop even more exciting projects in the future • A project-based learning experience to help you discover amazing ways to combine the power of Android and Raspberry Pi Who This Book Is For The target audience for this book includes Raspberry Pi enthusiasts, hobbyists, and...
A fast-paced guide to get you up and running with Android application development using Android Studio 2 About This Book • Configure, build, and run Android projects with Android Studio 2 • Test your apps using the Android emulator and learn how to manage virtual devices • Explore how Android Studio 2 can be made a part of your workflow to reduce the overall development time Who This Book Is For If you are an Android developer looking to quickly take advantage of Android Studio 2 and add it...
PowerPoint for The Core iOS 6 Developer's Cookbook (Developer's Library)
by Erica Sadun
In this talk, Aaron Hillegass duscusses how mobile technology is the next natural step in the increasing ubiquity of computers and networks. The talkaddresses such questions as "When does technology empower the individual and when does it empower our corporate overlords?" "Why should everyone learn to code?" "When is progress not progress?" Conference attendees said this about the session: Hugely inspirational from someone in our industry who's "seen it all". Live...
DESCRIPTION Single page web applications (SPAs) are the next step in the development of web-based software, delivering the sleekness and fluidity of a native desktop application in a browser. SPA development requires knowledge of new development concepts and the mastery of new technologies that support these more complex applications. Fortunately, learning how to build SPAs doesn't have to be an overwhelming experience! SPA Design and Architecture: Understanding Single Page Web Appli...
"A must read for all developers that want to begin serious Android development."-Justin Anderson, Freelance Android Developer "From start to finish, this book contains a variety of great tips and insight into the most important attributes of Android design. This book will definitely be required reading for any of our future Android engineers."-Cameron Banga, Cofounder, 9magnets, LLC There's a downside to Android's amazing openness and versatility: it's easy for developers to write code that'...
Begin your iOS 12 app development journey with this practical guideKey FeaturesKick-start your iOS programming career and have fun building iOS apps of your choiceGet to grips with Xcode 10 and Swift 4.2, the building blocks of iOS developmentDiscover the latest features of iOS 12 - SiriKit, notifications, and much moreBook DescriptionWant to build iOS 12 applications from scratch with the latest Swift 4.2 language and Xcode 10 by your side? Forget sifting through tutorials and blog posts; this...
So many apps and so little time. How do you get to the best with a minimum of fuss? The Rough Guide to the Best Android Apps solves the problem. It reveals the 400 best free and paid for applications for smartphones and tablets in all categories. Whether its navigation or news, photography or productivity, games or utilities this book highlights the best Android apps available from the marquee names to the hidden gems. Discover now the 400 apps your Android device should be using.
Localization in Underwater Sensor Networks (Wireless Networks)
by Jing Yan, Haiyan Zhao, Yuan Meng, and Xinping Guan
Ocean covers 70.8% of the Earth’s surface, and it plays an important role in supporting all life on Earth. Nonetheless, more than 80% of the ocean’s volume remains unmapped, unobserved and unexplored. In this regard, Underwater Sensor Networks (USNs), which offer ubiquitous computation, efficient communication and reliable control, are emerging as a promising solution to understand and explore the ocean. In order to support the application of USNs, accurate position information from sensor nodes...
iBeacon is popping up everywhere, from grocery stores to airports to cool venues like SXSW. There are over two million iBeacons in the wild in the form of iPhones, and even some Android phones support it. It's transforming location-based services, retail, and commerce, and if you're a developer, you need to know how it works, how to develop for iBeacon, and preferably, how to develop iBeacon apps using the new Swift programming language. Learn iBeacon for iOS Development is a quick, no-frills i...
Move into iOS development by getting a firm grasp of its fundamentals, including the Xcode 9 IDE, Cocoa Touch, and the latest version of Apple’s acclaimed programming language, Swift 4. With this thoroughly updated guide, you’ll learn the Swift language, understand Apple’s Xcode development tools, and discover the Cocoa framework. Explore Swift’s object-oriented concepts Become familiar with built-in Swift types Dive deep into Swift objects, protocols, and generics Tour the lifecycle of an...
Take advantage of this comprehensive reference to solving common problems when developing with Flutter. Along with an introduction to the basic concepts of Flutter development, the recipes in this book cover all important aspects of this emerging technology, including development, testing, debugging, performance tuning, app publishing, and continuous integration. Although Flutter presents a rich, cross-platform mobile development framework, helpful documentation is not easily found. Here you’l...
GUI Design for Android Apps is the perfect—and concise—introduction for mobile app developers and designers. Through easy-to-follow tutorials, code samples, and case studies, the book shows the must-know principles for user-interface design for Android apps running on the Intel platform, including smartphones, tablets and embedded devices.This book is jointly developed for individual learning by Intel Software College and China Shanghai JiaoTong University, and is excerpted from Android Applicat...