Overview
Developing Android apps is a challenge: it's hard enough to write high-performing apps that run well, but you've also got to make them look good on a wide variety of Android devices. Fortunately, there are a many tools that take the pain out of developing Android, but they don't readily give up their secrets. To help with your user interface, the Android Graphical Layout Tools make laying out complicated Activities easy, and the HierarchyViewer does a great job of identifying complexity in your layouts. To help identify memory or resource issues you can use the Dalvik Debug Manager Service (DDMS) tools, which include TraceView and AllocationTracker. These make it easy to understand exactly where your application is allocating resources. There are tools to help simulate devices: the Android Virtual Device (AVD) tools. Lastly, there is a rich set of plugins for a variety of Integrated Development Environments that help streamline the development process:the Android Developer Tools (ADT) plug-ins. This book will guide you through the proper usage of all of these tools. It will describe in detail what each tool is designed to do, when and how to use them, and how to integrate them into your development workflow, making the development process less painful. This book will give you a better understanding of the variety of tools available, and empower your to design and deliver great Android Applications.
Full Product Details
Author: Mike Wolfson
Publisher: O'Reilly Media
Imprint: O'Reilly Media
Dimensions:
Width: 17.80cm
, Height: 1.50cm
, Length: 23.30cm
Weight: 0.431kg
ISBN: 9781449328214
ISBN 10: 1449328210
Pages: 125
Publication Date: 24 September 2013
Audience:
General/trade
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Author Information
Mike is a passionate mobile designer/developer working out of Phoenix, AZ. He has been working in the software field for over 15 years, and with Android since its introduction. Currently, he runs his own consultancy group, developing Android applications for a variety of customers. He has written a variety of successful apps, and is probably best known for the """"Droid Of The Day"""" App. Mike has spent his career helping others learn technology. He currently runs the local Google Technology Users Group, and has been a lifelong supporter of a variety of other group learning activities. Mike has spoken about Android and mobile development at a variety of conferences and user groups. When he is not geeking out about phones, he enjoys the outdoors (snowboarding, hiking, scuba diving), collecting PEZ dispensers, and chasing his young (but quick) daughter.
