Beginning Android 4 Application Development

Its ok but as you all Know technology Moves to to Fast and most of the things in this Book are outdated and some of the links are gone look for an Updated book or do the Research Online

I picked this book up after completing my intro to computer science class where we learned Java, and thought it'd be good to learn to program for Android. I've been working on a small app of mine, and it's great to go through the book and add new features. Awesome book for reference as well.I've found this book very easy to read through on the Kindle version when viewed on the PC, however I would not suggest copy and pasting the code. You won't learn it as well, and the formatting will be a nightmare.I recommend this book to anyone with prior knowledge of Java looking to get in to Android.

I have developed software for 18 years but I am new to Android. I think this book is a great tool for someone that is already a developer and wants to jump into the Android platform. The book contains a wide variety of very practical examples with very good explanations. I can tell this author really thought through the content of the book. The result has been a fine compendium of the most important facets of Android development.

I have been fumbling through the Android developer's site and other forums for a few months now. I found I was able to piece together a working app (slowly), but was not quite clear why I needed to do some things. This book is well written, and breaks down the code in an easily digestible way.I have programmed in different languages over the years, but I am new to Java and Android. I find it a pleasure, and so far, it has provided many "aha" moments.

I've got a lot of good information out of this book.I have a long way to go yet, but feel like I have a solid start using this book.

So far its been really helpful book to read. Easy to understand for a new to android type of person.

Excellent starter manual. Lays out everything required, from setup to coding. Well designed and laid out... Quite well indeed. Cheers.

I have a number of Wrox books and I'm consistently impressed with the quality. This book has been very enjoyable to read as I learn about Android 4 application development. I love the style of the book, textbook format with chapters that flow nicely cover to cover and with the nice index also very functional as a reference book. I didn't think the fact that it was in color would matter much to me, but having the code examples colored just like the code in Eclipse is somehow comforting.

This is a good book and I am pleased that I bought it.I have a background in Eclipse and Java and I was looking for a book that would get me up and running with Android App development. So far this book is helping tremendously. I am currently 15% of the way through the book and already I am getting the hang of Android App development.The only thing that I am annoyed about is that lots of the code examples in this book have method calls that are deprecated in the latest Android 4.0.x SDK.This is more a gripe about the Android SDK itself, rather than the way this book has been put together. It obviously took a while to write the book and it is no surprise that the Android SDK now works slightly differently.If you're looking for a book to teach you Java and get familiar with Eclipse, then I wouldn't recommend this book, as it jumps straight in with how to use Activities and Fragments and many other wonders of the Android SDK. But I would heartily recommend this book if you're wanting to get straight into Android App development and not mess around with what Java is and how you manage an Eclipse project.Having said that, I've had to do lots of Googling to find out how to re-code lots of the book's examples, so that they work (non-deprecated) in the latest Android SDK, but I am not fussed about that so much, as the book explains the concepts extremely well.

Without prior knowledge of the basics in, well, any language you're not going to be able to use this book at this moment in time, a few things are depreciated and the way Eclipse and the android SDK are laid out is different now than when this book was written - That hasn't stopped me powering through it, though.However like I said, you can't view this as a beginner book anymore as you'll be required to fix various issues that have come up as a result of this book being out of date.Buy it if you know the basics already and aren't afraid to troubleshoot your way through it.

Many examples use methods depreciated in Android 3. The examples still work, and you can turn off the warnings in Eclipse if you want. In some cases the depreciated methods might have been chosen for simplicity, but I don't think this is the case with most. I think at the least the book should mention that "it's not the way to do it now" and at least mention the method or class to use.Having said that, all the examples I have tried so far work, and if you choose to look up how the coding should be done using your search engine, and then rework the example, it's a good learning exercise.If it wasn't for the use of depreciated methods, the book is quite good at explaining how Android applications are put together, other than the images of phone screens are very dark and in some cases it is hard to see the detail, for example in figure 3-13 it is impossible to see a check box.

This trully one of the best Android for beginners books out there. Book focuses on explaining mainly Android specific methods and functions so if you are not very strong with Java, then you might struggle a bit.Perfect book with loads and loads of functional examples and exercises. A MUST BUY for any Android developer, even in 2015 and Android 5.0

One of the best books for learning android. Lots of easy to understand examples. Definitely worth buying and using as a reference once read, you will keep going back over.