Android from A to D SECOND EDITION SECOND EDITION 2nd Scott Hecht eBook
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This book is a collection of notes I created while learning Android programming in order to create my first Android app, "EquityYo! Stock and Fund Database". While I am no Android programming genius (that much is certain!), I thought it would be a good idea to gather together all of those tiny little programming tips and tricks I've found along the way and place them in one spot. I do not claim that everything in this book is 100% original and I fully admit to copy-and-pasting a few tidbits from the Android documentation and stackoverflow.com. (The money you are paying for this book is for the grueling six months it took me to learn basic Android programming, code the examples, test them all, research problems and, finally, write it all down in a pleasing and, hopefully, enlightening and edifying format.) With that said, all of the examples shown in the book, as well as the code, I created myself. Since I am an Android novice, whether you can actually learn Android programming by reading this collection of notes remains to be seen. I'm sure there are spots throughout this book in which you will say "What are you talking about?". Please drop me an e-mail if this book has helped you out or you have suggestions to make it better (see my e-mail address below).
It is assumed that the reader has some knowledge of programming, but no knowledge of GUI or object-oriented programming is assumed. Also, no knowledge of Java programming is assumed as two chapters are dedicated to introducing Java programming as well as object-oriented programming.
If you believe you have found an error or disagree with one of my comments or explanations (very possible!), please feel free to drop me a note at comments@sheepsqueezers.com. Don't forget to stop by www.sheepsqueezers.com to get more documents and presentations on a variety of topics. Also, please see our YouTube channel sheepsqueezersYT.
Android from A to D SECOND EDITION SECOND EDITION 2nd Scott Hecht eBook
I bought the Second Edition, read through the author's notes, looked over the chapters, skimmed some of the content, and reviewed the wonderful tips at the end of the book.Wow! I love the conversational style the author uses with the reader, his clear presentation of information, use of graphics, examples, and frank explanation of how to get started and install the tools. He even has tips on publishing your apps and setting up a merchant account.
What a great book!
I bought it at an extremely low cost to study the print replica format and instead, became enchanted with the content. Furthermore, I am teaching a mobile application development course and found several gems in this book that provide insights from early work to recent app development.
For those wondering about the book's Print Replica format, it looks great on my Kindle for iPad and you navigate the pages from top to bottom (below the normal view) and swipe to open the next page. A couple of other navigation options assist with accessing content, including the page icons at the bottom and the detailed table of contents on the left menus.
On the Kindle for PC app, the book also looks great. With 575 pages, you'd expect some delay when navigating from the beginning to the end, but the Table of Contents offers easy navigation and access to critical information through a detailed and well-organized list.
Many thanks for writing a great book! I will recommend it to my students.
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Android from A to D SECOND EDITION SECOND EDITION 2nd Scott Hecht eBook Reviews
Ok, my background. I had been a software developer for over 20 years. I slowly moved to making training films and have been making them for about 9 year (yea, I am that old...) Creating training is great, but I noticed a huge hole in the availability for good interactive training on mobile platforms. (Yea, you have Captivate that creates HTML5 mobile training, but it is weak at best) Because of this I decided to take it upon myself to learn Android development and enhance my skillset with mobile training. With my strong background in C++ development I thought it would be an easy transition. Well it isn't...
So I purchased tons of books, watched videos on youtube, read through developer.android, and while I understood technically what was going on, it just was not clicking for me. Then I found Android from A to D.
First the cons
-There are quite a few typos in the book. A lot more than I would have expected, but none of them so bad that it makes the book unreadable.
- Much of the code is borderline unreadable on my tablet. The main reason is the wrapping of the text.
Now the pros
The author's style is is like a fun professor. His choice of words and variable names often made me laugh. But it made reading a lot more fun. Rather than a long boring text book, he actually made it a fun read. The book opens with Scott walking you through the default "hello world" app, generated automatically when you create an app with the eclipse environment. He explains in terms you can understand exactly what is happening. He does not delve into theory about why something happens you just shows you why and explains the important parts that you need to know.
This is followed by a chapter to get you started on JAVA. Again same format, he explains the things you will "need" to know without going into heavy (and boring and useless) detail about it. His explanation of what inheritance and implements is spot on. Just enough information to get you started and understand the things you need. From there he moves to the eclipse environment. Here he gets falls away from his standard explanations and gets a little more detailed about functionality you probably won't use for a while (if ever).
Then it is on to the parts of an android app. This is where the book excels. His explanations of the different parts of an android app are presented in terms you can relate to if you have programmed in other languages. He explained layout, views, how the different xml files are related to your app all with real world examples that let you understand how things are put together. He continues with the same writing style with activities, event handlers, intents, the manifest, and walks you through each of these (and more, I won't list ever chapter) with enough explanation and real world comparisons that it lets you learn what you need to know to get you started.
He flat out states he is not an expert (though that is not obvious as you read) but walks you through all the problems he had while learning. This lets you learn from his mistakes, making the learning curve much smaller. He saves you endless hours of web pages and youtube video tutorials that would otherwise waste your time. The book is straight to the point, well written (less the typos mentioned above), and contains enough information to get you started.
This is not a book for experts to gain new knowledge. While it is for beginners he covers all the topics you will need to create some pretty sophisticated apps for Android including a few good chapters on content providers and SQLlite.
If you are looking for a great book to learn android development I can not think of a better purchase. And speaking of purchase, the price of the book is insane. He could easily charge 10 or 20 times as much for the book and it would still be worth it. If you are new to android development then this is a must have book!
Great writing style, plenty of great information, real world examples, and easy to read. You can't go wrong with this purchase.
Good job Scott!
Although the formatting is horrible and difficult to read on a kindle, the information was clear and concise and very useful. I'm an 'advanced beginner' Android programmer, but I still learned quite a bit and found the book well worth the trivial cost.
On the negative side, formatting was terrible (spaces seem to be missing and long variable/function names caused the 'even spacing' to do weird things), there was a lot of text pasted in from the developers documentation verbatim, one chapter on Gesture management switched abruptly from the subject to an incomplete different subject, and a single chapter (out of twenty-something) on Fragments was close to 25% of the book which was odd and should have been broken into several chapters.
Updated Review
As you can see below and from the comments, I have had some trouble ordering the second edition of the book. The author has graciously offered to send me a copy of the second edition of the book.
After I receive it and have had a chance to read it, I will return and complete a review on it. For now I am leaving this in place with a 5 star rating based on the content of the first edition.
Original Review
This book is good but outdated. I purchased both the print and versions of the second edition on May 23, 2014, but received the first edition of both. When I reported this to , they said no second edition is available. It is too bad, like I said the first edition is very good, just needs updated.
did do right by me and refund my purchase.
This book gives an excellent overview of Android at 10,000 feet level. I like how the author compares Android's terminology to other framework so you can quickly see the similarity. I wished I had bought this book before the Android Programming -The Big Nerd Ranch Guide. Everything I need is in one book. In my personal opinion, it's worth it unless you want to spend a lot of time to Google the information yourself.
I would not consider this book as the Android reference, because it is best served to the people who are still trying to learn how to write "Hello World".
I would recommend for Android newbies to read this book first to get a feel for Android programming at a high level and then buy "Android Programming The Big Nerd Ranch Guide". Between these two books, you will have enough background to write your first mobile application.
I bought the Second Edition, read through the author's notes, looked over the chapters, skimmed some of the content, and reviewed the wonderful tips at the end of the book.
Wow! I love the conversational style the author uses with the reader, his clear presentation of information, use of graphics, examples, and frank explanation of how to get started and install the tools. He even has tips on publishing your apps and setting up a merchant account.
What a great book!
I bought it at an extremely low cost to study the print replica format and instead, became enchanted with the content. Furthermore, I am teaching a mobile application development course and found several gems in this book that provide insights from early work to recent app development.
For those wondering about the book's Print Replica format, it looks great on my for iPad and you navigate the pages from top to bottom (below the normal view) and swipe to open the next page. A couple of other navigation options assist with accessing content, including the page icons at the bottom and the detailed table of contents on the left menus.
On the for PC app, the book also looks great. With 575 pages, you'd expect some delay when navigating from the beginning to the end, but the Table of Contents offers easy navigation and access to critical information through a detailed and well-organized list.
Many thanks for writing a great book! I will recommend it to my students.
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