Description
"The Android Tablet Developer's Cookbook" helps experienced Android developers leverage the latest Android 4.1/4.0 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.x's tablet-related capabilities, this cookbook presents an unprecedented library of easy-to-reuse code designed to solve real world problems. It's organized in modular, standalone sections to help you quickly find what you're looking for, even when your solution requires the use of multiple classes together. You'll learn: How Android tablet apps are different, and how to leverage Android skills and libraries you've already mastered Tablet user control: System Clipboard, Drag and Drop, Notifications, Pending Intents, and Loaders Tablet graphics: Animation, Hardware Accelerated 2D, graphics creation and rendering, and camera integration Lower-level tablet coding: wireless connectivity, cores/threads, keyboards/sensors Web connectivity via JSON and Webviews Porting apps between small-screen phones and tablets Cutting-edge Android tablet development: Home Screen Widgets, Android Beam, and app analytics/tracking
