Quickly learn how to develop applications for Android 4 smartphones and tablets!

With Android 4, Google brings the full power of its Android operating system to both smartphone and tablet computing. This full-color guide teaches everything you´ll need to know to successfully develop your own Android applications. The book addresses all the fundamentals, including user interfaces, networking, SMS messaging, databases, location-based services, and deployment. Veteran author Wei-Meng Lee covers it all and puts you well on your way to successful Android application development and deployment.

Beginning Android 4 Application Development:
* Explains how to adapt to display orientation, understand the components of a screen, and handle user interface notifications
* Explains the various elements that go into designing your user interface using views such as TextView, ProgressBar, AutoCompleteTextView, TimePicker, ListView, and more
* Demonstrates how to display pictures and menus with views
* Shows how to use a content provider and create your own content provider
* Demonstrates how to put long running tasks in separate threads
* Builds an application that tracks locations using SMS messaging
* Demonstrates how to use JSON and Sockets programming to build your own chat application
* Helps you prepare your Android application for the Android Market

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