Android 3.0 Application Development Cookbook - Softcover

The book is written in a cookbook style, presenting examples in the style of recipes, allowing you to go directly to your topic of interest, or follow topics throughout a chapter to gain in-depth knowledge. If you are new to Android application development and looking for a quick start, or if you are an experienced Android developer looking for a reference guide, then this book is for you. Ideally, you should know some Java and a little about mark-up languages but this is by no means necessary. This book will teach you how to write rich Android applications from scratch in no time.

Kyle Merrifield Mew is a writer, journalist, and developer who has been programming since the early 80s and who has been following the Android operating system, since its purchase by Google, with great interest. Kyle has always believed that open source platforms would one day provide lucrative opportunities for anyone with programming skills and that Android is that platform.