Publisher: O'Reilly Media Released: January 2012 Pages: 178
It’s true: if you know HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, you already have the tools you need to develop Android applications. Now updated for HTML5, the second edition of this hands-on guide shows you how to use open source web standards to design and build apps that can be adapted for any Android device. You’ll learn how to create an Android-friendly web app on the platform of your choice, and then use Adobe’s free PhoneGap framework to convert it to a native Android app. Discover why device-agnostic mobile apps are the wave of the future, and start building apps that offer greater flexibility and a much broader reach. - Convert a website into a web application, complete with progress indicators and other features
- Add animation with JQTouch to make your web app look and feel like a native Android app
- Make use of client-side data storage with apps that run when the Android device is offline
- Use PhoneGap to hook into advanced Android features, including the accelerometer, geolocation, and alerts
- Test and debug your app on the Web with real users, and submit the finished product to the Android Market
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Chapter 1 Getting Started -
Web Apps Versus Native Apps -
Web Programming Crash Course -
Chapter 2 Basic Styling -
Don’t Have a Website? -
First Steps -
Adding the Android CSS -
Adding the Android Look and Feel -
Adding Basic Behavior with jQuery -
What You’ve Learned -
Chapter 3 Advanced Styling -
Adding a Touch of Ajax -
Traffic Cop -
Simple Bells and Whistles -
Adding an Icon to the Home Screen -
What You’ve Learned -
Chapter 4 Animation -
With a Little Help from Our Friend -
Sliding Home -
Adding the Dates Panel -
Adding the Date Panel -
Adding the New Entry Panel -
Adding the Settings Panel -
Putting It All Together -
Customizing jQTouch -
What You’ve Learned -
Chapter 5 Client-Side Data Storage -
Web Storage -
Web SQL Database -
Web Database Error Code Reference -
What You’ve Learned -
Chapter 6 Going Offline -
The Basics of the Offline Application Cache -
Online Whitelist and Fallback Options -
Creating a Dynamic Manifest File -
Debugging -
What You’ve Learned -
Chapter 7 Going Native -
Introduction to PhoneGap -
Building Your App Locally with Eclipse and the Android SDK -
Controlling the Phone with JavaScript -
What You’ve Learned -
Chapter 8 Submitting Your App to the Android Market -
Preparing a Release Version of Your App -
Uploading Your App to the Android Market -
Distributing Your App Directly -
Further Reading -
Appendix Detecting Browsers with WURFL -
Installation -
Configuration -
Testing wurfl-php -
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- Title:
- Building Android Apps with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, 2nd Edition
- By:
- Jonathan Stark, Brian Jepson
- Publisher:
- O'Reilly Media
- Formats:
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- Print
- Ebook
- Safari Books Online
- Print:
- January 2012
- Ebook:
- January 2012
- Pages:
- 178
- Print ISBN:
- 978-1-4493-1641-9
- | ISBN 10:
- 1-4493-1641-7
- Ebook ISBN:
- 978-1-4493-2593-0
- | ISBN 10:
- 1-4493-2593-9
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Jonathan Stark Jonathan Stark is a mobile and web application consultant who has been called "an expert on publishing desktop data to the web" by the Wall Street Journal. He has written two books on web application programming, is a tech editor for both php|architect and Advisor magazines, and has been quoted in the media on internet and mobile lifestyle trends. Jonathan began his programming career more than 20 years ago on a Tandy TRS-80 and still thinks Zork was a sweet game. View Jonathan Stark's full profile page. -
Brian Jepson Brian Jepson is an O'Reilly editor, hacker, and co-organizer of Providence Geeks and the Rhode Island Mini Maker Faire. He's also a volunteer system administrator and all-around geek for AS220, a non-profit arts center in Providence, Rhode Island. AS220 gives Rhode Island artists uncensored and unjuried forums for their work and also provides galleries, performance space, fabrication facilities, and live/work space. View Brian Jepson's full profile page. |
Colophon The animal on the cover ofBuilding Android Apps with HTML, CSS, and JavaScriptis a maleo (Macrocephalon maleo), an endangered bird with a current population between 5,000 and 10,000 that is only found on the Indonesian islands of Sulawesi and Buton. This distinctive, rare bird is about the size of a full-grown chicken, with white and light pink belly and breast feathers standing out against its black back and wings. The maleo’s scientific name indicates that individuals possess strong legs and large heads. Their sloped foreheads are often described as “helmet-shaped.” Perhaps the most remarkable characteristic of this monogamous bird is the way it nests and cares for its offspring. Unlike most birds, who incubate their own eggs, the maleo lays its eggs in pits in the sand to be incubated by the sun, geothermal energy, or both. Maleos nest communally, which is likely a defensive measure against egg predators. When a young maleo hatches and emerges from the sand after two to three months of incubation, it is independent and able to fly. It quickly heads to the forest on its own to hide from predators and find food. Maleo eggs are approximately five times the size of a chicken egg, making them desirable among locals. In 2009, the US-based Wildlife Conservation Society purchased a 36-acre area of the Sulawesi beach (containing about 40 nests) in order to raise awareness about the steadily declining species and to protect the birds from human egg harvesters. |
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3/2/2012 (1 of 3 customers found this review helpful) 4.0Good to start Android Apps development. By Chetankumar Akarte from Navi Mumbai, India About Me Developer, Educator - Accurate
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