Professional Android 2.0 Application Development


 is a professional developer’s guide to building mobile applications using the next major release of the Android SDK. This hands-on approach provides in-depth coverage of the Android SDK through a series of projects, each introducing a new Android platform feature and highlighting the techniques and best practices to get the most out of Android. Providing concise and compelling examples,

Professional Android 2.0 Application Development

is an updated guide that let’s developers quickly construct real-world mobile applications for Android phones running the latest version of Android.

Some of the most important features introduced (or significantly revised for version 2.0) include:



Introduction to Widgets and Livefolders.




Recording and playback of video using the new video recording API.




Detailed coverage of the new Peer-To-Peer (P2P) communication APIs.




Thorough revision of the sensor (compass and accelerometers) APIs.




Introduction to gesture support, voice recognition, and vector graphics.