Millions of people around the world have learned programming from educational books, professional books, educational videos, and the electronic resource centers, Resource Centers of Deitel®. The book Android Programming, 2nd Edition, provides a clear and complete introduction to app development for introductory and intermediate educational departments.

The application-driven approach of the book teaches every new technology through seven fully tested Android applications. The book includes the Welcome Apps, Tip Calculator, Twitter Searches, Flag Finder Game, Cannon Game, Doodlz, and Address Book.

The book discusses the following topics: Android 4.3 and 4.4, Android app development tools with Eclipse, support for various screen sizes and resolutions, accessibility facilitation, internationalization, graphics, activities, Fragments, Intents, preferences, GUI, layouts, menus, resource files, lists, adapters, event handling, contact and gesture processing, full-screen mode, print framework, resources (images, sound), view animation, threading, collections, SQLite database, social networking through implicit intents, Google Play, app publishing, pricing, funding, promotion, in-app advertising, in-app charging, Java fundamentals, classes, objects, inheritance, polymorphism, interfaces, exception handling, collections, events, threads.

Reviews for the Book: An excellent educational book. At the end of each chapter, the reader is required to create and test their own Android application to reinforce their understanding of the chapter material. This is the most practical method for learning how to develop any type of application. - Dawn Wick, Southwestern Community College.

I used the first edition of the book. It contained many well-documented applications, and I was able to effectively use the section that covered the fundamentals of Java. The updates in the Second Edition add value to the book. The authors created the right blend of Android enrichments and placed that blend into robust, practical applications. - Chuck Lasky, Northern Virginia Community College.