Android Development Patterns: Best Practices for Professional Developers (Developer's Library)

A Must Read For All Developers That Want To Begin Serious Android Development. -justin Anderson, Freelance Android Developer From Start To Finish, This Book Contains A Variety Of Great Tips And Insight Into The Most Important Attributes Of Android Design. This Book Will Definitely Be Required Reading For Any Of Our Future Android Engineers. -cameron Banga, Cofounder, 9magnets, Llc There's A Downside To Android's Amazing Openness And Versatility: It's Easy For Developers To Write Code That's Inefficient, Unreliable, Insecure, Or Hard To Maintain. In Android Development Patterns, Enterprise Android Developer Phil Dutson Helps You Leverage Android 5.0+'s Amazing Power Without Falling Victim To Those Pitfalls. Dutson Presents Today's Most Comprehensive Set Of Patterns And Procedures For Building Optimized, Robust Apps With Android 5.0+. First, Dutson Guides You Through Establishing A Highly Efficient Development Environment And Workflow, And Testing Your App To Ensure That Your Code Works Just As You Expect. Then, He Walks Through The Modern Best Practices For Structuring Apps, Using Widgets And Components, And Working With Views. You Learn How To Build Apps That Are Easy To Manage And Update, Deliver Accurate And Up-to-date Information Without Wasting Precious Battery Power, And Take Advantage Of New Hardware, Such As Android Wear And Android Tv. Dutson Concludes By Presenting Powerful Strategies For Optimizing Your Apps And Packaging Them For Distribution. -- Provided By Publisher.