Android a programmers guide: While this is a quite good book (especially the part about ContentProviders), it's outdated and many of the examples can't be done with the current SDK. It's a shame, authors dare to release books about beta versions of an SDK/Framework, instead of waiting until it's released. You may consider to buy it, but take in mind that about half of the stuff won't work and finding the right (new) API can be quite impossible for a beginner.
Android Essentials: Same as the last book, it's pretty outdated. Even the very early examples won't work with the current 1.0 SDK, so it's quite useless for a beginner imho and not worth a cent. Such irresponsible and greedy authors should burn in hell for releasing such useless books for a betaplattform instead of waiting until the plattform is ready for the public. Professional Android Application Development: Personally haven't read this one yet, but at least it seems to be updated for the version 1.0 of the SDK, so your best bet would be to buy this one instead of wasting your money for the 2 books above. On Jan 20, 10:42 pm, "Josh Dobbs" <joshdo...@gmail.com> wrote: > I'm quite sure they are not distributing free ebook versions. Thhat site is > whack! they are giving away other peoples property and asking for > donations!?!? > > > > >While I don't presume to speak on behalf of the authors of those books, > >those links appear to point to illegal copies. I am not aware of any of > >those books being freely distributed in ebook form. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Beginners" group. To post to this group, send email to android-beginners@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-beginners-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-beginners?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
