eitan wrote: > of the books on android that are in print at the moment, can anyone > list which ones cover cupcake? i know the prags book has recently > been updated for cupcake.
The digital edition of _Hello, Android_ (PDF, EPUB, Kindle) has Cupcake material. Other than my book (see below) and _Hello, Android_, it is unclear if any of the others are Cupcake-ready. The O'Reilly one might, since it came out around the time the Cupcake preview did, but I haven't read it. > second, i'm a little confused by the fact that mark murphy appears to > have two books recently published: 'beginning android' via apress, > and 'the busy coder's guide to android' published via commonsware. > i'm curious what the differences between the two titles might be / why > i might want to read one over the other.. Those two books are one and the same, in terms of core material. _Beginning Android_ is the same as _The Busy Coder's Guide to Android Development_ Version 2.0, except for a Cupcake appendix, minor cosmetic fixes, and a better index. _The Busy Coder's Guide to Android Development_ Version 2.1 has more Cupcake material, but is only available in digital form (PDF and Kindle) as part of the Warescription, along with the other two books in the CommonsWare library. Of the two, choose the Apress book if you want it in pre-printed form or you can get it "free" through an existing Safari subscription, because it's supposed to be available there. Otherwise, grab a Warescription. Comparing mine and Ed's _Hello, Android_, his is much better on some topics, such as 2D and 3D graphics. Mine are longer (~1,100 total pages vs. ~200), which may mean I cover a lot more ground in depth, or it may mean I just write a lot... ;-) -- Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) http://commonsware.com | http://twitter.com/commonsguy Need Android talent? Ask on HADO! http://wiki.andmob.org/hado --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
