[android-developers] Re: android books
Here, well we all are pro-Mark Murphy's books... Haven't read them but given the amount of definite and accurate answers he gives in this group I would say this is a safe call :D Yahel -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Developers group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
Re: [android-developers] Re: android books
On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 11:20 AM, Yahel kaye...@gmail.com wrote: Here, well we all are pro-Mark Murphy's books... Oh, I highly doubt that all like them. Haven't read them but given the amount of definite and accurate answers he gives in this group I would say this is a safe call :D Thanks! -- Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) http://commonsware.com | http://github.com/commonsguy http://commonsware.com/blog | http://twitter.com/commonsguy Android Training in London: http://skillsmatter.com/go/os-mobile-server -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Developers group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
[android-developers] Re: android books
Nothing that counts as excellent (at least not that I've found). I've not found any that are anywhere near true references (in the sense of even one of the in a Nutshell books). They're all pretty much tutorials of one sort or another, some better organized and more comprehensive than others. Pro Android 2 is somewhat better than the others I've looked at, but still leaves a lot to be desired. On Oct 14, 7:52 am, MG my.android.a...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all. I am looking for an excellent Android references. What books and websites will you recommend that could be of great help even for a beginner like me? Thanks! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Developers group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
[android-developers] Re: android books
Hi all. Thank you for all your replies. I will try to look at them. Regards. On Oct 15, 12:26 am, DanH danhi...@ieee.org wrote: Nothing that counts as excellent (at least not that I've found). I've not found any that are anywhere near true references (in the sense of even one of the in a Nutshell books). They're all pretty much tutorials of one sort or another, some better organized and more comprehensive than others. Pro Android 2 is somewhat better than the others I've looked at, but still leaves a lot to be desired. On Oct 14, 7:52 am, MG my.android.a...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all. I am looking for an excellent Android references. What books and websites will you recommend that could be of great help even for a beginner like me? Thanks! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Developers group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
Re: [android-developers] Re: Android Books?...
Pro Android Games, published by Apress, came out recently and might make a good addition for that list: http://apress.com/book/view/1430226471 I haven't tried it, however. Well, except for going through the free source code, anyway. Ah, they hadn't shipped yet as of the last time I hunted for new titles. I'll add it to the list today. Thanks for pointing it out! -- Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) http://commonsware.com Android App Developer Books: http://commonsware.com/books.html -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Developers group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
[android-developers] Re: Android Books?...
There really aren't any good Android books out there. I bought two of them and they are just poor copies of what Google wrote for developers. If you want to build games you should look for books on making games with open gl es. You should be able to find info on the internet about any Android specific open gl implementation. Good luck On Jan 5, 3:37 pm, Duey Oxburger cg-art...@hotmail.com wrote: Can anyone recommend any good Android books for a beginner? I'm mostly interested in games... Thx All, D -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Developers group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
[android-developers] Re: Android Books?...
I do get the impression most game developers ignore most of the Android specific stuff. They still have to respect the Android lifestyle, and a game or two I otherwise like fails to properly save state... but you basically end up writing directly to the canvas and can follow the standards for java and opengl game development. Garbage collection is your enemy for real time games. So for RT games you'll want to create nearly all of your objects up front, and thus attempt to avoid garbage collection. You'll want to avoid creating new objects during real time portions of a game. If you aren't making a real time game you might consider sticking with standard Android UI actually. On Jan 6, 7:36 am, kylestew kyles...@gmail.com wrote: There really aren't any good Android books out there. I bought two of them and they are just poor copies of what Google wrote for developers. If you want to build games you should look for books on making games with open gl es. You should be able to find info on the internet about any Android specific open gl implementation. Good luck On Jan 5, 3:37 pm, Duey Oxburger cg-art...@hotmail.com wrote: Can anyone recommend any good Android books for a beginner? I'm mostly interested in games... Thx All, D -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Developers group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
[android-developers] Re: Android Books?...
Hello Android has a decent couple chapters on graphics and shows how to make a basic sudoku game. There is a link to it in the page Mark shared. If you find anything really good let me know :D Also, here is an open source game engine for android that may help you http://code.google.com/p/rokon/ On Jan 5, 8:09 pm, Mark Murphy mmur...@commonsware.com wrote: Can anyone recommend any good Android books for a beginner? I'm mostly interested in games... Game development does not get a lot of coverage in the current crop of Android books. Here's a list of all those I know of in print: http://wiki.andmob.org/books -- Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy)http://commonsware.com Android App Developer Books:http://commonsware.com/books.html -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Developers group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
[android-developers] Re: Android Books?...
Pro Android Games, published by Apress, came out recently and might make a good addition for that list: http://apress.com/book/view/1430226471 I haven't tried it, however. Well, except for going through the free source code, anyway. On Jan 5, 9:09 pm, Mark Murphy mmur...@commonsware.com wrote: Can anyone recommend any good Android books for a beginner? I'm mostly interested in games... Game development does not get a lot of coverage in the current crop of Android books. Here's a list of all those I know of in print: http://wiki.andmob.org/books -- Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy)http://commonsware.com Android App Developer Books:http://commonsware.com/books.html -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Developers group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
