[android-developers] Re: android books

2010-10-14 Thread MG
Hi all. Thank you for all your replies. I will try to look at them. Regards. On Oct 15, 12:26 am, DanH 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" boo

[android-developers] Re: android books

2010-10-14 Thread DanH
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

Re: [android-developers] Re: android books

2010-10-14 Thread Mark Murphy
On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 11:20 AM, Yahel 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 Murp

[android-developers] Re: android books

2010-10-14 Thread Yahel
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 po

[android-developers] Re: Android Books?...

2010-01-06 Thread Matt Kanninen
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 jav

[android-developers] Re: Android Books?...

2010-01-06 Thread kylestew
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 speci

Re: [android-developers] Re: Android Books?...

2010-01-06 Thread Mark Murphy
> 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 hu

[android-developers] Re: Android Books?...

2010-01-05 Thread Lance Nanek
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" wrote: > > Can anyone recommen

[android-developers] Re: Android Books?...

2010-01-05 Thread schwiz
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/