[android-developers] Re: any development book for new guy?

2009-08-15 Thread Satya Komatineni
I must disclose first that I am one of the co-authors of the Pro-Android. So you shouldn't consider this a good recommendation. The book was set to release when 1.5 was just released also. So we worked the 1.5 content very late in the book. This content is covered in the last chapters. This conte

[android-developers] Re: any development book for new guy?

2009-08-15 Thread bboyes
Not an e-book, but Pro Android from apress covers 1.5. It seems very well written but does neglect to tell you to create the avd in the hello world example. Bruce --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Andro

[android-developers] Re: any development book for new guy?

2009-08-14 Thread Casper Bang
Whoa, please don't put words in my mouth. I know you've answered my question regarding the subject since. It doesn't really have much to do with the book review but I will go ahead and update my entry anyway. Peace. :) /Casper --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received thi

[android-developers] Re: any development book for new guy?

2009-08-14 Thread Romain Guy
Casper, "It's my humble opinion that all the above books favors XML layout a bit too much, as it makes examples harder to read/type - and lets face it, it's limited how complex a layout will be on such a small screen anyway." They do and rightly so. We already told you why. The XML layouts are s

[android-developers] Re: any development book for new guy?

2009-08-14 Thread Casper Bang
I second the recommendation for Mark Murphy's books. I wish I had known about these before investing in other ones. Small mini-review to explain why on my blog: http://coffeecokeandcode.blogspot.com/2009/08/android-books-review.html /Casper On 14 Aug., 08:42, Barry Wei wrote: > could anyone sen

[android-developers] Re: any development book for new guy?

2009-08-14 Thread Mark Murphy
Streets Of Boston wrote: > Mark Murhpy's (regular here on these forums) e-books are highly > regarded: > http://commonsware.com/mmurphy.html > http://commonsware.com/books.html Thanks! More generally, watch for books that are being kept up to date for new Android releases. Mine are continuously

[android-developers] Re: any development book for new guy?

2009-08-14 Thread Roman ( T-Mobile USA)
http://www.amazon.com/Android-Programming-Books/lm/R3IDV45VDVAY3M One beginner book is sufficient, because most of the books are covering the same topics over and over -- Roman Baumgaertner Sr. SW Engineer-OSDC ·T· · ·Mobile· stick together The views, opinions and statements in this email a

[android-developers] Re: any development book for new guy?

2009-08-14 Thread Streets Of Boston
Mark Murhpy's (regular here on these forums) e-books are highly regarded: http://commonsware.com/mmurphy.html http://commonsware.com/books.html On Aug 14, 2:42 am, Barry Wei wrote: > could anyone send me some e-book about develop android application? > > thanks a lot. --~--~-~--~~---