About the Author

Donn Felker has been an independent consultant for more than a decade. He's an Android developer, a Microsoft ASP Insider, and the founder of Agilevent, an agile and mobile software development company. Donn is also the author of Android Application Development For Dummies.

Table of Contents

Introduction 1 Part I: The Nuts and Bolts of Android Tablets 7 Chapter 1: Developing Spectacular Android Tablet Applications 9 Chapter 2: Switching to Tablet App Development 21 Chapter 3: Developing for Android Tablets 27 Chapter 4: Prepping Your Development Headquarters 35 Chapter 5: Your First Android Project 57 Part II: Building and Publishing Your First Android Tablet Application 93 Chapter 6: Designing the User Interface 95 Chapter 7: Coding Your Application 111 Chapter 8: Turning Your Application into an App Widget 151 Chapter 9: Understanding Android Resources 183 Chapter 10: Publishing Your App to the Android Market 191 Part III: Creating a Feature-Rich Application 213 Chapter 11: Designing the Task Reminder Application 215 Chapter 12: Going a la Carte with Your Menu 235 Chapter 13: Handling User Input 245 Chapter 14: Getting Persistent with Data Storage 265 Chapter 15: Reminding the User with AlarmManager 295 Chapter 16: Updating the Android Status Bar 307 Chapter 17: Working with Android's Preference Framework 315 Part IV: The Part of Tens 329 Chapter 18: Ten Great Free Sample Applications and SDKs (with Code!) 331 Chapter 19: Ten Tools That Make Your Developing Life Easier 335 Index 339