Android Studio Development Essentials: Android 5 Edition 2nd Edition

It has been a few weeks that I'm immersed in Android development. I'm using the SQLite Dband trying to figure out how to present the info. This book has been great in explaining and workingthrough the use of the Master Detail view. The next thing that I recommend is not to use the sample projectsfrom the author's site. At least for me, if I type in the changes from a base line project, the information sticksa lot better. Now, I'm reviewing the structure of an Android app, and a lot more of what is presented in making sense.-------I'm just starting Android development, yet I have been programing for a long time, over 30 years.I missed the Eclipse phase of Android development, and a lot of books are Eclipse centric.This book is ADS centric, and it gives great explanations about Android at the same time.I really cannot recommend it enough.As usual I have been cruising around the web and have bought a number of books (with high hopes).This is really the one to get, don't waste your time and/or money on the other ones.The Android developer resource site is great, but (always a but) the people that write have a great deal of experience,and there are a lot of assumptions in their training. Don't get me wrong, this is still the site I go to for references.So, if you're getting started with Android development this is where you should start.

This book has a very extensive coverage of the Android Studio IDE, and a very good introduction on the various models, ideas and concepts that you need to apply when developing Android applications. It takes a few hours to read through the first dozen or so units and you really need to take this time in order to understand the matter. But the creating the structure of your application comes easy.What is lacking, and hence just four stars, is the same in-depth coverage of the APIs that you will likely need in your app. Saving/retrieving files, network communications and dealing with preferences are just some of the things I found missing. Fortunately once you've got the structure of your application sorted, you'll find hundreds of examples of these on the internet.

I have a solid background in C# programming (no Java though) and was looking for a book to help me learn Android programming and specifically using Android Studio. I found this to be the perfect book for me. It's one of the few programming books I've read that I had trouble putting down. I kept wanting to move on to the next topic.I'd never used Android Studio and this book provides a great tutorial on it.This book is very well written with clear, excellent examples. I can't stress enough how helpful it is to have a book like this where the sample code is so well presented. When a code sample is presented and then later the author wants you to add or modify that code, the code is repeated and the changes/additions are in boldface. It's dead simple to see what you are changing and that helps you focus on why you are doing it and the concepts you are learning.If you have some programming experience and want to get into Android programming, I highly recommend this book.

I'm about 20% into the book and I already rated it at 5 stars because it's been so easy to get up and running with Android Studio. Android studio is relatively new - most development has been done previously with Eclipse and other tools. This book walked me through step by step what I needed with pictures of what I was expected to see and everything was pretty smooth. The concepts were explained regarding android architecture and conceptual ideas then the details were provided. I can see tons of addition information ahead which appear to answer my questions I know I'm going to have how to proceed. It's already paid for itself many times over because as an iOS developer for now I just need to make small modifications to a 3rd party project on Android and I will use this book to become more familiar with Android over time as I get more involved. I feel confident that I can painlessly work through the rest do this book instead of feeling overwhelmed and lost by so much of the other material out there.

The content is fine, but the index is terrible. Only once have I found subject matter I needed listed in the index. I don't even bother picking up this book anymore because I know it's going to let me down again and again just like it always has! Explain to me please - what good is a book with an index so terribly useless that you can't even find what you need? Sheesh, just google it like I had to.

The book is written for an older version of Android Studio. While most of the functions are about the same, the pre-existing code that Android Studio gives you isn't the same code the book says you will start with. Other than that it's an ok book, but it's confusing. The code introduced in each chapter is not explained very well (or sometimes at all), and the example apps are a bit too basic. The book doesn't prepare you for writing more advanced apps.

This is an excellent book for readers with some programming experience but little or no Java or Android experience. If you know nothing about programming, start off with YouTube first, then buy this book.The writing is clear and concise. The examples are detailed.I predict that if you know Java then this book will get you most of the way up the Android learning curve in two evenings.

The book is old now, that's OK, it si not the book's fault that time passes.What is unforgivable, is the quality of the screenshots in the ebook version: They are simply unreadable.