Migrating to Android for iOS Developers

Description

"Migrating to Android for iOS Developers gives you, as an experienced native iOS app developer, the skills to learn native Android apps development from scratch. Starting with preparing your Android integrated development environment and introducing just enough Android application framework fundamentals, you'll understand how to create a simple but meaningful HelloAndroid project immediately. To implement use cases with detailed screens, the most common mobile topics are discussed, including user interfaces, managing data, and networking with remote services. As you move through the book, you'll create Android apps with rich UI components to handle common CRUD operations locally and remotely. This book also explores more powerful mobile UX patterns that are commonly used on the iOS and Android platforms. What you'll learn: How to maximize your existing iOS mobile knowledge to learn Android programming skills; How to use the Android integrated development environment with the Eclipse ADT plugin; How to translate your existing iOS code to Android with the following common mobile topics: Common mobile screen navigation patterns, User interface components and UI animations, Storing data, Networking and using remote services, Using system apps, Maps and location awareness, Mobile search frameworks, Mobile analytics. --