Android Programming Unleashed is the most comprehensive and technically sophisticated guide to best-practice Android development with today's powerful new versions of Android: 4.1 (Jelly Bean) and 4.0.3 (Ice Cream Sandwich). Offering the exceptional breadth and depth developers have come to expect from the Unleashed series, it covers everything programmers need to know to develop robust, high-performance Android apps that deliver a superior user experience. Leading developer trainer Bintu Harwani begins with basic UI controls, then progresses to more advanced topics, finally covering how to develop feature rich Android applications that can access Internet-based services and store data. He illuminates each important SDK component through complete, self-contained code examples that show developers the most effective ways to build production-ready code. Coverage includes: understanding the modern Android platform from the developer's standpoint... using widgets, containers, resources, selection widgets, dialogs, and fragments... supporting actions and persistence... incorporating menus, ActionBars, content providers, and databases... integrating media and animations... using web, map, and other services... supporting communication via messaging, contacts, and emails... publishing Android apps, and much more.

Extensive coverage is given of all the latest Java add-ons and third-party development tools. Ideal for the intermediate- to expert-level user, this guide explores the new Java extensions and APIs, Java Beans, JavaOS, and other new Java-based technologies. The CD-ROM contains 20 custom Java applications created for this book.

This text provides Java developers with in-depth coverage of Web Services technology. It includes contributions from recognised Web Services experts and architects, including the Web Services team at IBM.

Expected to be one of the hottest new technologies on the World Wide Web, Java is a programming language that allows users to add applications to their Web sites, and more. Now, Java Unleashed presents a complete look at Java language and how hot Java applets are being used to enhance Web presentations. Includes a detailed programmer's reference.

Provides instructions and programming code to build robots using LEGO Mindstorms NXT and the Java programming language.

"Lego Mindstorms" allows you to build and program simple robots, but wouldn't it be nice to take programming to the next level? This book starts off with the basics and each chapter progresses to even more ambitious projects.

The reader will gain a complete understanding of the functionality to be gained by using Visual J++. He will also learn to create Java applications using Visual J++ as his tool. The CD-ROM contains source code and example programs from the book, plus Microsoft Visual J++ 1.1, Trial Edition.