Android based software development

The Applied Mobile Research Group (Amorg) operating at the Department of Automation and Applied Informatics of the Budapest University of Technology and Economics pays special attention to the continuous development of mobile technology education in Hungary. Thanks to their work, it has become possible for a wider audience to get acquainted with the most popular mobile platforms and have up-to-date knowledge of the latest technologies. More than 500 students from the university attend their courses each year alone. As part of the department’s popular Applied Informatics series, members of Amorg will surprise those interested in developing smartphones this time around. We can safely say that the Android platform has become one of the most popular and widespread mobile platforms in the world, which is why the knowledge gained by reading this book is a long-term knowledge for users. The book begins with the current state of the mobile market and the history of the Android platform, followed by a description of the various technologies in Android. Learn about the structure of the Android platform, the role of application components, and how to build the user interface in detail, as well as technical details such as cross-component communication, persistence support, positioning and mapping, low and high level network communication, and related techniques. , multimedia management, personal data management, Android service model, sensor support, and even native programming. At the end of the book, you’ll find the latest technological innovations introduced by the Android platform, as well as deals with developments everywhere for tablets. Each chapter pays special attention to examples that help comprehension and often also to solutions that would stand their ground as a stand-alone application. The authors of the book have been working with the Android platform since the very first SDK was released, their expertise is constantly maintained, and they are continuous participants in domestic and international industry research and development, thus having extensive experience. The carefully selected topics in the book, its professional editing and selected examples allow us to apply it in our daily work and to easily understand how the technology works with the help of detailed explanations. The authors have sought to demonstrate the use of the code snippets in the book through stand-alone applications where possible, and these examples are available through the link in the preface.