Wei-Meng Lee - Beginning Android Tablet Application Development

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Beginning Android Tablet Application Development

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To my family:

Thanks for the understanding and support while I worked on getting this book ready. I love you all!

CREDITS

EXECUTIVE EDITOR

Bob Elliott

SENIOR PROJECT EDITOR

Ami Frank Sullivan

TECHNICAL EDITOR

Kunal Mittal

PRODUCTION EDITOR

Rebecca Anderson

COPY EDITOR

Luann Rouff

EDITORIAL MANAGER

Mary Beth Wakefield

FREELANCER EDITORIAL MANAGER

Rosemarie Graham

ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF MARKETING

Ashley Zurcher

BUSINESS MANAGER

Amy Knies

PRODUCTION MANAGER

Tim Tate

VICE PRESIDENT AND EXECUTIVE GROUP PUBLISHER

Richard Swadley

VICE PRESIDENT AND EXECUTIVE PUBLISHER

Neil Edde

ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER

Jim Minatel

PROJECT COORDINATOR, COVER

Katie Crocker

PROOFREADER

Nancy Carrasco

INDEXER

Johnna VanHoose Dinse

COVER DESIGNER

Ryan Sneed

COVER IMAGE

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

WEI-MENG LEE is a technologist and founder of Developer Learning Solutions ( www.learn2develop.net ), a technology company specializing in hands-on training on the latest mobile technologies. Wei-Meng has many years of training experience and his training courses place special emphasis on the learning-by-doing approach. This hands-on approach to learning programming makes understanding the subject much easier than reading books, tutorials, and other documentation.

Wei-Meng is also the author of Beginning iOS 4 Application Development (Wrox, 2010) and Beginning Android Application Development (Wrox, 2011). Contact Wei-Meng at .

ABOUT THE TECHNICAL EDITOR

KUNAL MITTAL serves as an Executive Director of Technology at Sony Pictures Entertainment where he is responsible for the SOA, Identity Management, and Content Management programs. Kunal is an entrepreneur who helps startups define their technology strategy, product roadmap, and development plans. He generally works in an Advisor or Consulting CTO capacity, and serves actively in the Project Management and Technical Architect functions.

He has authored and edited several books and articles on J2EE, Cloud Computing, and mobile technologies. He holds a Masters degree in Software Engineering and is an instrument-rated private pilot.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

WRITING THIS BOOK HAS BEEN A roller-coaster ride. Working with just-released software is always a huge challenge. When I first started work on this book, the Android 3.0 SDK had just been released, and wading through the documentation was like finding a needle in a haystack. To add to the challenge, the Android emulator for the tablet is extremely slow and unstable, making the development process very slow and painful.

Well, now that the book is done, I hope your journey will not be as eventful as mine. Like a good guide, my duty is to make your foray into Android tablet development an enjoyable and fruitful experience. The book you are now holding is the result of the collaborative efforts of many people, and I wish to take this opportunity to acknowledge them here.

First, my personal gratitude to Bob Elliott, executive editor at Wrox. Bob is always ready to lend a listening ear and to offer help when its needed. It is a great pleasure to work with Bob, as he is one of the most responsive persons I have ever worked with! Thank you, Bob, for the help and guidance!

Of course, I cannot forget Ami Sullivan, my editor (and friend!), who is always a pleasure to work with. After working together on four books, we now know each other so well that we know the content of incoming e-mail messages even before we open them! Thank-you, Ami!

Nor can I forget the heroes behind the scenes: copy editor Luann Rouff and technical editor Kunal Mittal. They have been eagle-eye editing the book, making sure that every sentence makes sense both grammatically as well as technically. Thanks, Luann and Kunal!