Belen Cruz Zapata - Android Studio Application Development

Beln Cruz Zapata received her Engineer's degree in Computer Science from the University of Murcia in Spain, specializing in software technologies and intelligent and knowledge technologies. She earned an M.Sc in Computer Science and is now working in her Ph.D on the Software Engineering Research Group from the University of Murcia.

Beln is based in Spain, although in the field of her Ph.D she is now collaborating with the Universit Mohammed V-Soussi, in Rabat, as beneficiary of an Erasmus Mundus program. Her research is focused on the mobile world and cloud computing.

She has a special interest in the development of mobile applications and new technologies. In the past few years, she has worked as a mobile developer for several platforms such as Android, iOS , and the Web.

She maintains a blog at http://www.belencruz.com and you can follow her on Twitter: @belen_cz.

I would like to thank Packt Publishing for offering me the opportunity to write this book. I would particularly like to thank Reshma Raman, Meeta Rajani, and Amey Sawant for their valuable help.

I would also like to thank my mentors during the last months, Miguel R. and P. Salinas; my friends, especially Ana, Nerea, and the yupi group, for cheering me up; my family, especially my parents and brother, for supporting me; and finally my significant other for everything and more.

Karan Kedar Balkar has been working as an independent Android application developer for the past four years. Born and brought up in Mumbai, he holds a Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering. He has written more than 50 programming tutorials on his personal blog (http://karanbalkar.com) covering popular technologies and frameworks.

At present, he is working as a Software Engineer. He has been trained on various technologies including Java, Oracle, and .NET. Apart from being passionate about technology, he loves to write poems and travel to different places. He likes listening to music and enjoys playing the guitar.

Firstly, I would like to thank my parents for their constant support and encouragement. I would also like to thank my friends, Srivatsan Iyer, Ajit Pillai, and Prasaanth Neelakandan for always inspiring and motivating me.

I would like to express my deepest gratitude to Packt Publishing for giving me a chance to be a part of the reviewing process.

Angel Ivorra is an autodidact software developer with 20 years of experience in several languages and platforms. He lives and works in Spain, in his own company (http://www.crestasoftware.es).

I would like to thank my wife and daughter for all the patience during my long nights working.

Pablo Pera Mira is an Android developer and entrepreneur. As a co-founder of Androidsx, Pablo has been involved in the design, development, marketing, and launch of more than 10 applications in the Google Play Store, with a total reach of over 10 million users.

He currently works for Pixable, where he leads the development of the Android application Photofeed, a product from Pixable, based in New York. He previously worked as a backend Java engineer for the control platform of LHC, the particle accelerator in CERN, in Geneva. His first contact with real-world software was at Google, Zurich.

Antonio Hernndez Niirola is a Computer Science Engineer and mobile applications developer, born and raised in Murcia in the southeast of Spain and currently living in Rabat, Morocco. He has developed several websites and also mobile applications that have been published in both the Google Play Market and the Apple Store.

After his degree in Computer Science, he pursued a Master's degree in Teacher Training for Informatics and Technology. Antonio pushed his studies further and is now a doctorate student under the Software Engineering Group of the Faculty of Computer Science of the University of Murcia and is actually a researcher for the University Mohammed Soussi V in Rabat.

As soon as Antonio got his first smartphone, a second-hand first generation iPhone, he started programming small applications as a form of entertainment. What started as a hobby, became a passion and is now leading his career both professionally and academically.

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