Discover more than 100 down-to-earth code recipes, covering a wide range of useful topics using complete and real-world working code examples. This book is updated to include the Android N SDK (7.0), as well as earlier releases.Crammed with insightful instruction and helpful examples, this fifth edition of Android Recipes is your guide to writing apps for one of today’s hottest mobile platforms. It offers pragmatic advice that will help you get the job done quickly and wel...

Develop your first interactive 2D and 3D platform game by learning the fundamentals of C\#Key FeaturesLearn the fundamentals of C\# 7 scripting to develop GameObjects and master the basics of the new UI system in Unity 2017Build and develop your 2D game right from scratch and extend it to 3D while implementing the principles of object-oriented programming and coding in C\# 7Get to grips with the fundamentals of optimizing your game using the la...

Learn Java for Android Development, Third Edition, is an update of a strong selling book that now includes a primer on Android app development (in Chapter 1 and Appendix C, which is distributed in the book’s code archive). This book teaches programmers the essential Java language skills necessary for effectively picking up and using the new Android SDK platform to build mobile, embedded, and even PC apps, especially game apps.Android development is hot, an...

Key FeaturesBook DescriptionTechnology trends come and go, but few have generated the excitement, momentum, or long-term impact that mobile computing has. Mobile computing impacts people’s lives at work and at home on a daily basis. Many companies and individual developers are looking to become a part of the movement but are unsure how to best utilize their existing skills and assets. The Xamarin suite of products provides new opportunities to those wh...

How can you design technology that becomes a part of a user’s life and not a distraction from it? This practical book explores the concept of calm technology, a method for smoothly capturing a user’s attention only when necessary, while calmly remaining in the background most of the time. You’ll learn how to design products that work well, launch well, are easy to support, easy to use, and remain unobtrusive.Author Amber Case presents ideas first introduced by researchers at Xerox ...

Pro Android 5 shows you how to build real-world and fun mobile apps using the Android 5 SDK. This book updates the best-selling Pro Android and covers everything from the fundamentals of building apps for smartphones, tablets, and embedded devices to advanced concepts such as custom components, multi-tasking, sensors/augmented reality, better accessories support and much more.Using the tutorials and expert advice, you'll quickly be able to build cool mobile ...

If you are a jMonkey developer or a Java developer who is interested to delve further into the game making process to expand your skillset and create more technical games, then this book is perfect for you.

If you are a LiveCode mobile developer looking to improve your existing skills, add efficiencies to your code, or want a better understanding of LiveCode's capabilities, then LiveCode Mobile Development Cookbook is a must-have for you. The reader should at least have a basic understanding of LiveCode and mobile application development.

Bring the power of functional programming to Swift to develop clean, smart, scalable and reliable applications.Key Features\[\*\]Written for the latest version of Swift, this is a comprehensive guide that introduces iOS, Web and macOS developers to the all-new world of functional programming that has so far been alien to them\[\*\]Get familiar with using functional programming alongside existing OOP techniques so you can get the best of both worlds and ...

Embrace the mobile gaming revolution by creating popular iOS games with Swift 3.0Key Features\[\*\] Create and design games for iPhone and iPad using SpriteKit and Swift 3.0\[\*\] Learn the core fundamentals of SpriteKit game development and mix and match techniques to customize your game\[\*\] This step-by-step practical guide will teach you to build games from scratch using little-known tips and strategies for maximum funBook De...

Learn to build hybrid mobile apps using Ionic and Firebase. You'll build a Hacker News client app, which can view top stories in Hacker News, view comments of a story, add stories to favorites, etc.This introductory guide covers the whole cycle of hybrid mobile apps development. It's organized around implementing different user stories. For each story, this book not only talks about how to implement it but also explains related Ionic and Firebase concepts in detail. Using Apache Co...

Over 90 hands-on recipes to successfully build and automate development life cycle tasks following Maven conventions and best practicesKey FeaturesUnderstand the features of Apache Maven that makes it a powerful tool for build automationFull of real-world scenarios covering multi-module builds and best practices to make the most out of Maven projectsA step-by-step tutorial guide full of pragmatic examplesBook DescriptionIf yo...