Google Android dominates the mobile market, and by targeting Android,your apps can run on most of the phones and tablets in the world. This newfourth edition of the #1 book for learning Android covers all modern Androidversions from Android 4.1 through Android 5.0. Freshly added material coversnew Android features such as Fragments and Google Play Services. Android is aplatform you can't afford not to learn, and this book gets you started.
Android is a software toolkit for mobile phonesand tablets, created by Google. It's inside more than a billion devices, makingAndroid the number one platform for application developers. Your own app couldbe running on all those devices!
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If you'd rather be coding than reading aboutcoding, this book is for you.
