The Android Tablet Developer's Cookbook

The Android Tablet Developer’s Cookbook helps experienced Android developers leverage new Android 4.2.2 features to build compelling applications that take full advantage of tablets’ bigger screens, dual-core processors, and larger, faster memory.

Tightly focused on Android 4.2.2’s tablet-related capabilities, it presents an unparalleled library of easy-to-reuse code for solving real-world problems. Everything’s organized in modular, standalone sections to help you quickly find what you’re looking for, even when you need to use multiple classes together.

Throughout, B.M. Harwani clearly explains how Android tablet apps are unique, how to leverage Android skills and libraries you’ve already mastered, and how to efficiently integrate tablet APIs and features. From media to NFC, porting phone apps to integrating analytics, this book will help you do it fast and do it right.

Coverage includes


Providing user control via the system clipboard, notifications, and pending intents
Supporting drag and drop for both text and images
Displaying navigation and core app functionality via the ActionBar
Using widgets to present calendars, number pickers, image stacks, and options lists
Delivering powerful graphics via animation and hardware accelerated 2D
Recording audio, video, and images
Responding to sensors
Pairing tablets to other Bluetooth-enabled Android devices or PCs
Using Wi-Fi Direct to share media
Creating custom home screen widgets
Making the most of threads and the AsyncTask class
Exchanging data via JSON
Displaying and browsing Web content via the WebView widget
Creating fragments dynamically at runtime and implementing communication between fragments
Porting apps from smartphones to tablets and building new apps for both
Supporting older versions of the Android SDK
Sharing data and messages via NFC with Android Beam
Integrating app analytics and tracking


Turn to The Android Tablet Developer’s Cookbook for proven, expert answers--and the code you need to implement them. It’s all you need to jump-start any project and quickly create compelling Android tablet apps that sell!