Lynda.com � Flash Professional CS5 Creating A Simple Game For Android Devices: In Flash Professional CS5: Creating a Simple Game for Android Devices, author Paul Trani shows how to translate existing Flash skills from the web to mobile devices while designing a game in Flash and publishing it as an AIR for Android app. The finished application includes collision detection, random enemy creation and movement, shooting capabilities, multiple levels, and even a high score screen. This course also goes beyond game functionality and shows how to use mobile capabilities such as the accelerometer and gestures to control graphics, use the hardware keys to activate menus, and also how to optimize content so it plays well on mobile devices. Also included are instructions for distributing an app through the Android Market. Exercise files are included with the course.

Topics include:

* Designing for mobile platforms
* Creating and optimizing game graphics
* Adding random movement and interactivity
* Moving players based on the accelerometer
* Using gestures
* Detecting collisions
* Implementing audio
* Adding scoring and levels
* Implementing a high score screen
* Publishing an app on both Mac and Windows
* Uploading to the Android Market

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Beginning Android 2: The Android development platform, created by Google and the Open Handset Alliance, is a platform in its truest sense, encompassing hundreds of classes beyond the traditional Java classes and open source components that ship with the SDK.

With Beginning Android 2, you�ll learn how to develop applications for Android 2.x mobile devices, using simple examples that are ready to run with your copy of the SDK. Author, Android columnist, writer, developer, and community advocate Mark L. Murphy will show you what you need to know to get started programming Android applications, including how to craft GUIs, use GPS, and access web services.
What you�ll learn

* Discover Android and how to use it to build Java-based mobile applications for a wide range of phones and other devices.
* Create user interfaces using both the Android widget framework and the built-in WebKit-powered Web browser components.
* Utilize the distinctive capabilities of the Android engine, including location tracking, maps, and Internet access.
* Use and create Android applications incorporating activities, services, content providers, and broadcast receivers.
* Support Android 1.5, 1.6, and 2.0 devices, including dealing with multiple Android OS versions, multiple screen sizes, and other device-specific characteristics.

Who is this book for?

This book is aimed at people new to mobile development, perhaps even to Java development itself.

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Manning � Android in Action 2nd Edition: When it comes to mobile apps, Android can do almost anything�and with this book, so can you! Android runs on mobile devices ranging from smart phones to tablets to countless special-purpose gadgets. It�s the broadest mobile platform available.

Android in Action, Second Edition is a comprehensive tutorial for Android developers. Taking you far beyond �Hello Android,� this fast-paced book puts you in the driver�s seat as you learn important architectural concepts and implementation strategies. You�ll master the SDK, build WebKit apps using HTML 5, and even learn to extend or replace Android�s built-in features by building useful and intriguing examples.

What�s Inside

* Android 2 from the ground up
* SDK and web development
* Drive a robot via Bluetooth and Sensors
* Integrate with Social Media Contacts
* Image processing with native C code

This book is written for hobbyists and developers. A background in Java is helpful�no prior experience with Android

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