Building Android Apps with HTML, CSS, and Javascript

Making Native Apps with Standards-based Web Tools

Jonathan Stark (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

182 Seiten

2010
O'Reilly Media (Verlag)
978-1-4493-8326-8 (ISBN)

Infos

If you know HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, you already have the tools you need to develop Android apps. With this book, you'll learn how to use these web technologies to design and build apps for any Android device, using the framework of your choice. No knowledge of Java is required.

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If you know HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, you already have the tools you need to develop Android applications. This hands-on book shows you how to use these open source web standards to design and build apps that can be adapted for any Android device -- without having to use Java. You'll learn how to create an Android-friendly web app on the platform of your choice, and then convert it to a native Android app with the free PhoneGap framework. Discover why device-agnostic mobile apps are the wave of the future, and start building apps that offer greater flexibility and a broader reach.
* Learn the basics for making a web page look great on the Android web browser * Convert a website into a web application, complete with progress indicators and more * Add animation with jQTouch to make your web app look and feel like a native Android app * Take advantage of client-side data storage with apps that run even when the Android device is offline * Use PhoneGap to hook into advanced Android features -- including the accelerometer, geolocation, and alerts * Test and debug your app on the Web under load with real users, and then submit the finished product to the Android Market This book received valuable community input through O'Reilly's Open Feedback Publishing System (OFPS). Learn more at http://labs.oreilly.com/ofps.html.

Autor

Jonathan Stark is a mobile and web application consultant who has been called "an expert on publishing desktop data to the web" by the Wall Street Journal. He has written two books on web application programming, is a tech editor for both php|architect and Advisor magazines, and has been quoted in the media on internet and mobile lifestyle trends. Jonathan began his programming career more than 20 years ago on a Tandy TRS-80 and still thinks Zork was a sweet game.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 2.11.2010
• Zusatzinfo: 1, black & white illustrations
• Verlagsort: Sebastopol
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 178 x 233 mm
• Gewicht: 300 g
• Themenwelt: Informatik ► Software Entwicklung ► Mobile- / App-Entwicklung
• Themenwelt: Mathematik / Informatik ► Informatik ► Web / Internet
• Themenwelt: Informatik ► Weitere Themen ► Hardware
• Themenwelt: Informatik ► Weitere Themen ► Smartphones / Tablets
• ISBN-10: 1-4493-8326-2 / 1449383262
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4493-8326-8 / 9781449383268
• Zustand: Neuware