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Let us know by e-mailing [email protected] PROFESSIONAL ™ ANDROID 2 APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT INTRODUCTION............................................................. xxvii CHAPTER1 Hello,Android..................................................1 CHAPTER2 GettingStarted ................................................17 CHAPTER3 CreatingApplicationsandActivities ............................. 49 CHAPTER4 CreatingUserInterfaces ....................................... 85 CHAPTER5 Intents,BroadcastReceivers,Adapters, andtheInternet ............................................. 137 CHAPTER6 Files,SavingState,andPreferences............................ 187 CHAPTER7 DatabasesandContentProviders..............................209 CHAPTER8 Maps,Geocoding,andLocation-BasedServices .................245 CHAPTER9 WorkingintheBackground ...................................285 CHAPTER10 InvadingthePhone-Top ...................................... 327 CHAPTER11 Audio,Video,andUsingtheCamera ........................... 363 CHAPTER12 TelephonyandSMS.......................................... 389 CHAPTER13 Bluetooth,Networks,andWi-Fi ................................425 CHAPTER14 Sensors .................................................... 457 CHAPTER15 AdvancedAndroidDevelopment .............................. 477 INDEX.......................................................................529 PROFESSIONAL Android™ 2 Application Development Reto Meier WileyPublishing,Inc. 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HecurrentlyworksasanAndroidDeveloperAdvocateatGoogle,helpingAndroidappdevelop- erscreatethebestapplicationspossible.Retoisanexperiencedsoftwaredeveloperwithmorethan 10yearsofexperienceinGUIapplicationdevelopment.BeforeGoogle,heworkedinvariousindus- tries,includingoffshoreoilandgasandfinance. Alwaysinterestedin emerging technologies,Reto hasbeeninvolvedin Androidsincetheinitial releasein2007.Inhissparetime,hetinkerswithawiderangeofdevelopmentplatforms,including Google’splethoraofdevelopertools. YoucancheckoutReto’swebsite,TheRadioactiveYak,athttp://blog.radioactiveyak.comor followhimontwitterathttp://www.twitter.com/retomeier. ABOUT THE TECHNICAL EDITOR MILANNARENDRASHAH graduatedwitha BScComputerSciencedegreefromtheUniversityof Southampton.Hehasbeenworkingasasoftwareengineerformorethansevenyears,with experiencesinC#,C/C++,andJava.HeismarriedandlivesinBuckinghamshire,UnitedKingdom.