Professional Mobile Application Development
by McWherter, Jeff; Gowell, ScottEdition: 1st
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2012-09-04
Publisher(s): Wrox
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Summary
Create applications for all major smartphone platforms Creating applications for the myriad versions and varieties of mobile phone platforms on the market can be daunting to even the most seasoned developer. This authoritative guide is written in such as way that it takes your existing skills and experience and uses that background as a solid foundation for developing applications that cross over between platforms, thereby freeing you from having to learn a new platform from scratch each time. Concise explanations walk you through the tools and patterns for developing for all the mobile platforms while detailed steps walk you through setting up your development environment for each platform. Covers all the major options from native development to web application development Discusses major third party platform development acceleration tools, such as Appcelerator and PhoneGap Zeroes in on topics such as developing applications for Android, IOS, Windows Phone 7, and Blackberry Professional Mobile Cross Platform Development shows you how to best exploit the growth in mobile platforms, with a minimum of hassle.
Author Biography
Jeff McWherter is the Director of Development at Gravity Works Design and Development. He is a founding member and current Vice President for the Greater Lansing Users for .NET.
Scott Gowell is a senior developer at Gravity Works Design and Development. He develops mobile applications for clients and speaks at local user groups.
Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION xxiii
CHAPTER 1: PRELIMINARY CONSIDERATIONS 1
CHAPTER 2: DIVING INTO MOBILE: APP OR WEBSITE? 11
CHAPTER 3: CREATING CONSUMABLE WEB SERVICES FOR MOBILE DEVICES 37
CHAPTER 4: MOBILE USER INTERFACE DESIGN 89
CHAPTER 5: MOBILE WEBSITES 117
CHAPTER 6: GETTING STARTED WITH ANDROID 151
CHAPTER 7: GETTING STARTED WITH IOS 183
CHAPTER 8: GETTING STARTED WITH WINDOWS PHONE 7 229
CHAPTER 9: GETTING STARTED WITH BLACKBERRY 253
CHAPTER 10: GETTING STARTED WITH APPCELERATOR TITANIUM 283
CHAPTER 11: GETTING STARTED WITH PHONEGAP 309
CHAPTER 12: GETTING STARTED WITH MONOTOUCH AND MONO FOR ANDROID 343
INDEX 379
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