Learning Mobile App Development

The Only Tutorial Covering BOTH iOS and Android—for students and professionals alike!Now, one book can help you master mobile app development with both market-leading platforms: Apple’s iOS and Google’s Android. Perfect for both students and professionals, Learning Mobile App Development is the only tutorial with complete parallel coverage of both iOS and Android. With this guide, you can master either platform, or both—and gain a deeper understanding of the issues associated with developing mobile apps.You’ll develop an actual working app on both iOS and Android, mastering the entire mobile app development lifecycle, from planning through licensing and distribution.Each tutorial in this book has been carefully designed to support readers with widely varying backgrounds and has been extensively tested in live developer training courses. If you’re new to iOS, you’ll also find an easy, practical introduction to Objective-C, Apple’s native language.All source code for this book, organized by chapter, is available at https://github.com/LearningMobile/BookAppsCoverage includesUnderstanding the unique design challenges associated with mobile appsSetting up your Android and iOS development environmentsMastering Eclipse development tools for Android and Xcode 5 tools for iOSDesigning interfaces and navigation schemes that leverage each platform’s powerReliably integrating persistent data into your appsUsing lists (Android) or tables (iOS) to effectively present data to usersCapturing device location, displaying it, and using it in your appsAccessing hardware devices and sensorsPublishing custom apps internally within an organizationMonetizing your apps on Apple’s AppStore or the Google Play marketplace, as well as other ways of profiting from app development, such as consulting and developer jobs