Hmm .. likewise I have 3 plus Murphy's 4 books. While Pro Android 2 contains large chunks of info, I find that it poorly organized. I often find myself checking multiple Contents entries before I hit on what I'm after. But its the best book I have in non-digital form.
I find Mark Murphy's books to be very good. Well worth the money (and $40 for 4 books that are regularly upddated seems good value IMHO). The downside is that I only have digital copies and no portable eReader (yet) so I can't readily leaf through them away from my desk. When there's an affordable tablet that makes this convenient, I'll be very happy. I thik there's enough info around, but as base (as this was said by previous authors) you need to be well conversant in Java / XML and understand standard design patterns/principles (and yes this matters). On Sep 23, 8:53 am, DanH <[email protected]> wrote: > I've got three Android books on my desk, plus 4 of Murphy's that I've > downloaded. None of them do I consider to be even "adequate". "Pro > Android 2" is maybe the best, but, eg, it contains major errors, and > (bigger failure) fails (like the others) to give any sort of coherent > description of the Android environment. > > They're all mainly random collections of tutorials, "organized" by > topic. > > On Sep 22, 4:22 pm, TreKing <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 3:50 PM, DanH <[email protected]> wrote: > > > And, as I've said several times here, unfortunately there are no good > > > books > > > on Android. > > > Well, that's a matter of opinion, now ain't it? Like many others I got > > started with Mark Murphy's book and thought it was quite solid. The current, > > limited set of books on Android may not suit your personal learning style, > > but that's no basis for saying that not a single one is any good. > > > I would recommend anyone to go to a Barne's & Noble (or what have you) and > > browse through the selection to see if what's available fits you personally > > before dismissing all books on the subject as not being any good. > > > 2010/9/22 Miguel Morales <[email protected]> > > > > At least each response is tailored to the OP, not technically spam. > > > Really? Granted, I don't read his massive ad posts, but every one of Tim's > > posts seems like a copy-paste job. > > > > It can be off-putting though, but you gotta make those sells. > > > Presenting yourself as a spammer is probably not a good way to promote and > > sell your product. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > TreKing <http://sites.google.com/site/rezmobileapps/treking> - Chicago > > transit tracking app for Android-powered devices -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
