[android-developers] Re: Android, A Programmer's Guide by Jerome (J.F.) DiMarzio

2008-11-25 Thread dmanpearl
Lots of Android Development book choices on Amazon: Available now: Professional Android Application Development by Reto Meier (Paperback - Nov 24, 2008) $29.69 The Busy Coder's Guide to Android Development by Mark L. Murphy (Paperback - Jun 25, 2008) $27.93 ANDROID A PROGRAMMERS GUIDE by Jerome

[android-developers] Re: Android, A Programmer's Guide by Jerome (J.F.) DiMarzio

2008-11-24 Thread Mark Murphy
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I bought this book in hopes of learning how to code in Android. It was very good up to the eigth chapter when everything seemed to go haywire. None of the intents or actions seem to be available. This actually started a few chapters earlier and I was able to find

[android-developers] Re: Android, A Programmer's Guide by Jerome (J.F.) DiMarzio

2008-11-24 Thread Sunit Katkar
, 2008 11:48 PM Subject: [android-developers] Re: Android, A Programmer's Guide by Jerome (J.F.) DiMarzio Yes I was very disappointed with this book as well - total waste of time and money. I felt constantly that this Jerome dude took all those screen shots and code pictures just to pad his 15

[android-developers] Re: Android, A Programmer's Guide by Jerome (J.F.) DiMarzio

2008-11-24 Thread hmmm
:48 PM Subject: [android-developers] Re: Android, A Programmer's Guide by Jerome (J.F.) DiMarzio Yes I was very disappointed with this book as well - total waste of time and money. I felt constantly that this Jerome dude took all those screen shots and code pictures just to pad his 15 pages worth

[android-developers] Re: Android, A Programmer's Guide by Jerome (J.F.) DiMarzio

2008-11-24 Thread Mark Murphy
Sunit Katkar wrote: I can definitely say that Mark's book 'Busy Programmer's Guide...' is superb. I have subscribed to his site and have the latest version 1.4. *blushes* Thanks! I found it very useful and look forward to a print edition. January for the 2nd edition (Version 2.0), I

[android-developers] Re: Android, A Programmer's Guide by Jerome (J.F.) DiMarzio

2008-11-24 Thread Shaopeng Chen
I ran through the book in about an hour, figuring that I was not going to get much out of it. The best way is to set up your dev environment, walk through the sample codes (ApiDemos, etc), see how things are done. As you know the anatomy of the program, know where the different things are and how

[android-developers] Re: Android, A Programmer's Guide by Jerome (J.F.) DiMarzio

2008-11-24 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Thanks to everyone who answered this post. I have gone to the bookstore and purchased Professional Android Application Development by Meier. I have also gone to several of the sites listed. I now feel as if I'm back on track. It's been a week since I've been able to do anything in Android as