Android TV Apps Development

• First book to market on Android TV apps development; so, there should be some sales potential at retail for this 1st early adopter short/mini-book.

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• Android is 2nd best apps dev eco, ranks in MIS and 4th ranked on Indeed.com job trends.

  A unique short book of 150 pages on designing and developing Android TV apps for early adopters Written by an "in-the-trenches" Android coder and expert Android remains one of the top two most popular mobile platforms out there

  Autorentext

  Paul Trebilcox-Ruiz is a software engineer at Sphero (they make awesome robots that you can control from your phone) in Boulder, Colorado and a Computer Science graduate from California State University, Fresno. His main interests are in the Android platform, Android TV and wearable computing. He also actively participates in hackathons in the Denver/Boulder area; writes an Android technical blog and presents to Meetups in the area.

  Klappentext
  Android TV Apps Development: Building Media and Games walks you through creating fantastic entertainment applications for one of the newest Android platforms. This book will demystify some of the newest APIs and present the tools necessary for building applications that run on Android TV.

  Walking through example applications, you will learn the vocabulary necessary to solve real world problems and how to present your content on the television through Android. In addition to practical code examples, you will learn about various design considerations that will make using your apps an enjoyable experience for users.
  What you'll learn:

• How to design for Android TV

• How to create a media app for Android TV

• What are the game design/development considerations for Android TV

• How to distribute Android TV apps

  Zusammenfassung
  This one-of-a-kind short book walks you through creating fantastic entertainment apps for one of the newest Android platforms. Android TV Apps Development: Building Media and Games will demystify some of the newest APIs and present the tools necessary for building applications that run on Android TV.

Walking through example applications, you will learn the vocabulary necessary to solve real-world problems and how to present your content on the television through Android. In addition to practical code examples, you will learn about various design considerations that will make using your apps an enjoyable experience for users.

What you'll learn:

• How to design for Android TV

• How to create a media app for Android TV

• What are the game design/development considerations for Android TV

• How to distribute Android TV apps

  Audience:Developers with some experience with Android development who are interested in building applications for the Android TV platform.

  Inhalt

  1. Android TV Fundamentals.- 2. Designing for TV.- 3. Creating a Media Application.- 4. Game Considerations.- 5. Distributing Android TV Applications.