The Big Book Reboot: Modern Android versions
Thomas
through the first book. my biggest issue with it is that there are
quite a few references to android 1.x when it comes to coding style &
examples and workarounds. i'm more interest in how to do it "properly"
for modern devices (i.e. 2.x+) from the beginning and not having to
care about the <2% marketshare of 1.x versions. maybe in the new
book(s) backwards compatibility for legacy versions would become an
advanced topic so that the code samples in the standard trail focus on
the current, modern way of how to achieve things?
Mark Murphy
"Things like fragments, the action bar, and loaders were added with
Honeycomb. Heretofore, those were only critical for developers
targeting tablets. Now, with Ice Cream Sandwich being rolled out not
only to new devices but to many devices shipped in 2011, these newer
capabilities take on added importance. It is well within reason that
by mid-2012 that 25% of Android devices will natively run Ice Cream
Sandwich, between upgrades of Gingerbread (perhaps one device in
three) and Honeycomb (most if not all) devices plus new sales. I
cannot simply keep the current coverage as something “bolted on” to
the original material — I need to weave this stuff in from the
outset."
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