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Unity Android Game Development by Example Beginner's Guide

You're reading from   Unity Android Game Development by Example Beginner's Guide Absolute beginners to designing games for Android will find this book is their passport to quick results. Lots of handholding and practical exercises using Unity 3D makes learning a breeze.

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Product type Paperback
Published in Dec 2013
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781849692014
Length 320 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Thomas James Finnegan Thomas James Finnegan
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Table of Contents (12) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Saying Hello to Unity and Android FREE CHAPTER 2. Looking Good – Graphical Interface 3. The Backbone of Any Game – Meshes, Materials, and Animations 4. Setting the Stage – Camera Effects and Lighting 5. Getting Around – Pathfinding and AI 6. Specialties of the Mobile Device – Touch and Tilt 7. Throwing Your Weight Around – Physics and a 2D Camera 8. Special Effects – Sound and Particles 9. Optimization A. Pop Quiz Answers Index

Time for action – installing the JDK

Android's development language of choice is Java, so to develop for it we need a copy of the Java SE Development Kit, JDK, on our computers. The process of installing the JDK is given in the following steps:

  1. The latest version of the JDK can be downloaded from http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/index.html. So, open the site in a web browser.
    Time for action – installing the JDK
  2. Select Java Platform (JDK) from the available versions and you will be brought to a combination of license agreement and type selection page.
  3. Accept the license agreement, and select your appropriate Windows version from the bottom of the list. If you are unsure which to choose, then Windows x86 is usually a safe choice.
  4. Once the download is completed, run the new installer.
  5. A scan, two Next button-clicks, an initialization, and one more Next button will install the JDK to the default location. It is as good there as anywhere else, so once it is done installing, hit Close.

What just happened?

We installed the JDK (Java Development Kit). We need this so that our Android development kit will work. Luckily, the installation process for this keystone is short and sweet.

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Unity Android Game Development by Example Beginner's Guide
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