Asynchronous Android Programming: Unlock the power of multi-core mobile devices to build responsive and reactive Android applications , Second Edition

Vasconcelos

Steve Liles

€28.99 ~~€32.99~~

5 (3 Ratings)

eBook Jul 2016 394 pages 2nd Edition

Vasconcelos

Steve Liles

€28.99 ~~€32.99~~

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eBook Jul 2016 394 pages 2nd Edition

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Construct scalable and performant applications to take advantage of multi-thread asynchronous techniques
Explore the high-level Android asynchronous constructs available on the Android SDK
Choose the most appropriate asynchronous technique to implement your next outstanding feature

Description

Asynchronous programming has acquired immense importance in Android programming, especially when we want to make use of the number of independent processing units (cores) available on the most recent Android devices. With this guide in your hands you’ll be able to bring the power of Asynchronous programming to your own projects, and make your Android apps more powerful than ever before! To start with, we will discuss the details of the Android Process model and the Java Low Level Concurrent Framework, delivered by Android SDK. We will also guide you through the high-level Android-specific constructs available on the SDK: Handler, AsyncTask, and Loader. Next, we will discuss the creation of IntentServices, Bound Services and External Services, which can run in the background even when the user is not interacting with it. You will also discover AlarmManager and JobScheduler APIs, which are used to schedule and defer work without sacrificing the battery life. In a more advanced phase, you will create background tasks that are able to execute CPU-intensive tasks in a native code-making use of the Android NDK. You will be then guided through the process of interacting with remote services asynchronously using the HTTP protocol or Google GCM Platform. Using the EventBus library, we will also show how to use the Publish-Subscribe software pattern to simplify communication between the different Android application components by decoupling the event producer from event consumer. Finally, we will introduce RxJava, a popular asynchronous Java framework used to compose work in a concise and reactive way. Asynchronous Android will help you to build well-behaved applications with smooth responsive user interfaces that delight the users with speedy results and data that’s always fresh.

Who is this book for?

This book is for Android developers who want to learn how to build multithreaded and reliable Android applications using high-level and advanced asynchronous techniques and concepts. No prior knowledge of concurrent and asynchronous programming is required. This book will also be great for Java experts who are new to Android. Whether you are a beginner at Android development or a seasoned Android programmer, this book will guide you through the most basic and advanced asynchronous constructs used in Android programming.

What you will learn

Get familiar with the android process model and low-level concurrent constructs delivered by the Android SDK
Use AsyncTask and loader framework to load data in the background, delivering progress results in the meantime
Create services that interact with your activity without compromising the UI rendering
Learn the working of Android concurrency on the Native Layer
Interact with nearby devices over Bluetooth and WiFi communications channels
Create and compose tasks with RxJava to execute complex asynchronous work in a predictable way
Get accustomed to the use of the Android Loader construct to deliver up-to-date results

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Daryl Ducharme Mar 18, 2017

Java Concurrency in Practice is a great book for theory on concurrency in a java context but this book gets to some best practices while in Android. There's usually no need to write your own solution when these are already part of the framework and battle tested. The first several sections are very important to understand if you are going to make a robust Android application.

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Amazon Customer Feb 22, 2017

I amazed with the level of detail found in this practical book. I definitely recommend it to every who is serious about software development.

Victor Johns Dec 21, 2016

The great thing about Android is that it is pretty much a self contained ecosystem. The bad thing about Android is that it is really hard to get your head around some of the more detailed nuances of the underlying OS. This book does a great job of delving into how the Android OS features can be taken advantage of, esp by today's multicore processors.Having come from a Linux background, I was finding it hard to get a resource that would allow me to understand exactly how the threading model of Android works. This book proved to be a great help

Asynchronous Android Programming: Unlock the power of multi-core mobile devices to build responsive and reactive Android applications , Second Edition

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