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Praise for Learning Android Application

Programming for the Kindle Fire

“Now is a great time to learn how to program for the Kindle Fire, and this book is

the perfect companion for your journey! Distilled within the text are the proven

techniques, best practices, and hard-won wisdom of two of the mobile industry’s

leading pioneers. You’ll be programming Kindle Fire apps in no time!”

—Mark Hammonds, Mobile Engineer, and Managing Editor, Mobiletuts+

“ Learning Android Application Programming for the Kindle Fire is a must-have

developers‘ resource specific to the Kindle Fire. This book takes you from SDK

installation to APK publication with lots of examples and tips along the way.”

—Jim Hathaway , Web Developer

“If you want to bring your application to Amazon’s exciting new Android-based tablet,

look no further than this book. Darcey and Conder show you how to go from idea to

application for the Kindle Fire quickly and clearly with a sample application that shows

you everything you’ll need to build your application. Along the way, you’ll pick up

valuable tips on developing software in general.”

—Ray Rischpater , Senior Research Engineer, Nokia Research Center

“I used Lauren Darcey and Shane Conder’s books to start developing Android apps fast.

I knew iOS development but needed to learn the basics of Android development. This

was a great book to show me how, and I started coding the same day.”

—Scott Walker , Developer

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Addison-Wesley Learning Series

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The Addison-Wesley Learning Series is a collection of hands-on programming

guides that help you quickly learn a new technology or language so you can

apply what you’ve learned right away.

Each title comes with sample code for the application or applications built in

the text. This code is fully annotated and can be reuse