{"schema_version":"bf_book_companion_v1","release_id":"20260418T162306Z","book":{"amazon_purchase_url":"https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DT257HY9?tag=bookfrontier-20","asin":"B0DT257HY9","authors":["Ed Burnette"],"book_id":"9781680500370","canonical_url":"https://bookfrontier.com/books/hello-android-B0DT257HY9","cover_image_url":"https://img.bookfrontier.com/9781680500370.jpg?v=20260418T162306Z%3A2026-04-19T10%3A16%3A55Z","description":"Google Android dominates the mobile market, and by targeting Android, your apps can run on most of the phones and tablets in the world. This new fourth edition of the #1 book for learning Android covers all modern Android versions from Android 4.1 through Android 5.0. Freshly added material covers new Android features such as Fragments and Google Play Services. Android is a platform you can't afford not to learn, and this book gets you started. Android is a software toolkit for mobile phones and tablets, created by Google. It's inside more than a billion devices, making Android the number one platform for application developers. Your own app could be running on all those devices! Getting started developing with Android is easy. You don't even need access to an Android phone, just a computer where you can install the Android SDK and the emulator that comes with it. Within minutes, Hello, Android gets you creating your first working application: Android's version of \"Hello, World.\" From there, you'll build up a more substantial example: an Ultimate Tic-Tac-Toe game. By gradually adding features to the game, you'll learn about many aspects of Android programming, such as creating animated user interfaces, playing music and sound effects, building location-based services (including GPS and cell-tower triangulation), and accessing web services. You'll also learn how to publish your applications to the Google Play Store. This fourth edition of the bestselling Android classic has been revised for Android 4.1-4.3 (Jelly Bean), 4.4 (KitKat), and Android 5.0 (Lollipop). Topics have been streamlined and simplified based on reader feedback, and every page and example has been reviewed and updated for compatibility with the latest versions of Android. If you'd rather be coding than reading about coding, this book is for you.","forthcoming":false,"isbn13":"9781680500370","publication_date":"20150609","publisher":"The Pragmatic Programmers","slug":"hello-android","subtitle":"Introducing Google's Mobile Development Platform","title":"Hello, Android"},"discovery":{"categories":{"all":[{"bisac_code":"COM046100","confidence_band":"medium","label":"Android OS","score":0.8766,"source":"bisac_hint_model"},{"bisac_code":"COM051460","confidence_band":"high","label":"Mobile App Development","score":0.8545,"source":"bisac_hint_model"},{"bisac_code":"COM051280","confidence_band":"medium","label":"Java Programming","score":0.7813,"source":"bisac_hint_model"}],"hint":[{"bisac_code":"COM046100","confidence_band":"medium","label":"Android OS","score":0.8766,"source":"bisac_hint_model"},{"bisac_code":"COM051460","confidence_band":"high","label":"Mobile App Development","score":0.8545,"source":"bisac_hint_model"},{"bisac_code":"COM051280","confidence_band":"medium","label":"Java Programming","score":0.7813,"source":"bisac_hint_model"}],"publisher":[{"bisac_code":"COM000000","confidence_band":"high","label":"Computers","score":1,"source":"onix_publisher_code"},{"bisac_code":"COM034000","confidence_band":"high","label":"COMPUTERS / Interactive & Multimedia","score":1,"source":"onix_publisher_code"},{"bisac_code":"COM051280","confidence_band":"high","label":"Java Programming","score":1,"source":"onix_publisher_code"},{"bisac_code":"COM051460","confidence_band":"high","label":"Mobile App Development","score":1,"source":"onix_publisher_code"}]},"genres":[{"label":"Android OS","score":0.8766,"slug":"android-os"},{"label":"Mobile App Development","score":0.8545,"slug":"mobile-app-development"},{"label":"Java Programming","score":0.7813,"slug":"java-programming"}],"reader_fit":["Good for readers who enjoy Android OS","Good for readers interested in development","Good for fans of Programming"],"related_lists":[],"series":null,"similar_books":[{"authors":["Herbert Schildt"],"book_id":"9781260440218","cover_image_url":"https://img.bookfrontier.com/9781260440218.jpg?v=20260418T162306Z%3A2026-04-19T10%3A16%3A55Z","score":5.7095,"title":"Java: a Beginner's Guide, Eighth Edition","url":"https://bookfrontier.com/books/9781260440218"},{"authors":["Kathy Sierra","Bert Bates"],"book_id":"9780596009205","cover_image_url":"https://img.bookfrontier.com/9780596009205.jpg?v=20260418T162306Z%3A2026-04-19T10%3A16%3A55Z","score":5.6982,"title":"Head First Java","url":"https://bookfrontier.com/books/9780596009205"},{"authors":["Joshua Bloch"],"book_id":"9780134685991","cover_image_url":"https://img.bookfrontier.com/9780134685991.jpg?v=20260418T162306Z%3A2026-04-19T10%3A16%3A55Z","score":5.6583,"title":"Effective Java","url":"https://bookfrontier.com/books/9780134685991"},{"authors":["Eric Freeman","Elisabeth Robson","Bert Bates","Kathy Sierra"],"book_id":"9780596007126","cover_image_url":"https://img.bookfrontier.com/9780596007126.jpg?v=20260418T162306Z%3A2026-04-19T10%3A16%3A55Z","score":5.5685,"title":"Head First Design Patterns","url":"https://bookfrontier.com/books/9780596007126"},{"authors":["Peter Bell","Brent Beer"],"book_id":"9781491949740","cover_image_url":"https://img.bookfrontier.com/9781491949740.jpg?v=20260418T162306Z%3A2026-04-19T10%3A16%3A55Z","score":5.1839,"title":"Introducing Github","url":"https://bookfrontier.com/books/9781491949740"},{"authors":["David Flanagan"],"book_id":"9781491952023","cover_image_url":"https://img.bookfrontier.com/9781491952023.jpg?v=20260418T162306Z%3A2026-04-19T10%3A16%3A55Z","score":4.8403,"title":"Javascript: the Definitive Guide","url":"https://bookfrontier.com/books/9781491952023"},{"authors":["Marijn Haverbeke"],"book_id":"9781593279509","cover_image_url":"https://img.bookfrontier.com/9781593279509.jpg?v=20260418T162306Z%3A2026-04-19T10%3A16%3A55Z","score":4.8303,"title":"Eloquent Javascript, 3rd Edition","url":"https://bookfrontier.com/books/9781593279509"},{"authors":["Andrew Stellman","Jennifer Greene","TJ Johnson","Upfront Books"],"book_id":"9781449331924","cover_image_url":"https://img.bookfrontier.com/9781449331924.jpg?v=20260418T162306Z%3A2026-04-19T10%3A16%3A55Z","score":4.8061,"title":"Learning Agile","url":"https://bookfrontier.com/books/9781449331924"}],"topics":[{"evidence_refs":["keyword:android mobile development phone open source platform iphone samsung nokia"],"label":"Development","score":0.0794,"slug":"development"}],"what_you_get":["Themes: Development.","Reading lane: Android Os and Mobile App Development.","Publisher: The Pragmatic Programmers."]},"llm_signals":null,"source_presence":{"amazon":true,"book_detail":true,"goodreads":true,"llm_signals":false,"similarity_seed":true},"stats":{"amazon_ratings_count":41,"goodreads_ratings_count":276,"goodreads_reviews_count":30,"quality_score":0.8944}}