Professional Mobile Application Development PDF

Creating applications for the myriad versions and varieties of mobile phone platforms on the market can be daunting to even the most seasoned developer. This authoritative guide is written in such as way that it takes your existing skills and experience and uses that background as a solid foundation for developing applications that cross over between platforms, thereby freeing you from having to learn a new platform from scratch each time. Concise explanations walk you through the tools and patterns for developing for all the mobile platforms while detailed steps walk you through setting up your development environment for each platform.

Covers all the major options from native development to web application development

Discusses major third party platform development acceleration tools, such as Appcelerator and PhoneGap

Zeroes in on topics such as developing applications for Android, IOS, Windows Phone 7, and Blackberry

Professional Mobile Cross Platform Development shows you how to best exploit the growth in mobile platforms, with a minimum of hassle.

Chapter List (97 chapters):

Chapter 1: Cover
Chapter 2: Contents
Chapter 3: Chapter 1: Preliminary Considerations
Chapter 4: Why You Might Be Here
Chapter 5: Cost of Development
Chapter 6: Importance of Mobile Strategies in the Business World
Chapter 7: Why is Mobile Development Difficult?
Chapter 8: Mobile Development Today
Chapter 9: Mobile Myths
Chapter 10: Third-Party Frameworks
Chapter 11: Summary
Chapter 12: Chapter 2: Diving Into Mobile: App or Website?
Chapter 13: Mobile Web Presence
Chapter 14: Mobile Applications
Chapter 15: Marketing
Chapter 16: Your App as a Mobile Web App
Chapter 17: Summary
Chapter 18: Chapter 3: Creating Consumable Web Services for Mobile Devices
Chapter 19: What is a Web Service?
Chapter 20: Web Services Languages (Formats)
Chapter 21: Creating an Example Web Service
Chapter 22: Debugging Web Services
Chapter 23: Summary
Chapter 24: Chapter 4: Mobile User Interface Design
Chapter 25: Effective Use of Screen Real Estate
Chapter 26: Understanding Mobile Application Users
Chapter 27: Understanding Mobile Information Design
Chapter 28: Understanding Mobile Platforms
Chapter 29: Using the Tools of Mobile Interface Design
Chapter 30: Summary
Chapter 31: Chapter 5: Mobile Websites
Chapter 32: Choosing a Mobile Web Option
Chapter 33: Adaptive Mobile Websites
Chapter 34: Dedicated Mobile Websites
Chapter 35: Mobile Web Apps With HTML5
Chapter 36: Summary
Chapter 37: Chapter 6: Getting Started With Android
Chapter 38: Why Target Android?
Chapter 39: Who Supports Android?
Chapter 40: Android as Competition to Itself
Chapter 41: Getting the Tools You Need
Chapter 42: Connecting to the Google Play
Chapter 43: Android Development Practices
Chapter 44: Building the Derby App in Android
Chapter 45: Summary
Chapter 46: Chapter 7: Getting Started With IOS
Chapter 47: The iPhone Craze
Chapter 48: Getting the Tools You Need
Chapter 49: iOS Project
Chapter 50: Debugging iOS Apps
Chapter 51: Objective-C Basics
Chapter 52: Hello World App
Chapter 53: Building the Derby App in iOS
Chapter 54: Other Useful iOS Things
Chapter 55: Summary
Chapter 56: Chapter 8: Getting Started With Windows Phone 7
Chapter 57: New Kid on the Block
Chapter 58: Getting the Tools You Need
Chapter 59: Windows Phone 7 Project
Chapter 60: Building the Derby App in Windows Phone 7
Chapter 61: Distribution
Chapter 62: Other Useful Windows Phone Things
Chapter 63: Summary
Chapter 64: Chapter 9: Getting Started With Blackberry
Chapter 65: The BlackBerry Craze
Chapter 66: Getting the Tools You Need
Chapter 67: Other Useful BlackBerry Things
Chapter 68: BlackBerry Distribution
Chapter 69: Summary
Chapter 70: Chapter 10: Getting Started With Appcelerator Titanium
Chapter 71: Why Use Titanium?
Chapter 72: Who is Using Titanium?
Chapter 73: Getting the Tools You Need
Chapter 74: Connecting Titanium to the Markets
Chapter 75: Building the Derby App in Titanium
Chapter 76: Summary
Chapter 77: Chapter 11: Getting Started With Phonegap
Chapter 78: History of PhoneGap
Chapter 79: Why Use PhoneGap?
Chapter 80: Who is Using PhoneGap?
Chapter 81: Differences between PhoneGap and HTML5
Chapter 82: Getting the Tools You Need
Chapter 83: PhoneGap Project
Chapter 84: Building the Derby App in PhoneGap
Chapter 85: Other Useful Phone Gap Things
Chapter 86: Connecting PhoneGap to the Markets
Chapter 87: Summary
Chapter 88: Chapter 12: Getting Started With Monotouch And Mono for Android
Chapter 89: The Mono Framework
Chapter 90: Getting the Tools You Need
Chapter 91: Getting to Know MonoDevelop
Chapter 92: Mono Projects
Chapter 93: Building the Derby App With Mono
Chapter 94: Other Useful MonoTouch/Mono Features
Chapter 95: Summary
Chapter 96: Introduction
Chapter 97: Advertisements