Pro Android and Cloud Services

Pro Android and Cloud Services is an end-to-end guide designed to prepare you to build mobile applications that integrate with the wide variety of social and data services available on the internet. If you are developing a mobile application that takes advantage of cloud services, it is likely that you will integrate with more than one service. How will those services interact with each other? How do you deal with partial failures or unavailability? How can you maintain backwards compatibility for users that will not or can not upgrade to your latest version? These are some of the real-world issues that most Android development books are only able to gloss over.

Now that you are familiar with the core features of Android development, you are certainly ready to dive deeper into building more compelling, professional apps with a higher degree of polish and integration. With the topics, techniques, and sample applications discussed in this book, you will be prepared to build applications that are more interactive, immersive, and relevant to your user's needs. This translates to satisfied customers, better ratings, and can boost the success of your mobile app portfolio.

• Boost the functionality and appeal of your new or existing apps by integrating a variety of cloud services and data
• Take your apps to the next level by utilizing cloud-based hosting services to develop and deploy your custom server-side features
• Add additional revenue streams for your applications by incorporating advertisements and in-app purchases

Jay Dellinger has been immersed in computers and software since a very young age. From modest beginnings tinkering with a TRS-80, through numerous IBM-compatible and Apple incarnations, up to the latest tablets and mobile devices of today, Jay has been passionate about technology. Jay received a B.S in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Alabama in 1997. He worked as an engineer with Lockheed Martin Aeronautical Systems in Marietta, GA for three years developing in-house software tools to aid the aircraft design process. In 2000, Jay joined Manheim as a software engineer and over the last 13 years has accumulated ample amounts of first-hand experience in developing high-volume corporate applications on various technology stacks. He also enjoys developing projects for himself and small businesses and organizations in his spare time. When he is not writing software, you can often find Jay engrossed in one of his other innumerable hobbies including flying, woodworking, or soldering electronics.