Sams Teach Yourself Google TV App Development in 24 Hours
, by Delessio, Carmen
- ISBN: 9780672336034 | 0672336030
- Cover: Paperback
- Copyright: 2/7/2013
With the newest version of Google TV, Google has transformed TV into tomorrow's hottest app development platform. Suddenly, developers can build TV apps for everything from Blu-Ray players to set-top boxes, leveraging the support of leaders ranging from Samsung to Vizio. Now, in just 24 lessons of one hour or less, top Android developer Carmen Delessio guides developers through every step of creating Google TV web, Android, and remote control apps. Each short, easy lesson builds on all that's come before, revealing what's unique about Google TV development, showing how all elements of the app lifecycle fit together, and introducing Google TV's key features in real-world context. Readers learn how to: * Develop for the "10 foot user experience" * Build logic to drive highly interactive and responsive apps * Use optimized templates and layouts * Integrate HTML5 and jQuery * Design effective user interaction, dialogs, navigation, and video sitemaps * Organize apps with tabs and the Action Bar * Use fragments to simplify development * Integrate SQLLite data * Create content providers * and more Step-by-step instructions walk readers through common questions, issues, and tasks... Quizzes and Exercises build and test knowledge... "Did You Know?" tips offer insider advice and shortcuts... and "Watch Out!" alerts help readers avoid problems. By the time they're finished, readers will be comfortable going way beyond the book, to build breakthrough TV apps of their own.
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