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Pro Android Games

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  • © 2009

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Authors:
  1. Vladimir Silva
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  • Likely) First book focused on Android Game applications development.

  • One of the first books on Android 2.0.

  • Written for hobbyists and professionals who want to create production quality Mobile Game applications.

  • Google Android is emerging from being nascent to a growing, significant platform along with iPhone and more – especially with the 18 Google Phones and other mobile devices set to debut towards end of 2009.

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
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  2. Welcome to Android Gaming

    Pages 1-26

  3. Compiling Native Code in Android

    Pages 27-54

  4. Building a Java Game from Scratch

    Pages 55-80

  5. Java Games Continued: Fun with Polygons

    Pages 81-115

  6. Hybrid 3D Graphics with OpenGL and JNI

    Pages 117-159

  7. 3D Shooters Episode I: Wolfenstein 3D for Android

    Pages 161-219

  8. 3D Shooters Episode II: Doom for Android

    Pages 221-269

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 271-298
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About this book

Do you remember landmark games like Wolfenstein 3D, Doom, and Asteroids? Well, here's an exciting opportunity to build and/or port these games to one of the hottest mobile and netbooks platforms today: Google's Android.

Pro Android Games teaches you how to build cool games like Space Blaster and the classic Asteroids from scratch on the latest Android platform. This book also shows you how to port other classic freeware/shareware games like Doom and Wolfenstein 3D from C using the Java Native Interface (JNI) for Android.

This book is all about a unique perspective in Android game development: a well-balanced, powerful combination of pure Java and hybrid game development, mixing Java and C. By combining the elegant object-oriented features of Java and the raw power of C, there is no limit to the types of games that you can build for the platform. With actionable real-world source code in hand, this book allows you to dive right into games development on Android. You'll definitely have fun, and perhaps you'll even make some money. Enjoy!

About the author

Vladimir Silva holds a master's degree in computer science from Middle Tennessee State University. He worked for four years at IBM as a research engineer, where he acquired extensive experience in distributed and grid computing research. Vladimir is a highly technical, focus-based individual and team player. He belongs to two national honor societies, has published many computer science articles for IBM, and is author of Grid Computing for Developers (Charles River Media, 2005) and RCP Practical Projects (Apress, 2008).

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