{"id":33,"date":"2012-03-30T22:41:51","date_gmt":"2012-03-30T21:41:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.iplumbing.nl\/blog\/?p=33"},"modified":"2013-10-25T15:40:42","modified_gmt":"2013-10-25T14:40:42","slug":"i-like-big-books-i-cannot-lie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iplumbing.nl\/blog\/2012\/03\/30\/i-like-big-books-i-cannot-lie\/","title":{"rendered":"I like big books, I cannot lie"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier this week two books arrived that I had ordered on Amazon UK. They are <em>Beginning Android 4<\/em>\u00a0(ISBN13: 978-1-4302-3984-0) and <em>Pro Android 4<\/em> (ISBN13: 978-1-4302-3930-7).<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div data-carousel-extra='{&quot;blog_id&quot;:1,&quot;permalink&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.iplumbing.nl\/blog\/2012\/03\/30\/i-like-big-books-i-cannot-lie\/&quot;}' id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-33 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.iplumbing.nl\/blog\/2012\/03\/30\/i-like-big-books-i-cannot-lie\/beginningandroid4\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"80\" height=\"106\" src=\"https:\/\/www.iplumbing.nl\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/beginningandroid4.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"34\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.iplumbing.nl\/blog\/2012\/03\/30\/i-like-big-books-i-cannot-lie\/beginningandroid4\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.iplumbing.nl\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/beginningandroid4.png\" data-orig-size=\"80,106\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"beginningandroid4\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.iplumbing.nl\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/beginningandroid4.png\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.iplumbing.nl\/blog\/2012\/03\/30\/i-like-big-books-i-cannot-lie\/proandroid4\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"80\" height=\"106\" src=\"https:\/\/www.iplumbing.nl\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/proandroid4.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"35\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.iplumbing.nl\/blog\/2012\/03\/30\/i-like-big-books-i-cannot-lie\/proandroid4\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.iplumbing.nl\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/proandroid4.png\" data-orig-size=\"80,106\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"proandroid4\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.iplumbing.nl\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/proandroid4.png\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl>\n\t\t\t<br style='clear: both' \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>I&#8217;ve already started reading the first one and so far I&#8217;m relatively content with the book. That is, the presented material is easy to follow (seeing that I have a solid Java background) and the information is presented in a logical order. I also like writing style of the author. As far as I can tell, all the basics are covered, including both things you need to know and thing you don&#8217;t actually need to know (IMHO).<\/p>\n<p>But so far the book has not been very challenging because there simply aren&#8217;t any exercises or quizes to complete. One can simply read the book without having a computer nearby. So, to make sure all the new information &#8216;sticks&#8217; is to maybe read texts a couple of time. And probably simply perform the steps in the book yourself.<\/p>\n<p>The book does use Eclipse as the IDE of choice, but also provides instructions\/hints for using the console tools supplied by the Android SDK. It also mentions <a href=\"http:\/\/developer.motorola.com\/tools\/motodevstudio\/\" target=\"_blank\">MOTODEV<\/a>, a complete development bundle comprised of Eclipse plus Android SDK and such.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bonus tip<\/strong>: when working on a project, at one point it might be the case that the automatically generated class &#8216;R&#8217; doesn&#8217;t match the contents of the XML-files anymore. To resolve: try to solve all compile errors if they exists. If that does not help, you can additionally try to &#8216;Clean&#8217; the project (choose &#8216;Clean&#8217; in the &#8216;Project&#8217; menu).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier this week two books arrived that I had ordered on Amazon UK. They are Beginning Android 4\u00a0(ISBN13: 978-1-4302-3984-0) and Pro Android 4 (ISBN13: 978-1-4302-3930-7). I&#8217;ve already started reading the first one and so far I&#8217;m relatively content with the book. 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