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Learning Java by Building Android Games

Extend your game development skills while learning Java – follow this book and learn Java for Android to enter the world of Android games development with greater confidence

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|Feb 2015
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Key Features

    Book Description

    What you will learn

    • Set up an efficient, professional game development environment in Android Studio
    • Build your very own Android UI using easy touse tools in Android Studio
    • Add realtime interaction with Java threads and implement locking/handling screen rotation, pixel graphics, clicks, animation, sound FX, and many other features in your games
    • Explore objectoriented programming (OOP) and design scalable, reliable, and wellwritten Java games or apps on almost any Android device
    • Build and deploy a graphical pongstyle game using advanced OOP concepts
    • Explore APIs and implement advanced features such as online leaderboards and achievements using Google game services
    • Make your game compelling to be the next big hit on Google Play market with a content update strategy and ingame marketing

    Who this book is for

    Table of Contents

    1. Android Java and games
    2. Getting started with Android
    3. Speaking Java: Your first game
    4. Discovering loops and methods
    5. Gaming and Java essentials
    6. OOP: using OTHER PEOPLES hard work
    7. Retro squash game
    8. The snake arcade game part 2
    9. Making your game the next big thing
    10. Appendix
    PDF ISBN: 978-1-78439-384-7
    Publisher: Packt Publishing Limited
    Copyright owner: © 2015 Packt Publishing Limited
    Publication date: 2015
    Language: English
    Pages: 392