... 1-5. Adding the Android site
C H A P T E R 1
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Welcome to Android Gaming
Welcome to the world of Android Games! The goal of this book is to help you build the best games for the ... on setting the Android source, see the Android Open Source Project at
http://source .android. com/download
.
You also need to install and configure a tool called repo, which is provided by Google ... ch03.common.AudioClip;
import android. content.Context;
import android. graphics.Bitmap;
import android. graphics.BitmapFactory;
import android. util.AttributeSet;
import android. widget.LinearLayout;...
... space, but provides the user enough detail to fix the problems with the
data they have entered.
We will explore one option for providing that feedback by looking at an example.
Providing Feedback ... code worked for Android 1.6, 2.1, and 2.2 in the emulator, but failed
to behave correctly on an Android 2.1 device. This is something that is going to prove challenging
for Android developers ... tailored for Java development, and the Android team offers
native Android development tools for Eclipse. If you are working with both web and
native Android development, you may prefer to continue...
... its prototype property is not empty. It has one property
called constructor that refers back to the function itself. When we call
FireTruck.prototype = Object.create(Car.prototype);
this property ... prototype, then the prototype of the prototype, and so on
until it reaches the top level. This idea is known as the
prototype chain
.
Figure 1-12. The prototype chain
At the top of the prototype ... for every new project that you make.
Figure 1-2. Creating a new project
Enter the project name and the location you wish to use for project files, and
then click Finish. Your project is created...
... physics-based games that can be played for short periods of time. Most of these games have a simple
concept, small levels, and are easy to learn. One of the most popular and famous games in this ... the browser supports and load
the appropriate format. e Audio object provides us with a method called canPlayType() that returns values of “”,
“maybe” or “probably” to indicate support for a ... actually start playing the game.
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Chapter 3
Physics Engine Basics
A physics engine is a program that provides an approximate simulation of a game world by creating a mathematical
model for all the...
... implementing Android itself as well as providing the
necessary ecosystem for Android to grow.
The Android Open Source Project
Google’s efforts are summarized under the name Android Open Source Project. ... simple games like Mr. Nom.
The Pixmap interface is given in Listing 3–7.
Listing 3–7. The Pixmap Interface
package com.badlogic.androidgames.framework;
import com.badlogic.androidgames.framework.Graphics.PixmapFormat; ... create our game design is nice and dandy for smaller games.
This book is called Beginning Android Games, so it’s a fitting methodology. For larger projects
you will most likely work on a team, with...
... examples of providers registered in
AndroidManifest.xml:
<provider android: name="SomeProvider"
android: authorities="com.your-company.SomeProvider" />
<provider android: name="NotePadProvider"
... built-in content providers, which are documented in the
SDK’s android. provider Java package. You can view the list of these providers here:
http://developer .android. com/reference /android/ provider/package-summary.html
15967ch03.indd ... <intent-filter>
<action android: name=" ;android. intent.action.VIEW" />
<action android: name=" ;android. intent.action.EDIT" />
<action android: name =" ;android. intent.category.DEFAULT"...
... of the Android Robot (01 / Android Robot) are reproduced from work created and
shared by Google and used according to terms described in the Creative Commons 3.0
Attribution License. Android ... translations, please e-mail rights @apress. com, or visit www .apress. com.
Apress and friends of ED books may be purchased in bulk for academic, corporate, or
promotional use. eBook versions and ... teaches you how to use multi-threading in your Android applications in order to
keep applications responsive and improve performance as more and more Android devices can
run multiple threads simultaneously....
... Service Broker, a service program can be a stored procedure, when internal activation is
used, or a separate program, when external activation is used. A service program processes
incoming messages ... service program—normally implemented as a stored procedure or
an external application—is started that reads the message from the queue and processes it
accordingly. You can start the service program ... a service program is needed to process the message. You can
configure this service program so that it starts automatically as soon as a new message arrives
in that queue. The service program can...
... the Enterprise program, you may provision your
application for in-house distribution.
Once you have enrolled in the program, you will need to create a development
provisioning profile and create ... new BlackBerry project from within Eclipse, choose New and then Project
from the File menu. A dialog box will appear (as seen in Figure 4–1) that prompts you to
pick what type of project you want ... installed in the
appropriate location on the target device.
From the Action menu, select Add
➤ Project Output. In the Add Project Output Group
dialog box, select Hello World from the Project drop-down...