Migrating to Android for iOS Developers gives you as an experienced native iOS app developer
the skills to learn native Android apps development from scratch. Starting with preparing your
Android integrated development environment and introducing just enough Android application
framework fundamentals you ll understand how to create a simple but meaningful HelloAndroid
project immediately. This book provides the guidelines and tutorial projects to show you how to
translate your existing iOS app to the Android platform. You ll use your mobile app knowledge
to structure your Android apps in a similar way to how you would structure your iOS apps. To
implement use cases with detailed screens the most common mobile topics are discussed
including user interfaces managing data and networking with remote services. As you move
through the book you ll create Android apps with rich UI components to handle common CRUD
operations locally and remotely. There are many Android goodies described in the book. Instead
of relying on routine text descriptions you ll discover the uniqueness of Android and
appreciate the many features that are unique to the platform. This book also explores more
powerful mobile UX patterns that are commonly used on the iOS and Android platforms. When you
finish reading Migrating to Android for iOS Developers you ll be an Android developer as well
as an iOS developer. And you will be fully convinced you can do everything in Android that you
can do in iOS.
