£24.99
Publication Date:
30 Dec 2015
Publisher:
Springer Nature
For delivery:
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Description
This one-of-a-kind short book walks you through creating fantastic entertainment apps for one of the newest Android platforms. Android TV Apps Development: Building Media and Games will demystify some of the newest APIs and present the tools necessary for building applications that run on Android TV.Walking through example applications, you will learn the vocabulary necessary to solve real-world problems and how to present your content on the television through Android. In addition to practical code examples, you will learn about various design considerations that will make using your apps an enjoyable experience for users.What you'll learn:• How to design for Android TV• How to create a media app for Android TV• What are the game design/development considerations for Android TV• How to distribute Android TV appsAudience:Developers with some experience with Android development who are interested in building applications for the Android TV platform.
Contents
Introduction Discuss what Android TV is Discuss what needs to be considered before making the app (is it a game, or a media app? Does it make sense for the TV? DRM, supported formats, hardware restrictions. Why apps that are already created for tablets/phones need a design revamp) Creating a Hello World application in Android Studio Designing for TV Overscan, grids, 10' view, anti-patterns Colors and fonts Using voice and recommendations Allowing users to be relatively passive Creating a Media Application Manifest and gradle setup Introduce the Leanback library that will be used for the majority of the media app. RecyclerView grid of items, side navigation, preferences, cards Search Detail Fragment, recommendations Video activity - this will probably be a shorter subheader since it's more about how the user wants to set it up, or if I need to add more content I can go into a little detail on the ExoPlayer, which is an open source video player from Google Game Considerations General design consideration, setting up the manifest to support games How to work with the game controller - handling disconnects, new players, button and joystick interactions How to communicate between secondary Android devices (phone, tablet) and the Android TV for a second screen experience. Going to look into the Nearby Messages API that was released yesterday to see if that's more viable, otherwise I know the Nearby Connections API works well. Maybe a section on additional utilities in Play Game Services Distributing Android TV Applications Checklist of requirements to get approved for distribution on the Play Store, and details on what those requirements are.
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