Books by Wallace Jackson

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Android Apps for Absolute Beginners

by Wallace Jackson
333 pages - - 68.4 MB New!

Anybody can start building simple apps for the Android platform, and this book will show you how! Android Apps for Absolute Beginners takes you through the process of getting your first Android applications up and running using plain English and practical examples. It cuts through the fog of jargon and mystery that surrounds Android application development, and gives you simple, step-by-step instructions to get you started.

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Pro Android Graphics

by Wallace Jackson
333 pages - - 53.8 MB New!

Pro Android Graphics is a comprehensive goldmine of knowledge and techniques that will help you design, create, and optimize 2D graphics for use in your Android Jelly Bean applications. Android application developer and expert multimedia producer Wallace Jackson of Mind Taffy Design shows you how to leverage Android’s powerful graphics APIs in conjunction with professional open source graphics design tools such as GIMP 2.8.6 and more.

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Android Apps for Absolute Beginners, 2nd Edition

by Wallace Jackson
333 pages - - 27.2 MB New!

Anybody can start building simple apps for the Android platform, and this book will show you how! Recently updated to include Android Jelly Bean, Android Apps for Absolute Beginners, 2nd Edition takes you through the process of getting your first Android apps up and running using plain English and practical examples.

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Learn Android App Development

by Wallace Jackson
333 pages - - 36.5 MB New!

Learn Android App Development is a hands-on tutorial and useful reference. You’ll quickly get up to speed and master the Android SDK and the Java that you need for your Android Apps.

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Pro Android UI

by Wallace Jackson
333 pages - - 52.1 MB New!

If you’re an Android application developer, chances are you’re using fixed, scrolling, swipe-able, and other cutting-edge custom UI Designs in your Android development projects. These UI Design approaches as well as other Android ViewGroup UI layout containers are the bread and butter of Pro Android User Interface (UI) design and Android User Experience (UX) design and development.

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Android Apps for Absolute Beginners, 3rd Edition

by Wallace Jackson
333 pages - - 57 MB New!

Anybody can start building multimedia apps for the Android platform, and this book will show you how! Now updated to include both Android 4.4 and the new Android L, Android Apps for Absolute Beginners, Third Edition takes you through the process of getting your first Android apps up and running using plain English and practical examples.

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Beginning Java 8 Games Development

by Wallace Jackson
333 pages - - 52.7 MB New!

Beginning Java 8 Games Development, written by Java expert and author Wallace Jackson, teaches you the fundamentals of building a highly illustrative game using the Java 8 programming language. In this book, you’ll employ open source software as tools to help you quickly and efficiently build your Java game applications. You’ll learn how to utilize vector and bit-wise graphics; create sprites and sprite animations; handle events; process inputs; create and insert multimedia and audio files; and more.

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Pro Android Wearables: Building Apps for Smartwatches

by Wallace Jackson
333 pages - - 42.22 MB New!

Pro Android Wearables details how to design and build Android Wear apps for new and unique Android wearable device types, such as Google Android smartwatches, which use the new WatchFaces API, as well as health-monitoring features and other cool features such as altimeters and compasses. It’s time to take your Android 5 Wear application development skills and experience to the next level and get exposure to a whole new world of hardware.

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Digital Image Compositing Fundamentals

by Wallace Jackson
333 pages - - 12.01 MB New!

Digital Imaging Compositing Fundamentals is an introductory title covering concepts central to digital imagery and digital image compositing using software packages such as Adobe Photoshop or the open source GIMP software. The book builds on the fundamental concepts of pixels, color depth and layers, and gets more advanced as chapters progress, covering pixel transparency using the alpha channel, pixel blending using Porter-Duff blending and transfer modes, and digital image file formats and key factors regarding a data footprint optimization work process.