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Professional

Android ™ Application Development

Reto Meier

Professional Android ™ Application Development

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About the Author

Originally from Perth, Western Australia, Reto Meier now lives in London.

Reto is an experienced software developer with more than 10 years of experience in GUI application

architecture, design, and development. He’s worked in various industries, including offshore oil and

gas, before moving to London and into ﬁ nance.

Always interested in emerging technologies, Reto has been involved in Android since the initial release

in 2007. In his spare time, he tinkers with a wide range of development platforms including WPF and

Google’s plethora of developer tools.

You can check out Reto’s web site, The Radioactive Yak, at http://blog.radioactiveyak.com .

About the Tech Editor

Dan Ulery is a software engineer with experience in .NET, Java, and PHP development, as well as in

deployment engineering. He graduated from the University of Idaho with a bachelor of science degree

in computer science and a minor in mathematics.

Credits

Executive Editor

Chris Webb

Vice President and Executive Group Publisher

Richard Swadley

Development Editor

William Bridges

Vice President and Executive Publisher

Joseph B. Wikert

Technical Editor

Daniel Ulery

Project Coordinator, Cover

Lynsey Stanford

Senior Production Editor

Debra Banninger

Compositor

James D. Kramer, Happenstance Type-O-Rama

Copy Editor

Cate Caffrey

Proofreader

Nancy Carrasco

Editorial Manager

Mary Beth Wakeﬁ eld

Indexer

Jack Lewis

Production Manager

Tim Tate

Acknowledgments

A big thank you goes to the Android team, particularly those of you who’ve contributed to the Android

developer Google Groups, for creating and supporting an exciting new playground.

I also thank Philipp Lenssen for providing an inspiration, and occasional venue, for my blogging

efforts; Chris Webb for reading a blog and seeing an author; and Bill Bridges, Dan Ulery, and the Wrox

team for helping me along the way.

Thanks also to Paul, Stu, and Mike: Your friendship and inspiration helped me get to where I am.

Most importantly, I’d like to thank Kristy. For everything.

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