Advanced Android Application Development (Developer's Library)

Product as described.

As some of the other reviews have stated (in much more depth than I care to write) this book is a good overview, but far from "advanced." It has a lot of great examples and overviews to get exposure to Android, but don't expect to learn many of the nuances or best practices you'll need to write real code. You should be comfortable with Java, but beyond that this is a fine introductory book for Android when coupled with a few basic online tutorials to get you going. Had it been titled and advertised as such, I would have given it a good review. Worth the investment if you like having a book to work from, otherwise you're probably better of getting something else and with sticking to blogs, tutorial sites, and the main Android resources from Google.

A+++

Save your money and buy the new Big Nerd ranch equivalent. This book is over priced and it shouldn't be described as advanced. Also the online resources are really lacking. I didn't give it one star because some of the chapters are well written but the general feeling I got when reading this book was there was real inconsistentCy in terms of the quality of each section/ chapter.

good