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Hi Jeff,

I explored the contents of your book through the link available in this site. I am more confused now. I just started learning to create android apps and since a couple of months I have done nothing but reading every tutorial, every example, every article about android app that is there to read. I am under the impression while both look similar Android is different from Java ( especially classes) and that's why they use Dalvik instead of JVM. Now how come Java replaces Android? What has changed?
 
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Java does not replace Android, or vice versa. Java is a programming language, whereas Android is a platform - which happens to use a programming language with the same language syntax and semantics as Java, but only partially the same class library, and a different binary class file format (hence the need for a different VM).

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Hi La,

My book focuses on teaching the Java language and APIs that you will probably use when creating Android apps. Note: I covered JDBC and Preferences in case you want to use them in non-Android contexts. (Android provides alternatives to JDBC and Preferences.)

I created the book to teach Java language/API basics to help developers who want to get into Android but aren't familiar with Java. Without basic Java knowledge, an aspiring Android developer would be better off using a high-level tool like Corona to do their development.

All the best.

Jeff

P.S.

Appendix C (included in the book's code file as a 96-page PDF file -- see http://www.apress.com/9781430264545) provides an introduction to Android app development in terms of tools, architecture topics, and sample apps.
 
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Thank you to both Ulf and Jeff. I am slowly getting into android app development and every bit of information helps.
 
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