References

This book draws information from numerous resources - primarily developer.android.com (DAC) and source.android.com (SAC), which provide Google's official Android documentation. Additional resources are blogs, presentations and generally high-quality material which helps unravel the many aspects of Android's multitude of features.

If this work ever comes out in PDF^*, all references are already hyperlinked, thus obviating the need for a references section, or the much needed Index. Until then, the print version certainly mandates both. I have added the references to print as of v1.0.1, and - to spare the interested reader long URL typing - also posted them online. This also helps correct their omission from v1.0.0 of the book (mea culpa), and enables me to update or correct them, should the need arise. The index will be maintained online, at http://NewAndroidBook.com/index.html^**, to be kept in-sync as much as possible, once I get a good way to search PDFs programmatically.

Whereas in my previous books I used numbered references, I have decided to use short strings this time. The rationale is that the Android works are still being maintained by me, and when content is added or revised it might affect references, which would have to be renumbered. Using strings is a bit more cumbersome but is in that sense "future proof", and the references listed here are sorted - by chapter, and alphabetically, rather than in order of appearance.

The Source

Android at the Native Level

Packages & the PackageManagerService

Application Internals & the ActivityManagerService

Application Services

Dalvik Virtual Machine Internals

The Android RunTime (ART)

Binder