#1 Beginning Android - Mark Murphy

This was the first Android book I ever had, it's an excellent resource.

#2 Java in Two Semesters

Still stuck on some of the Java fundamentals? Ignore the name of this book, student or no student, its great at explaining the fundamentals! This Java in 2 semesters has always helped me, read it front to back then used as a reference.

#3 Professional Android 4 Application Development

This book is a great reference, I have got v2 but this is the new v4 , it's written by Reto Meier who is a Google advocate working at Google he was in the UK last year but has now moved back to the USA.

I've read some other's and some ebooks but can't remember the titles. I get all my books from Amazon I'll post them up when I go find them.

Good Luck!

Thanks for your sharing first!

currently, I have a base concept of how to programe on android, and tried to develop some basic components like buttons, edit box, control box, and progress bar. but i'm little puzzled which app could I make.

Does any books reference to this? or about some apps, maybe i can get some idea about what can i do next.

Could you give me some advice on that? thanks a lot!

Sure Beginning Android - Mark Murphy has many small app's within the book, he also has a website that gives you the source for each project and further ideas to do.

You could also check out my blog which has some tutorials for different things, if you want ideas for applications, I'd recommend going on StackOverflow seeing what peoples problems are and perhaps fixing them. That sound ok?

Thanks blundell, i have gone through this book,excellent resource......

Thanks for sharing!!Nice books!I'm reading ...

# "Hello, Android" is also a nice book for the beginners..........

Hello dear, I am new here, Thanks for sharing regarding Android Books.

Hello -
My first book was Learning Android of Gargenta - It's good, is deductive, going from simple to quite advanced

My second was: Programming Android (several authors) - It's good, is inductive, and some advanced. Good start for a programmer who has never written in Java, and that comes from C #

But as you know, one of the problems about putting anything in print is that it will inevitably be outdated.

Hi, I have a Samsung phone with Android OS. It's wonderful to use. I didn’t know the complete options in it, so the links to the books are going to be really useful to me. Thanks a bunch. Let’s check what these books are offering. Support Scam Omni Tech

Programming Android is awesome... but on a hilariously stupid note, this is why I hate epublishing by anyone. Someone actually wrote a guide to Android eBook that was only available on iOS. yeah. that happened.

The books that they offer here is so good. You should be able to get so much on what they offer and teach you. You cannot go wrong with any of them. I enjoyed them all. http://www.squidoo.com/steel-buildings-info

Some popular android book that I would recommend are

Professional Android 4 Application Development (Wrox Professional Guides)

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http://www.amazon.com/Professional-Android-Application-Development-Guides/dp/1118102274/

Programming Android

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http://www.amazon.com/Programming-Android-Zigurd-Mednieks/dp/1449389694/

Android Programming Painless (Tutorial Book)

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http://www.amazon.com/Android-Programming-Painless-Tutorial-ebook/dp/B0099QCVU8/

Hi,

Thank you for sharing helpful literature

Thanks blundell ... Excellent resources.

I would like to highlight some online tutorials:

Useful Android Tutorials - [url]http://gssdaily.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=18
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Useful Android Code Snippets - http://gssdaily.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=17

Nice Android book which are shared here and helpful for not only beginners but also for android app developers.