Andrew Young: Civil Rights Ambassador explores the rising influence of race in foreign relations as it examines the contributions of this African... American activist, politician, and diplomat to U.S. foreign policy. Young used his positions as a member of the United States House of Representatives (1973–77), U.S. permanent representative to the United Nations (1977–79), and mayor of Atlanta during the 1980s to further the cause of race in diplomatic affairs and to bring an emphasis to United States relations with Africa.Author Andrew DeRoche begins his study of Young by looking at his formative years as a top assistant to Martin Luther King in the 1960s. It was during this period that Young developed his philosophy and his tactics. Young was committed to working for racial justice around the globe and he was willing to meet with all sides in any conflict.One of the few books that focuses on the influence of race in U.S. foreign policy, Andrew Young: Civil Rights Ambassador is informative reading for those interested in diplomatic history and African American history.

Play script. Refreshingly antic, irreverent treatment of Aesop's fable, written in the style of Italian Commedia dell'Arte. One set, 16th century... Italian costumes. Cast of 5 men, 1 woman. One of the most popular children's plays ever written, ANDROCLES AND THE LION has been produced in twenty countries. In Commedia tradition, a group of strolling players set up their stage and give a performance. Using authentic staging and stock characters of Commedia -- the miserly Pantalone, the bragging Captain, the romantic Lovers, the trickster Arlinquin, plus an endearing Lion -- Aesop's fable becomes a colorful theatrical experience. The play sky rockets with zany comedy. It also glows with the warmth of "Friendship." Androcles and the Lion is a prize winning play, applauded around the world, again, and again!

We are witnessing an explosion in the use of handheld mobile devices worldwide. Recent polls have shown that many people own and use more than one... mobile device, and some use as many as three or four. Smart phones, tablets, and handheld game devices are ubiquitous. The Android operating system (OS)--an open-source OS with Linux at its core--is an ever-more-popular OS on these devices. ANDROID APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT FOR JAVA PROGRAMMERS provides an ideal, quick-start tutorial for anyone interested in developing Android mobile device applications, from the student or hobbyist familiar with Java, to the experienced programmer wanting to enter the mobile device application market. Because the Android development software provides an emulator program, the reader doesn't need to own an Android mobile device to take advantage of this book. Although the code presented in the book can be used to produce complete running applications, the goal is to inspire the reader to bring his own mobile application ideas to reality in a short time. The book is organized in a logical, evolutionary manner starting with configuration of the development environment and ending with two comprehensive projects. The beginning chapters cover basic application components and configuration of the Android emulator and basic user interface design, whereas later chapters cover how to accomplish more involved areas such as use of GPS, graphics, networking, and databases.

Anybody can start building simple apps for the Android platform, and this book will show you how! Android Apps for Absolute Beginners takes you through... the process of getting your first Android applications up and running using plain English and practical examples. It cuts through the fog of jargon and mystery that surrounds Android application development, and gives you simple, step-by-step instructions to get you started.  Teaches Android application development in language anyone can understand, giving you the best possible start in Android development Provides simple, step-by-step examples that make learning easy, allowing you to pick up the concepts without fuss Offers clear code descriptions and layout so that you can get your apps running as soon as possible What you’ll learn Get yourself and your computer set up for Android apps development Use the Eclipse programming environment to make your Android development efficient and straightforward Follow steps in plain English to build simple apps and get them working immediately Style your application so that it appeals to potential users Make use of the Android’s touch screen Use shortcuts and cheat sheets to create apps the easy way Use the basics of Java and XML to move onto more advanced apps Who this book is for If you have a great idea for an Android app, but have never programmed before, then this book is for you. You don’t need to have any previous computer programming skills—as long as you have a desire to learn, and you know which end of the mouse is which, the world of Android apps development awaits! Table of Contents Preliminary Information: Before We Get Started What’s Next? Our Road Ahead Setting Up an Open Source Android Development  Environment An Introduction to Java, XML and How Android Works An Overview of the Android Application Framework Screen Layout Design: Views, ViewGroups and Layout Types User Interface Design: Buttons, Menus, Dialogs and Alerts Designing Graphics for Android: 2D Images & Animation Adding Interactivity: Handling UI Events Understanding Content Providers Understanding Intents and Intent Filters The Future: 3D, Widgets, Bluetooth, Maps, Search, and More

Wi>Android Apps with App Inventor provides hands-on walkthroughs that cover every area of App Inventor development, including the Google and MIT... versions of App Inventor.   Kloss begins with the absolute basics of program structure, syntax, flow, and function, and then demonstrates simple ways to solve today’s most common mobile development problems. Along the way, you’ll build a dozen real Android apps, from games and geotrackers to navigation systems and news tickers. By the time you’re done, you’ll be comfortable implementing advanced apps and mashups integrating realtime multimedia data from all kinds of Web services with the communication and sensor-based features of your smartphone.   Topics covered include Installing and configuring App Inventor Building modern, attractive mobile user interfaces Controlling Android media hardware, including the camera Saving data locally with TinyDB, or in the cloud with TinyWebDB Streamlining and automating phone, text, and email communications Tracking orientation, acceleration, and geoposition Integrating text-to-speech and speech-to-text in your apps Controlling other apps and Web services with ActivityStarter Building mobile mashups by exchanging data with Web APIs Testing your apps for diverse hardware with the Android Emulator Example apps, including multimedia center, online vocabulary trainer, finger painting, squash game, compass, geocacher, navigator, stock market ticker, and many more This book will empower you to explore, experiment, build your skills and confidence, and start writing professional-quality Android apps—for yourself, and for everyone else!   Companion files for this title can be found at informit.com/title/9780321812704

The professional programmer’s Deitel® guide to Android™ smartphone and tablet app development and the Eclipse IDE with the Android Development... Tools (ADT) plug-in   Billions of apps have been downloaded from Android Market! This book gives you everything you’ll need to start developing great Android apps quickly and getting them published on Android Market. The book uses an app-driven approach—each new technology is discussed in the context of 16 fully tested Android apps, complete with syntax coloring, code walkthroughs and sample outputs. Apps you’ll develop include: SpotOn Game Slideshow Flag Quiz Route Tracker Favorite Twitter® Searches Address Book Tip Calculator Doodlz Weather Viewer Cannon Game Voice Recorder Pizza Ordering  Practical, example-rich coverage of: Smartphone and Tablet Apps, Android Development Tools (ADT) Plug-In for Eclipse Activities, Intents, Content Providers GUI Components, Menus, Toasts, Resource Files, Touch and Gesture Processing Tablet Apps, ActionBar and AppWidgets Tweened Animations, Property Animations Camera, Audio, Video, Graphics, OpenGL ES Gallery and Media Library Access SharedPreferences, Serialization, SQLite Handlers and Multithreading, Games Google Maps, GPS, Location Services, Sensors Internet-Enabled Apps, Web Services, Telephony, Bluetooth® Speech Synthesis and Recognition Android Market, Pricing, Monetization And more… PLUS:  Register your product at www.informit.com/register for additional online chapters that cover Android Ice Cream Sandwich (Android 4), including a complete, working Ice Cream Sandwich app! VISIT WWW.DEITEL.COM For information on Deitel’s Dive Into® Series instructor-led programming language training courses offered at customer sites worldwide visit www.deitel.com/training or write to deitel@deitel.com Download code examples Check out the growing list of programming Resource Centers Join the Deitel Twitter (@deitel) and Facebook (www.facebook.com/DeitelFan) communities To receive updates for this book, subscribe to the free Deitel ® Buzz Online e-mail newsletter at www.deitel.com/newsletter/subscribe.html

The Deitels' App-Driven, Live Code Approach is simply the best way to master Android programming! The Deitels teach Android programming through sixteen... complete, working Android Apps. Each chapter presents new concepts through a single App. The authors first discuss what the App does, show screen shots, test drive the App, and present an overview of the technologies and architecture used to build it. Next, the authors walk through building the App, presenting complete code and providing a detailed "Live Code" walkthrough. As part of the code walkthrough, they discuss essential programming concepts, and demonstrate the functionality of relevant Android 2.x APIs. Readers will gain hands-on experience with a wide spectrum of essential Android APIs. The book also has an extensive introduction to programming using the Java language, making this book appropriate for Java courses that want to add an app-programming flavor.

Android continues to be one of the leading mobile OS and development platforms driving today's mobile innovations and the apps ecosystem.... Android appears complex, but offers a variety of organized development kits to those coming into Android with differing programming language skill sets. Android Recipes: A Problem-Solution Approach guides you step-by-step through a wide range of useful topics using complete and real-world working code examples. In this book, you'll start off with a recap of Android architecture and app fundamentals, and then get down to business and build an app with Google’s Android SDK at the command line and Eclipse. Next, you'll learn how to accomplish practical tasks pertaining to the user interface, communications with the cloud, device hardware, data persistence, communications between applications, and interacting with Android itself. Finally, you'll learn how to leverage various libraries and Scripting Layer for Android (SL4A) to help you perform tasks more quickly, how to use the Android NDK to boost app performance, and how to design apps for performance, responsiveness, seamlessness, and more. Instead of abstract descriptions of complex concepts, in Android Recipes, you'll find live code examples. When you start a new project, you can consider copying and pasting the code and configuration files from this book, then modifying them for your own customization needs. This can save you a great deal of work over creating a project from scratch! What you’ll learn Discover Android architecture and various Android-specific APIs How to develop a unit conversion app in the context of command-line/Android SDK and Eclipse/Android SDK environments How to accomplish various tasks related to the user interface and more How to use external libraries to save time and effort How to quickly develop an app using the Scripting Layer for Android (SL4A) tool How to boost app performance by using the Android NDK Guidelines for designing filtered apps, performant apps, responsive apps, and seamless apps Who this book is for Newcomers to Android, as well as more accomplished Android developers. Table of Contents Getting Started with Android User Interface Recipes Communications and Networking Interacting with Device Hardware and Media Persisting Data Interacting with the System Working with Libraries Scripting Layer for Android Android NDK App Design Guidelines

Android Wireless Application Development has earned a reputation as the most useful real-world guide to building robust, commercial-grade Android apps.... Now, authors Lauren Darcey and Shane Conder have systematically revised and updated this guide for the latest Android SDK 4.0. To accommodate their extensive new coverage, they’ve split the book into two volumes. Volume I focuses on Android essentials, including setting up your development environment, understanding the application lifecycle, designing effective user interfaces, developing for diverse devices, and optimizing your mobile app development process--from design through publishing. Every chapter has been thoroughly updated for the newest APIs, tools, utilities, and hardware. All sample code has been overhauled and tested on leading devices from multiple companies, and many new examples have been added. Drawing on decades of in-the-trenches experience as professional mobile developers, Darcey and Conder provide valuable new best practices--including powerful techniques for constructing more portable apps. This new edition contains full chapters on Android manifest files, content providers, effective app design, and testing; an all-new chapter on tackling compatibility issues; coverage of today’s most valuable new Android tools and utilities; and even more exclusive tips and tricks. An indispensable resource for every Android development team member.  

A skillful translation of the classical French tragedy about the captivity of Hector's wife after her abduction by the son of Achilles. The rhymed... couplets retain the simplicity of form and powerful language of the original. "[This translation] is a striking tour de force" (Hudson Review). Drawings by Igor Tulipanov.

Translated by Diane Arnson Svarlien.Introduction and Notes by Ruth Scodel.< /br>< /br>Diane Arnson Svarlien's translation of Euripides' Andromache,... Hecuba, and Trojan Women< /i> exhibits the same scholarly and poetic standards that have won praise for her Alcestis, Medea, Hippolytus< /i>. Ruth Scodel's Introduction examines the cultural and political context in which Euripides wrote, and provides analysis of the themes, structure, and characters of the plays included. Her notes offer expert guidance to readers encountering these works for the first time.

Dans un monde traumatisé par la guerre de Troie et ses séquelles, Andromaque, la survivante, voudrait se vouer à son deuil et au souvenir d’Hector... qui revit dans leur fils Astyanax, dernier héritier de la famille royale troyenne. Pyrrhus, qui les retient prisonniers aime Andromaque. Livrera-t-il l’enfant à Oreste envoyé des Grecs qui réclament sa tête ?

Dans un monde traumatisé par la guerre de Troie et ses séquelles, Andromaque, la survivante, voudrait se vouer à son deuil et au souvenir d’Hector... qui revit dans leur fils Astyanax, dernier héritier de la famille royale troyenne. Pyrrhus, qui les retient prisonniers aime Andromaque. Livrera-t-il l’enfant à Oreste envoyé des Grecs qui réclament sa tête ?