About the Author
Kevin Pelgrims started his career as a .NET developer in Belgium. After some
years working on Windows and web development for corporate clients, he moved to
Copenhagen to become part of its start-up community. There, he began working on
mobile platforms, and within a year, he was the lead developer of several Android
and Windows Phone apps. Kevin is also a regular speaker at the Android developers
group in Copenhagen. He maintains multiple Android apps in his spare time and
likes to experiment with server-side technology. When he is not busy writing code,
he is most likely playing the guitar with his wife and their cat.
To follow what Kevin is up to, you can take a look at his blog at
http://www.kevinpelgrims.com or follow him on Twitter at @kevinpelgrims.
I could not have written this book without the support of my brilliant
wife, Louise. Not only did she put up with me spending entire
evenings and weekends with my computer, she also proofread the
entire book, improving the language and the grammar.
I would like to thank Packt Publishing for giving me the opportunity
to write this book, especially Nikhil Karkal and Prachi Bisht, for
believing in me and guiding me throughout the process. I appreciate
the help of my friend Koen Metsu, whose comments helped in making
sure that the explanations and examples are easy to understand.
Thanks to Anders Bo Pedersen and Emanuele Zattin for coming up
with several improvements.
I also want to thank the reviewers: Hugo Visser, Peter Friese,
Felix Schulze, Takuya Miyamoto, Jonathan H. Kau, and Marco
Rodriguez-Suarez. Their input has signicantly improved the
content of this book. Last but not least, special thanks to our cat,
Jigsaw, who encouraged me to stay focused and keep going, by
sitting on my lap so I couldn't get up.
