Android User Interface
Development
Beginner's Guide
Quickly design and develop compelling user interfaces for
your Android applicaons
Jason Morris
Android User Interface Development
Beginner's Guide
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Credits
Author
Jason Morris
Reviewers
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Acquision Editor
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Development Editor
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Technical Editor
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About the Author
Jason Morris has worked on soware as diverse as fruit tracking systems, insurance
systems, and travel search and booking engines. He has been wring soware for as long
as he can remember. He is currently working as a Soware Architect for Travelstart in South
Africa. He works on mulple front-end and middleware systems, leveraging a variety of Java
based technologies.
The people I'd like to thank most for their direct, or indirect help in wring
this book are my wife Caron Morris, my father Mike Morris, my mom Jayne
Morris, and the rest of my family for their love and support. I'd also like
to thank Wayne, Stuart, Angela, and James, and everyone on my team at
Travelstart. Finally a very big thanks to Marn Skans for his invaluable input.
