• Replaced the Translate example with Suggest. Google pulled the plug on the free translation API we were using so the update uses a different webservice to demonstrate how to make calls to the network from Android apps.

• Rewrote the Audio example to use on-screen buttons instead of the keyboard, and replaced all the sound effects with ones that don’t crash.

• Updated the OpenGL and Wallpaper examples to work on Samsung phones, which have a different color depth than most others from HTC and Motorola.

• Added code to the Graphics chapter showing how to use density- and scale-independent coordinates in Java. This was needed to make the text path example look good on all devices.

• Ran Android Lint over all the samples and fixed a couple of issues it pointed out. Did you know uses-sdk is supposed to come before the application tag in AndroidManifest.xml?

• Simplified the layout on the Sudoku opening screen based on reader feedback. Now it just has one level of LinearLayout.

• Use a Build.VERSION.SDK check instead of catching VerifyError in the Touch example to demonstrate the current best practice for supporting old and new versions of Android in the face of API changes.

• Updated setup directions and screenshots for the latest version of the Android platform tools, Java, Eclipse, and the Android Eclipse plug-in.

• Updated all sample projects to target the Android 2.3.3 SDK version (API level 10). This is the version used by most Android devices on the market including the Kindle Fire(*). All examples were tested for forwards and backwards compatibility on a variety of devices and versions of Android from 1.5 to 4.0. *Note: the Kindle Fire does not support home screen widgets or wallpaper so those samples couldn’t be tested on the Fire.

• Added advice for Java beginners on companion books. This gets asked a lot on the forum. Also revised Market advice on update frequency (do them less often) and alternative app stores (do them more often).

• Numerous small fixes and improvements.

• Seventh Printing

• Sixth Printing

• Fifth Printing

• Fourth Printing

• Third Printing

• Second Printing

• First Printing

• Final beta before typesetting, all content complete.

• Completely updated for Android 2.2, “FroYo”

• Final draft complete, headed to production.

• First draft complete

• New section on Live Wallpaper, errata fixes.

• Now with multitouch chapter