Download from Wow! eBook SECOND EDITION Building Android Apps with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript Jonathan Stark with Brian Jepson Beijing • Cambridge • Farnham • Kưln • Sebastopol • Tokyo Building Android Apps with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, Second Edition by Jonathan Stark with Brian Jepson Copyright © 2012 Jonathan Stark All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America Published by O’Reilly Media, Inc., 1005 Gravenstein Highway North, Sebastopol, CA 95472 O’Reilly books may be purchased for educational, business, or sales promotional use Online editions are also available for most titles (http://my.safaribooksonline.com) For more information, contact our corporate/institutional sales department: (800) 998-9938 or corporate@oreilly.com Editor: Brian Jepson Production Editor: Kristen Borg Proofreader: O’Reilly Production Services September 2010: January 2012: Cover Designer: Karen Montgomery Interior Designer: David Futato Illustrator: Robert Romano First Edition Second Edition Revision History for the Second Edition: 2012-01-10 First release See http://oreilly.com/catalog/errata.csp?isbn=9781449316419 for release details Nutshell Handbook, the Nutshell Handbook logo, and the O’Reilly logo are registered trademarks of O’Reilly Media, Inc Building Android Apps with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, the image of a maleo, and related trade dress are trademarks of O’Reilly Media, Inc Many of the designations used by manufacturers and sellers to distinguish their products are claimed as trademarks Where those designations appear in this book, and O’Reilly Media, Inc., was aware of a trademark claim, the designations have been printed in caps or initial caps While every precaution has been taken in the preparation of this book, the publisher and authors assume no responsibility for errors or omissions, or for damages resulting from the use of the information contained herein ISBN: 978-1-449-31641-9 [LSI] 1326207514 To Erica & Cooper About the Authors Jonathan Stark is a mobile and web application consultant who has been called “an expert on publishing desktop data to the web” by the Wall Street Journal He has written two books on web application programming, is a tech editor for both php|architect and Advisor magazines, and has been quoted in the media on Internet and mobile lifestyle trends Jonathan began his programming career more than 20 years ago on a Tandy TRS-80 and still thinks Zork was a sweet game Brian Jepson is an O’Reilly editor, hacker, and co-organizer of Providence Geeks and the Rhode Island Mini Maker Faire He’s also been involved in various ways over the years with AS220, a non-profit unjuried and uncensored arts center in Providence, Rhode Island Colophon The animal on the cover of Building Android Apps with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript is a maleo (Macrocephalon maleo), an endangered bird with a current population between 5,000 and 10,000 that is only found on the Indonesian islands of Sulawesi and Buton This distinctive, rare bird is about the size of a full-grown chicken, with white and light pink belly and breast feathers standing out against its black back and wings The maleo’s scientific name indicates that individuals possess strong legs and large heads Their sloped foreheads are often described as “helmet-shaped.” Perhaps the most remarkable characteristic of this monogamous bird is the way it nests and cares for its offspring Unlike most birds, who incubate their own eggs, the maleo lays its eggs in pits in the sand to be incubated by the sun, geothermal energy, or both Maleos nest communally, which is likely a defensive measure against egg predators When a young maleo hatches and emerges from the sand after two to three months of incubation, it is independent and able to fly It quickly heads to the forest on its own to hide from predators and find food Maleo eggs are approximately five times the size of a chicken egg, making them desirable among locals In 2009, the US-based Wildlife Conservation Society purchased a 36-acre area of the Sulawesi beach (containing about 40 nests) in order to raise awareness about the steadily declining species and to protect the birds from human egg harvesters The cover image is from Cassell’s Natural History The cover font is Adobe ITC Garamond The text font is Linotype Birka; the heading font is Adobe Myriad Condensed; and the code font is LucasFont’s TheSansMonoCondensed Download from Wow! eBook ... 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