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Book SynopsisLearn to build human-interactive Android apps, starting with device sensors This book shows Android developers how to exploit the rich set of device sensors locational, physical (temperature, pressure, light, acceleration, etc.
Table of ContentsINTRODUCTION xxvii
PART I: LOCATION SERVICES
CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCING THE ANDROID LOCATION SERVICE 3
CHAPTER 2: DETERMINING A DEVICE'S CURRENT LOCATION 11
CHAPTER 3: TRACKING DEVICE MOVEMENT 27
CHAPTER 4: PROXIMITY ALERTS 45
PART II: INFERRING INFORMATION FROM PHYSICAL SENSORS
CHAPTER 5: OVERVIEW OF PHYSICAL SENSORS 65
CHAPTER 6: ERRORS AND SENSOR SIGNAL PROCESSING 103
CHAPTER 7: DETERMINING DEVICE ORIENTATION 121
CHAPTER 8: DETECTING MOVEMENT 147
CHAPTER 10: ANDROID OPEN ACCESSORY 189
PART III: SENSING THE AUGMENTED, PATTERN-RICH EXTERNAL WORLD
CHAPTER 11: NEAR FIELD COMMUNICATION (NFC) 219
CHAPTER 12: USING THE CAMERA 255
CHAPTER 13: IMAGE-PROCESSING TECHNIQUES 281
CHAPTER 14: USING THE MICROPHONE 303
PART IV: SPEAKING TO ANDROID
CHAPTER 15: DESIGNING A SPEECH-ENABLED APP 333
CHAPTER 16: USING SPEECH RECOGNITION AND TEXT-TO-SPEECH APIS 349
CHAPTER 17: MATCHING WHAT WAS SAID 407
CHAPTER 18: EXECUTING VOICE ACTIONS 441
CHAPTER 19: IMPLEMENTING SPEECH ACTIVATION 471
INDEX 495
