Development Environment Setup for using Google Maps and Location Services in Android

Google Maps Android API v2

Google Maps Android API v2 - Tutorial (Lars Vogel 2013) [2]
Demo projects (Google Maps Android API v2) from Dartmouth College [3]
- use your own Maps API keys for different apps!
Google Maps Android API (Google services) [4]
- Add a map object.
- Draw markers.
- Change views.
- Get your API key for Maps (Getting Started Guide)
  - an example of having API keys for two apps
Google Maps Android API v2 (Google Developers) [5]
Google Maps Android API v2 and v1 - different operations [6]
Google Maps Android API v1 - DEPRECATED (Google Developers) [7]
- used in the textbook (2012) and many other books
Testing Problems with an Emulator [8][9]
- the emulator from GenyMotion? [10]
- a video demo on GenyMotion's emulator [11]
The Problem of Getting Map Keys for Google Maps Android API v1 [12]

Making Your App Location-Aware [13]
- Location Services API (Google Play services)

Android UI Design
- Design Principles (e.g. Simplify My Life) [14]
- Peter Liu's favorite: Navigation in Android (video) [15]
  - stack-based! (John Selmys)
- Best Practices for User Experience & UI [16]
Android UI: Menus vs Action Bar
- the choice [17]
- "Say Goodbye to the Menu Button" (Android Developers Blog - 26 January 2012) [18]
ebooks on Android UI Design at Seneca Library
- Smashing Android UI responsive user interfaces and design patterns for Android phones and tablets by Juhani Lehtimäki. Wiley 2013.
- Android UI fundamantals develop and design by Jason Ostrander. Peachpit 2012.
- Android design patterns interaction design solutions for developers byGreg Nudelman. Wiely 2013.

Decompiling Android by Godfrey Nolan (2012). -- ebook at Seneca Library
- Dalvik bytecode (DEX files)