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Android Async Programming and Services

Learn how to provide a more responsive user experience in your Android applications through Android services and asynchronous processing.

Jim Wilson - Pluralsight course - Android Async Programming and Services
by Jim Wilson

What you'll learn

In this course you will learn how to use Android services and asynchronous processing to create applications that provide a more responsive user experience. Topics covered include Android Services, background processing, threading, asynchronous tasks, Started Services, Foreground Services, Notifications, Android Service lifecycle, and ExecutorService.

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Jim Wilson - Pluralsight course - Android Async Programming and Services
Jim Wilson

Jim Wilson is president of JW Hedgehog, Inc., a consulting firm specializing in solutions for the Android, iOS, and Microsoft platforms. Jim has over 30 years of software engineering experience, with the past 15 years heavily focused on creating mobile device and location-based solutions.

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