A

1. Activity life cycle

   1. LifeCycleTest activity

   2. LogCat

   3. onCreate() method

   4. onPause() method

   5. onResume() method

   6. paused

   7. protected methods

   8. run the application

   9. sole UI component

   10. stopped

   11. TextView

2. Abstract Window Toolkit (AWT)

3. Accelerometer state

   1. comments

   2. onAccuracyChanged() method

   3. onSensorChanged() method

   4. SensorEvent

   5. SensorEventListener

   6. SensorManager

   7. test activity

4. Action games

5. Action Mask

6. Activity class

7. Activity life cycle

   1. running

   2. StringBuilder

8. Advanced Emulator Features

9. Advertising

   1. Ad aggregation services

   2. Ad providers

   3. game advertising tips

10. Alpha blending

    1. BlendingScreen implementation

    2. glColor4f()

    3. GLUtils.texImage2D()

    4. methods

    5. per-vertex colors

    6. present() method

    7. vertex and texel colors

    8. vertex color and texture blended

11. Android

    1. architecture

       1. application framework

       2. components

       3. Dalvik VM

       4. Kernel

       5. Runtime and Dalvik

       6. system libraries

    2. Compatibility Definition Document (CDD)

    3. developer community

    4. devices

       1. hardware

       2. minimum practical target

    5. features

    6. fragmentation

    7. Google

       1. Android Open Source Project

       2. Google I/O

       3. Google Play

    8. history

    9. mobile gaming

       1. casual and hardcore games

       2. connectivity

       3. description

       4. games market

       5. gaming machine

    10. project butter

    11. SDK

    12. version distributions

12. Android APIs

    1. Activity life cycle

1. AndroidBasicsStarter Activity

1. audio programming

1. file handling

1. graphics programming

1. input device handling

   1. accelerometer state

   2. key events

   3. multi-touch events

1. single-touch events

1. Android application

   1. APIs

1. Google Play filters

2. icon

3. Manifest File

1. AndroidBasicsStarter activity

   1. ArrayAdapter constructor

   2. ListActivity

   3. onCreate() method

   4. onListItemClick() method

   5. setListAdapter() method

   6. test activity

2. Android event-logging system

3. Android game development framework

   1. AccelerometerHandler

   2. Activity class

   3. AndroidAudio class

   4. AndroidFastRenderView

   5. AndroidFileIO class

   6. AndroidGame.setScreen() method

   7. AndroidMusic class, MediaPlayer

      1. constructor

      2. dispose() method

      3. implementation

      4. isLooping(), isPlaying(), and isStopped()

      5. OnCompletionListener.onCompletion()

      6. pause() method

      7. play() method

      8. setLooping() and setVolume() methods

      9. stop() method

   8. AndroidSound class

   9. commentary

   10. CompassHandler

   11. getInput(), getFileIO(), getGraphics(), and getAudio() methods

   12. getStartScreen() method

   13. graphics

1. KeyboardHandler

1. onCreate() method

2. onPause() method

3. onResume() method

4. plan of attack

5. Pool class

6. responsibilities

7. setScreen() method

1. AndroidGraphics

   1. AndroidFastRenderView

   2. AndroidGraphics.drawPixmap()

   3. AndroidPixmap

   4. artificial framebuffer

   5. aspect ratio

   6. clear() method

   7. constructor

   8. density

   9. drawPixel() method

   10. drawPixmap() method

   11. drawRect() method

   12. implementation, graphics interface

   13. newPixmap() method

   14. Replica Island

   15. screen sizes and resolutions

   16. target resolution

2. Android NDK

   1. C/C++ header and implementation

   2. defined

   3. Java Native Methods, creation

   4. settings

   5. shared library

   6. testing, native method

3. Android Robot

4. Android Software Development Kit (SDK)

   1. components types

   2. debugging and profiling

      1. breakpoint setting

      2. logcat

   3. implementation

      1. advanced emulator features installation

      2. android virtual device creation

      3. AVD manager window

      4. device connection

      5. HAXM

      6. real device vs. emulator

   4. JDK set up

   5. set up

   6. softwares

5. Android Studio

   1. breakpoint

   2. code completion

   3. debugging

   4. installation

   5. project

      1. application code

      2. creation

      3. exploration

6. Android Studio

1. Android Studio version 2

2. Android virtual devices (AVDs)

3. Application programming interfaces (APIs)

4. Arcade games

5. ARGB4444 format

6. ARGB8888 format

7. ASCII bitmap font

8. ASCII characters

9. Assets class

10. Audio programming

    1. music stream

    2. sound effects

    3. volume controls

11. Audio quality

B

1. Beginning Android Games

2. Bejeweled

3. Bithack Apparatus

4. Bitmap font

5. Blending equations

6. Blogs and Conventional Web Media

7. Building blocks

C

1. Casual games

   1. accessibility

   2. definition

   3. Gem Miner : Dig Deeper

   4. Temple Run

2. Cathode ray tube (CRT)

3. Code

   1. application

   2. file I/O

   3. game programming

   4. input module

      1. acceleration

      2. accelerometer

      3. axes

      4. event-based handling

      5. helper classes

      6. keyboard

      7. key-down events

      8. KeyEvent

      9. operating systems

      10. polling access

      11. TouchEvent classes

      12. touchscreen

      13. USB hardware

   5. modules

   6. pseudocode

   7. window management

4. Codehead’s Bitmap Font Generator (CBFG)

5. Collision detection

   1. bounding shapes

      1. axis-aligned bounding box

      2. bounding circle

      3. construction

      4. game object attributes

      5. oriented bounding shape

      6. rotation

      7. scaling

      8. triangle mesh

   2. broad phase

      1. cannon

      2. DynamicGameObject

      3. GameObject

      4. spatial hash grid

      5. Super Mario Brothers scene

   3. collision response

   4. CollisionTest class

      1. members and constructor

      2. present() method

      3. update() method

   5. narrow phase

      1. circle collision

      2. circle/rectangle collision

      3. overlapTester

      4. rectangle collision

6. Color cube

7. Compatibility Definition Document (CDD)

8. Compression

9. Crate solar system

10. createCube() method

11. Cupcake

12. Cyanogen

D

1. Dalvik Executable (DEX) bytecode format

2. Dalvik virtual machine

3. Defender

4. 2D graphics programming

   1. camera

      1. Camera2D class

      2. Camera2DScreen class

      3. view frustum

      4. zooming

   2. collision

1. GameDev2DStarter

2. physics

   1. CannonTest

   2. force and mass

   3. getDeltaTime()

   4. numerical Euler integration

   5. point masses

   6. present() method

   7. triangle cannon

   8. update() method

3. sprite animation

   1. animation class

   2. cavemen walking

   3. keyframes

   4. looping animation

   5. present() method

   6. resume() method

   7. update() method

4. SpriteBatcher Class

5. sprite batchers

   1. batcher.endBatch()

   2. beginBatch() method

   3. definition

   4. drawSprite() method

   5. endBatch() method

   6. offerings

   7. scaling

   8. SpriteBatcher.drawSprite() method

   9. SpriteBatcherTest

   10. usage pattern

   11. vertices instance

6. sprites

7. texture atlas

   1. arbitrarily sized images

   2. bitmap font

   3. face-lifting operation

   4. GL_LINEAR

   5. objects

   6. resume() method

   7. usage

   8. vertex-creation

8. texture regions

9. trignometry

   1. atan2 function

   2. cosine and sine

10. vectors

    1. add() and sub() methods

    2. ad hoc representation

    3. angle() method

    4. cannon touch event

    5. cannon triangle test

    6. class implementation

    7. cpy() method

    8. direction and distance

    9. len() method

    10. mul() method

    11. normalizing

    12. nor() method

    13. position

    14. present() method

    15. rotate() method

    16. scalars

    17. semi-mathematical representaion

    18. set() method

    19. static constants

    20. unit vectors

    21. update() method

    22. velocity and acceleration

1. Digital encoding colors

2. Discoverable by design

3. Discovery Services

4. 3D meshes

   1. cube and corner points

5. Donut

6. Double-buffering

7. 3D programming

   1. cameras

      1. handcrafted matrix

      2. instances

      3. LookAtCamera

   2. collision detection and object representation

      1. bounding shapes

      2. DynamicGameObject3D

      3. real time collision

      4. sphere class

      5. sphere overlap testing

      6. testing methods

   3. first-person camera

1. initialising

2. loading models

   1. exception handling

   2. implementing OBJ loader

   3. normals and texture coordinates

   4. ObjLoader

   5. plethora

   6. subset

   7. syntax

   8. texture triangle

   9. WaveFront OBJ format

3. mipmapping

   1. aliasing effects

   2. canvas class

   3. chain

   4. define

   5. texture class

4. in OpenGL ES, lighting

   1. Ambient lights

   2. color specification, source

   3. cube, vertex

   4. directional lights

   5. enabling and disabling

   6. gathering performances

   7. material specification

   8. normal specification

   9. notifications

   10. point lights

   11. reflections

   12. render object

   13. source, material

   14. specular reflection

   15. sphere, vertex

   16. spotlights

   17. syntax, source enabling

   18. types, material/light

   19. version, normals

   20. vertex normals

   21. working process

5. in physics

   1. JNI

   2. mass based model

   3. pseudocode

6. vectors

   1. components

   2. constructors and setters

   3. coordinates

   4. dist() method

   5. distSquared() method

   6. implementation

   7. interpretations

   8. java coding

   9. methods

   10. OpenGL ES

   11. Pythagorean equation

   12. rotate() method

   13. statements

1. Dragon, Fly!

E

1. Éclair

2. Euler camera

   1. angles

   2. attributes

   3. disabling states

   4. EUlerCameraScreen

   5. first person shooter

   6. gesture processing

   7. grid formation

   8. initial setup

   9. operational methods

   10. point light

   11. projection and model view matrix

   12. SetMatrices() method

   13. SpriteBatcher

   14. stub methods

   15. transformation matrix

   16. UI rendering

F

1. File handling

   1. assets/directory

   2. external storage

   3. SharedPreferences

2. Firmware

3. Fixed-time-step simulation

4. Font class

5. Fragmentation

6. Framebuffer memory

7. Frame rate–independent movement

8. FreeType

9. Froyo

G

1. Game design

   1. building blocks

   2. core mechanics

   3. mechanics

   4. screens

   5. sketching

   6. snake

   7. story and art style

   8. transitions

2. Game development

   1. alpha compositing

   2. Android

   3. audio interface

   4. audio quality

   5. be-all and end-all solution

   6. blending

   7. color models

   8. compression

   9. entertainment factor

   10. framebuffer

   11. framework

   12. Google Play application

   13. graphics

   14. mechanics

   15. music interface

   16. pixmap

   17. primary colors

   18. requirements

   19. RGB color cube

   20. simulation code

   21. sound interface

   22. tablet

   23. three-minute songs

   24. WASD keys

3. Game-mechanics item

4. Garbage collector (GC)

5. Gem Miner : Dig Deeper

6. General Public License (GPL)

7. generateLevel() method

8. Gingerbread

9. GL3DBasicsStarter

10. glFrustumf()

11. Global Positioning System (GPS)

12. glPopMatrix() method

13. glPushMatrix() method

14. GLScreen Class

15. GLScreen.update() method

16. gluPerspective()

17. Glyph

18. Google

    1. Android

       1. Google I/O

       2. Google Play

       3. Open Source Project

19. Google I/O

20. Google Play filters

21. Graphics

22. Graphics.drawPixmap() method

23. Graphics.newPixmap() method

24. Graphics processing units (GPUs)

25. Graphics programming

    1. bitmaps

       1. Canvas.drawBitmap

       2. dispose

       3. loading and examining

       4. test activity

    2. continuous rendering, surface view

       1. motivation

       2. SurfaceCreation and validity

       3. SurfaceHolder and locking

       4. test activity

    3. coordinate systems

    4. drawing methods

       1. blending

       2. circles

       3. lines

       4. pixels

       5. rectangles

       6. testing

    5. going fullscreen

    6. hardware-accelerated rendering

    7. rendering text

       1. alignment and boundaries

       2. drawing text, fonts

       3. loading fonts

       4. test activity

    8. RenderView

    9. screen resolution

26. Graphics software program

H

1. Half-size VGA (HVGA) screens

2. Hardware Accelerated Execution Manager (HAXM)

3. HelloWorldActivity.java

4. Help screens

5. Hierarchical systems, matrix stack

   1. crate solar system

   2. glTranslatef()

   3. HierarchicalObject Class

   4. parent-child relationships

   5. render() method

6. High-scores screen

7. hitPlatform() method

8. hitSquirrel()

9. Honeycomb

10. Human computer interfaces (HCI)

I

1. Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS)

2. Image formats

3. Imangi Studios

4. In-app products (IAPs)

5. Indexed Vertices

   1. class

   2. constructor

   3. glDrawElements()/glDrawArrays()

   4. glEnableClientState()

   5. glVertexPointer()/glTexCoordPointer()

   6. implementation

   7. indexed bob

   8. rectangle rendering

   9. setVertices() and setIndices() methods

   10. vertices definition

6. Input devices

   1. multitouch events

   2. action mask and types

7. Input.getAccelX()

8. Input.getAccelY()

9. Input.getAccelZ()

10. Integrated development environment (IDE)

J

1. Java Development Kit (JDK)

   1. set up

2. Java Micro Edition (ME)

3. Java Native Interface (JNI)

4. Java Standard Edition (SE)

5. Jelly Bean

K

1. Kerning

2. KeyboardHandler

   1. AndroidInput

   2. Android KeyEvent type

   3. constructor

   4. game thread

   5. getKeyEvents()

   6. implementation

   7. isKeyPressed() method

   8. KeyEvent class

   9. keyEventsBuffer

   10. MultiTouchHandler

   11. onKey() method

   12. OnKeyEventListener.onKeyEvent() method

   13. OnKeyListener.onKey() interface method

   14. Pool class

   15. SingleTouchHandler Class

   16. TouchHandler

3. KeyEvent

4. KitKat

L

1. Licensing

2. Liquid-crystal display (LCD)

3. load() method

4. logcat

5. LogCat

6. Lollipop

M

1. Main menu screen

2. Manifest File

   1. components

   2. <activity> element

   3. <application> element

   4. <uses-feature> element

   5. <uses-permission> element

3. Marshmallow

4. Matrix stack

   1. glPushMatrix() method

   2. glTranslatef()

   3. hierarchical system

   4. manipulation

   5. model-view matrix

   6. TOS

5. Max Payne

6. Mipmapping

   1. aliasing effects

   2. createMipmaps()

   3. define

   4. texture

7. Mobile gaming

   1. casual and hardcore games

   2. connectivity

   3. description

   4. games market

   5. gaming machine

8. Model-View-Controller (MVC)

9. Monetization

10. Mr. Nom AndroidGame

    1. abstract representation

    2. accelerometer

    3. Audacity

    4. audio assets

    5. benefits

    6. convenient asset store

    7. coordinate system

    8. determination, game over

    9. GameScreen class

       1. coding

       2. constructor

       3. defined

       4. drawReadUI(), drawRunningUI(), drawPausedUI() and drawGameOverUI()

       5. drawText()

       6. drawWorld()

       7. GameState

       8. garbage collector

       9. paused()

       10. present()

       11. ready, running, paused and game over

       12. rendering methods

       13. stain images

       14. update() method

       15. updateGameOver()

       16. updatePaused()

       17. updateReady()

       18. updateRunning()

    10. graphical assets

        1. background.png

        2. buttons.png

        3. filenames and sizes, pixels

        4. headdown.png

        5. help1.png

        6. logo.png

        7. mainmenu.png

        8. numbers.png

        9. PNG format

        10. ready.png

        11. stain1.png

        12. tail.png

        13. target resolution

    11. HelpScreen classes

    12. High-scores screen

        1. images

        2. implementation

        3. rendering numbers

    13. integer coordinates

    14. loading screen

    15. main activity

    16. main menu screen

    17. model classes

    18. Model-View-Controller (MVC)

    19. placing Stains

    20. Snake and SnakePart classes

        1. advance()

        2. checkBitten()

        3. constants

        4. direction

        5. eat() method

        6. head’s position

        7. initial configuration

        8. overlapping

        9. representation

        10. tail parts

        11. turnLeft() and turnRight()

    21. stain class

    22. time-based movement

    23. user settings and high scores

    24. World class

11. Multitouch events

    1. Action Mask and More Event Types

    2. onTouch() method

    3. pointer identifier

    4. pointer index

    5. process

    6. test activity

12. Music stream

13. MySuperAwesomeGame

N

1. Nougat

O

1. OpenCore

2. OpenGL ES

   1. 2D transformations

      1. Bob class

      2. combining transformations

      3. matrices

      4. moving bobs

      5. rotation

      6. scaling

      7. translation

      8. world and model space

   2. 3D meshes

      1. createCube() method

      2. cube and corner points

      3. CubeTest class

      4. present() method

      5. resume() method

      6. spinning texture cube

      7. texture coordinates

      8. update() method

   3. 3D vertices

      1. coordinate systems

      2. positions

      3. present() method

      4. right-hand rule

      5. Vertices3Test

   4. camera system

      1. attributes

      2. Euler rotation camera

      3. gimbal lock

      4. GLU.glLookAt() method

      5. present() method

   5. C header files

   6. coordinate system

   7. frame rate measurement

   8. Game.getStartScreen()

   9. GLGame

      1. getGLGraphics() method

      2. getters and setters

      3. GLGraphics.java

      4. onCreate() method

      5. onPause()

      6. onResume() method

      7. onSurfaceChanged()

      8. onSurfaceCreate()

      9. Screen implementation

      10. synchronization

   10. GLGraphics and FloatBuffer

   11. GLSurfaceView

       1. color buffer

       2. EGLConfig

       3. glClearColor()

       4. GLSurfaceViewTest.java

       5. onCreate() method

       6. onDrawFrame()

       7. onPause()/onResume()

       8. onResume() and onPause() methods

       9. onSurfaceChanged()

       10. onSurfaceCreated() method

   12. matrices

       1. identity

       2. model-view

       3. projection

       4. texture

   13. matrices and transformations

       1. crate solar system

       2. createCube() method

       3. HierarchicalObject class

       4. hierarchical systems

       5. matrix stack

       6. model-view matrix

       7. projection matrix

       8. render() method

       9. texture matrix

       10. update() method

   14. matrix modes and active matrices

   15. NIO buffers

   16. normalized device space

   17. optimization

       1. batching

       2. binding vertices

       3. issues

       4. rendering

       5. state modifications

   18. orthographic projection matrix

   19. perspective projection

       1. glFrustumf() method

       2. GLU.gluPerspective()

       3. vs. orthographic projection

       4. parameters

   20. per-vertex color

   21. primitives

   22. programming model

   23. projection matrix

   24. projections

   25. rendering pipeline

   26. sending vertices

   27. snippet

   28. triangles specification

   29. versions

   30. viewport

   31. z-buffer

       1. blending

       2. depth test or z-test

       3. depth value

       4. precision and fighting

       5. ZBufferTest

3. Open Handset Alliance (OHA)

P

1. Perspective projection

2. Per-vertex color

3. Pixels

4. Playback

5. pointerIndex

6. presentLevelEnd() method

7. presentPaused() method

8. presentRunning() method

9. Procedural generation

10. Projections

11. Pseudocode

12. Psym Mobile

13. Publishing, game

    1. developer console

    2. registered developer

    3. signing APK file

    4. testing

    5. uploading on Google Play

14. Puzzle games

    1. building blocks

    2. iOS App Store

    3. match-three formula

    4. physics puzzler

Q

1. Quarter Video Graphics Array (QVGA)

R

1. Rasters

2. Recording

3. render() method

4. RGB color model

S

1. Screen interfaces

2. SDK

1. SDK Manager

2. Secure Digital (SD) cards

3. Settings class

4. SHADOWGUN

5. SharedPreferences

6. Simulation classes, Super Jumper game

   1. Bob class

   2. Castle class

   3. Coin class

   4. Platform class

   5. Spring class

   6. Squirrel class

   7. World class

      1. Bob.hitPlatform()

      2. checkCollisions() method

      3. checkItemCollisions() method

      4. checkPlatformCollisions() method

      5. checkSquirrelCollisions()

      6. generateLevel() method

      7. method update()

      8. Random.nextFloat()

      9. updateBob() method

      10. update methods

      11. updateSquirrels() method

      12. World.update() method

      13. game over–checking method

7. Single system on chip (SoC)

8. Single-touch events

   1. coordinate system

   2. first-generation devices

   3. MotionEvent

   4. onTouch() method

   5. test activity

9. Skia Graphics Library (Skia)

10. Snake game

11. Social games

12. Social Network Integration

13. Software Development Kit (SDK)

14. Space Invaders

    1. assets

       1. class

       2. game

       3. sound and music

       4. UI assets

    2. backstory

    3. game mechanics

    4. GameScreen class

       1. calculateInputAcceleration() method

       2. constructor

       3. presentGameOver() method

       4. present() method

       5. presentPaused() method

       6. presentRunning() method

       7. updateGameOver() method

       8. update() method

       9. updatePaused() method

       10. updateRunning() method

    5. main activity

    6. main menu screen

       1. present() method

       2. update() method

    7. optimizations

    8. plan of attack

    9. playing field

    10. screens and transitions

    11. settings class

    12. settings screen

        1. present() method

        2. update() method

    13. simulation classes

        1. invaders

        2. shield blocks

        3. ship

        4. shots

    14. world class

        1. checkInvaderCollisions() method

        2. checkShotCollisions() method

        3. constructor

        4. generateInvaders() method

        5. generateShields() method

        6. shoot() method

        7. updateInvaders() method

        8. update() method

        9. updateShots() method

    15. WorldRender class

        1. renderExplosion() method

        2. renderInvaders() method

        3. render() method

        4. renderShields() method

        5. renderShip() method

15. Spatial hash grid

    1. cellIds array

    2. clearDynamicCells() method

    3. GameObjects

    4. game world

    5. getPotentialColliders() method

    6. insertDynamicObject() method

    7. insertStaticObject() method

    8. object overlap

    9. removeObject() method

16. Super Jumper game

    1. assets

       1. bitmap fonts, handling text

       2. game elements

       3. music and sound

       4. texture atlas

       5. UI elements

    2. backstory development

    3. Bob’s horizontal movement

    4. bounding rectangles

    5. definition

    6. game screen

       1. members and constructors

       2. rendering methods

       3. update methods

    7. implementation

       1. assets class

       2. font class

       3. GLScreen class

       4. help screen

       5. high-scores screen

       6. main activity

       7. main menu screen

       8. settings class

    8. mechanics

    9. mock-up and grid

    10. screens and transitions

    11. simulationc lasses

1. velocities and accelerations

2. world class implementation

   1. collision detection and response

   2. game over-checking method

   3. procedural generation

   4. update methods

   5. WorldListener

   6. WORLD_WIDTH and WORLD_HEIGHT

3. WorldRenderer class

   1. renderBackground() method

   2. renderBob() method

   3. renderCastle() method

   4. rendering code

   5. renderItems() method

   6. renderObjects() method

   7. renderPlatforms() method

   8. renderSquirrels() method

T

1. Tank Hero

2. Temple Run

3. Tetris

4. Texture mapping

   1. Class

   2. coordinates

   3. enable and disable

   4. GL10.GL_NEAREST vs. GL_LINEAR

   5. glDrawArrays()

   6. glEnableClientState()

   7. glGenTextures()

   8. GLUtils.texImage2D()

   9. loadTexture()

   10. magnification

   11. minification

   12. snippet

   13. texture filtering

   14. texturing triangle

   15. uploading bitmaps

   16. vertex, triangle

5. Thin-film transistor liquid crystal display (TFT-LCD)

6. Three-dimensional Euclidian space

7. Top of the stack (TOS)

8. TouchEvent code

9. Tower-defense games

U

1. updateGameOver() method

2. updateLevelEnd() method

3. updatePaused() method

4. updateReady() method

5. updateRunning() method

6. User interfaces (UIs)

7. User interface (UI) elements

V

1. Virtual currency (VC)

2. Vsync

W, X, Y

1. WorldListener

Z

1. Z-buffer

2. ZeptoLab

3. Z-fighting