ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

I want to thank the editors at Wiley who have the vision to publish books about Android in the enterprise; our agent, Carole Jelen, for bringing this project to us; and my co-authors who brought the concept of a book about data-oriented apps to life. I also thank Maija Mednieks and Jim Fitzgerald, the technical editor and technical proofreader, for their exacting attention to making sure our examples work.

—Zigurd Mednieks

I would like to thank my co-authors, Zigurd, Laird, and Zane, for making this book way bigger than the sum of its parts. Bob Elliott and Kevin Kent were incredibly patient with us; and the rest of the editors, Maija Mednieks, Christine Mugnolo, Kezia Endsley, and Jim Fitzgerald, kept us honest and intelligible. Marakana Inc., my employer, gave me time to work on it. A special shout out to L. Carl Pedersen for taking the time to explain SQL. As always, a project like this would be impossible without the support of my wife, Catherine. You and me, babe, ‘til the wheels fall off.

—G. Blake Meike

I need to thank my sweetie, Norah, for being so patient with all the long weekends and late nights working on this ambitious project. You’ve been amazing for this, and for carrying another far more important project—our new son.

Thanks to my parents—we’ve missed trips to NH!

I’d like to thank Kevin and Robert for all their excellent support on this project. I’m excited that we managed to cover so many popular topics to create a comprehensive picture of end-to-end enterprise Android development. Thanks to Jim and Maija, our reviewers; this book contained a lot of material to cover. Thanks to my brother, Chris, and to Nathan Babb for reviewing parts of the manuscript.

Finally, thanks to my co-authors for collaborating to bring this project to completion.

—Laird Dornin

I’d like to thank Kevin and Robert for their support on this project.

—Zane Pan