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Getting Your App Ready for Jelly Bean and Nexus 7
For many people, their first taste of Jelly Bean will be on the beautiful - Nexus 7. While most applications will run just fine on Nexus 7, who wants - their app to be just fine? Here are some tips for optimizing your application + Nexus 7 tablet. Most applications will run just fine on Nexus 7, but who wants + their app to be just fine? Here are some tips for optimizing your app to make the most of this device.
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-Using DialogFragments
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-In-app Subscriptions in Google Play
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Learn what great apps are made of
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Android SDK Tools, Revision 20
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-This training class demonstrates the best practices for scheduling and executing downloads using techniques such as caching, polling, and prefetching.
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