Arduino Android Blueprints

I am giving this 5 stars because I don't think there are any other books like it, but it does come with some warnings. I bought it specifically for the Android controlled Bluetooth robot plans near the end of the book. The author gives links directly to parts on the DFRobot and Adafruit websites supplying the parts he uses, which is great, and he explains everything very well.The links still work. However, particularly in the case of DFRobot, some of their parts had actually changed since the book's printing, so you'll need to order extra parts to fill in the now-missing pieces (in my case, some longer metal standoffs, a charger for the battery, and some extra jumper wires).In addition, you will need to learn to solder to affix header pins to the Bluetooth module, so you'll need a soldering kit, which immediately bumps up anything Arduino to at least intermediate skill level, as the Arduino starter kit doesn't touch on soldering.The worst part, though, was that the Android libraries have all changed since late 2014, and the Android code in the book, which I'm sure worked when the book was written (it compiles fine), now throws exceptions all over the place and does not connect a phone to the robot. Luckily I downloaded some source code for the Nordic Semiconductor's nRF UART app which was recommended by Adafruit to test the Bluetooth module used on the robot, which did work with the newer Android SDK's, and I was able to adapt that to get the robot connecting and working.However, all of this took at least 3 extra orders of parts (including the soldering kit) and reviewing numerous tutorials online on soldering and Android programming, which I was not prepared for. The extra orders did not cost a lot of extra money, but DFRobot is in Hong Kong, so sometimes it took weeks.All of that being said, none of this is the book's fault. These were changes made by DFRobot to products without changing their part numbers, and by Google to the Android SDK's which invalidated working source code. This book got me pretty far, and I was able to get the rest of the way using free online tutorials. I don't think there are any other books out there, yet, that would even do that much.

Great book, the projects where easy to follow and explained pretty well. I would recommend you look at each project and figure out what you need to build it. Then order the components right away. I found my self waiting... and it was hard not to keep reading. The authors leaves github links so you can download the code if you get lost. Over a great book for learning more about he Arduino platform.

Very well documented projects. As the title says, you should have a working knowledge of Android development for these projects but no need to be an expert Android developer.You may want to buy the book first and browse some of the hardware lists near the beginning of most chapters. The hardware lists are complete and also include the URL of the various parts suppliers.Found the projects easy to follow and so far, all work well for me through the first 3.

I love this book as it start from very beginning. It is learn by practising and I love that model because it is so effective. Any one who love hobby electronics and integrate it with Andriod and Ardunio, then this is the book. You don't need great deal of knowledge in either very much. I feel anyone with some background in programming would be able to use this for best.