About the Reviewers
Nayanesh Ramchandra Gupte is an enthusiastic Android professional based in Bengaluru, the Silicon Valley of India. He is a full stack Android engineer and has explored Android for more than 5 years. Till date, Nayanesh has worked with different organizations and developed more than 40 Android applications. Some of these apps are featured with Top Developers Badge on Google Play. Programming, especially in Java and Android, is not just a part of his career but his passion as well.
Besides being a software engineer, Nayanesh works as an Android consultant and is associated with the Google Developers Group based in Bengaluru. Writing personal blogs and articles on Java and Android remain a few of his interests. He works as a professional Android trainer and pursues teaching and illustration as his hobbies.
Associated with one of the e-commerce giants in India, Nayanesh is part of the core engineering team. He also works closely with the Product and UX teams to build a next-generation platform for e-commerce.
You can get in touch with Nayanesh through various channels at https://about.me/NayaneshGupte and https://www.linkedin.com/in/nayaneshgupte
To begin with, I credit my parents who have always nurtured my dreams and constantly supported me in making them come true. I thank my wife, Aakanksha, and my in-laws, who have trusted my dynamic decisions while I hopped cities and organizations with the aim of improving my career. I sincerely thank Mr. Sudarshan Shetty, my guide, because of whom I got engrossed in Java and Android. His teachings have brought me a long way. I am sure there is much more to explore. I owe a lot to my best buddies, Saurabh Lele and Rahul Gangal, since it was all because of them that I decided to get into this field of programming. The journey would have been incomplete without my colleagues and mentors Rishi and Vishal from whom I learnt what a passion for programming really is! Last but not least, I would like to thank Packt Publishing for offering me this opportunity.
Robert Dale Johnson III is an experienced developer/consultant who has worked primarily with Android over the past 5 years. He has also worked with many other technologies and frameworks, from BD-J (BluRay Disc-Java) and Java to Joomla, and many of the languages and technologies related to them.
Along with his full-time professional pursuits, he is a seasoned freelancer who has worked on dozens of projects and applications. To find out more about Robert and his portfolio, take a look at his personal website, www.rdjiii.info, or feel free to reach out to him through his consultancy company, Contrahere Solutions LLC, at www.contrahere.com.
I would like to thank my son, Xander Johnson, for being the best son I could ever wish for. His love and appreciation drives me to become the best that I can, pushing me forward with a smile on my face and joy in my heart. Xander, I love you and thank you for everything you have done, and will do, to make me a better person personally, morally, and professionally.