About the Author

Kevin Pelgrims started his career as a .NET developer in Belgium. After some years working on Windows and web development for corporate clients, he moved to Copenhagen to become part of its start-up community. There, he began working on mobile platforms, and within a year, he was the lead developer of several Android and Windows Phone apps. Kevin is also a regular speaker at the Android developers group in Copenhagen. He maintains multiple Android apps in his spare time and likes to experiment with server-side technology. When he is not busy writing code, he is most likely playing the guitar with his wife and their cat.

To follow what Kevin is up to, you can take a look at his blog at http://www.kevinpelgrims.com or follow him on Twitter at @kevinpelgrims.

I could not have written this book without the support of my brilliant wife, Louise. Not only did she put up with me spending entire evenings and weekends with my computer, she also proofread the entire book, improving the language and the grammar.

I would like to thank Packt Publishing for giving me the opportunity to write this book, especially Nikhil Karkal and Prachi Bisht, for believing in me and guiding me throughout the process. I appreciate the help of my friend Koen Metsu, whose comments helped in making sure that the explanations and examples are easy to understand. Thanks to Anders Bo Pedersen and Emanuele Zattin for coming up with several improvements.

I also want to thank the reviewers: Hugo Visser, Peter Friese, Felix Schulze, Takuya Miyamoto, Jonathan H. Kau, and Marco Rodriguez-Suarez. Their input has significantly improved the content of this book. Last but not least, special thanks to our cat, Jigsaw, who encouraged me to stay focused and keep going, by sitting on my lap so I couldn't get up.