Android Tutorial B4A Book Updated to Version 5.80

I am happy to announce that the B4A tutorial and reference book "Rapid Android App Development using BASIC" by Wyken Seagrave has now been updated to cover version 5.80 of B4A.

Free Upgrade for Ebook

Customers who have bought the ebook B4A from the Penny Press Store can now obtain a FREE upgrade to the latest edition which covers version 5.80 by visiting the upgrade page
http://pennypress.co.uk/b4a/upgrade/

Note that future customers who buy the book from our store (http://pennypress.co.uk/?page_id=11) will be entitled to free future updates of the book. It is available in PDF, EPUB and Mobi formats.

Printed Edition Available

The paperback edition the book is available at https://www.createspace.com/5511638. It is also available from Amazon and all good bookstores worldwide. Quote the ISBN 9781512296259.

Readers Comments About Earlier Editions

"This was a book that I now use as a constant reference and have found it a mine of information."

"Brilliantly written and presented."

"Excellent book. Just what I was looking for."

"I will not now be able to think of developing an app without this book at my side."

 

[Ferbis]

Thanks Phil for keeping us upadated so soon. Good job. It must be difficult to follow Erel

 

[PhilipBrown]

Thanks for this encouragement.

 

[ivan.tellez]

There is a serious bug in your site. After sendig the form this happens:

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I think all the PDF content (binary) is printed on the page, but cant be downloaded.

Tested on firefox then on Chrome with same result.

Then wanted to try on IE, but i get this:

Sorry, this TransactionID has already been used to download the upgrade 2 times




What can i do?

 

[PhilipBrown]

Hi Ivan,

Sorry you are having problems.
I don't get any errors when I test the site.
Please write to me at philip@pennypress.co.uk and let me know which transaction id and email you are using, and I will investigate further.
Thanks for letting me know.

 

[PhilipBrown]

Hi Ivan,

I see that the book you bought in November 2013 was Basic4Android. This is no longer available for upgrade.
The upgrade is only offered for customers who purchased B4A.
Nevertheless, the above error should not occur and I will investigate further.

Regards,

 

[PhilipBrown]

I've now fixed the bug which was causing faulty output when trying to upgrade the Basic4Android bug.
Sorry for any inconvenience!

 

[MarcoRome]

Great Book. I bought a few days ago. Really a lot information.
Great work, continue so

 

[PhilipBrown]

Great Book. I buy few days go. Really a lot information.
Great work, continue so

Thanks for your kind comments.

 

[ivan.tellez]

I see that the book you bought in November 2013 was Basic4Android. This is no longer available for upgrade.
The upgrade is only offered for customers who purchased B4A.
Nevertheless, the above error should not occur and I will investigate further.

Well, thanks anyway

 

[PhilipBrown]

If you purchase an electronic copy of the B4a book via Amazon, you can automatically receive all updates free by following these instructions provided by Amazon to one of our customers.

Preliminary step to ensure synchronisation of your notes, bookmarks etc between the original and the new book.

If your device is a Kindle Fire HD, Kindle Fire HDX, Kindle for Windows 8, and Kindle for BlackBerry 10 then Whispersync for Books (Annotations Backup) is enabled automatically on and can't be turned off.

If you have any other device, make sure Whispersync for Books is turned on for your device or Kindle reading app to sync your notes, highlights, bookmarks, and furthest page read.

Next, enable Automatic Book Updates as follows:

1. Go to Manage Your Content and Devices (www.amazon.com/mycd).
2. Select the Settings tab.
3. Select "On" under Automatic Book Update.

 

[cxdzbl]

I need the Chinese version, there is no

 

[PhilipBrown]

The translation rights are available for sale in most languages at a good price. You could form a group and buy the rights and translate the book!