News from the DIY Android desk is the availability of Carlos Sessa's Android Hacks, a new Manning Publications book of 50 short and simple programming hacks that are destined to "save you time, stretch your skills and maybe even make you smile". The 50 "little gems" are organized into categories such as Layout, Animation, Patterns and UX, and each covers just a few pages, including annotated source code. Some examples of the hacks include creating a wizard form using a Gallery, using Scala inside Android, adding an MP3 to the Media ContentProvider and batching database operations. Most hacks work with Android 2.x and greater.
