[hamiltont]

Passion comment: I'll second that most of Jonathan Levin’s books are outstanding, some of my favorite technical guides.

Spent many years as senior dev for a custom Android ROM, yet Levin's book still introduced me to multiple other Android internals I had not yet looked into. Would happily pay 200-300 for his next Android book. Probably not the best books for a total beginner, but if you're already skilled and looking for the next level I would highly recommend.

My only real complaint is that JL seems to do a lot of the marketing/date-setting himself, and it shows. It can be really confusing to keep current on what book he is working on next, what topics will/will not be covered, how to even pay for the book can be a bit complicated (send paypal to this email), etc. It is fantastic that he adjusts and expands book contents as the market/technology changes (e.g. always chasing to get the newest stuff covered in the newest book), but the current end result is a stream of "update" messages on his website that are hard to follow. Would be wonderful if he had someone help him with that "public-facing" side and try to keep things organized/consistent/obvious and hide a bit of "how the sausage is made"

[auggierose]

Just tried to order the Levin books macOS/iOS books (wasn't even aware of them), but they don't ship to the UK ... Must be security restricted ...

[hamiltont]

WOuld not be surprised - he's reported piracy issues in past. FYI I've ordered all books by emailing directly to an email on the website. He replies with "send paypal to xx if you want digital only, send xxx if you want me to mail you a hardcopy". clunky relative to an amazon order but it gets the job done

[auggierose]

Oh, very cool, didn't know that digital only was an option!