Ashok Kumar Srinivas is a Google-certified Android developer from Bengaluru, India. He is an expert in the web and mobile engineering domains. He has authored books on Android Wear and Firebase, and has reviewed books on subjects including web and mobile applications. He is one of the top open source contributors. He is a passionate YouTuber and runs a channel called AndroidABCD. He is also a speaker at international conferences. He has a keen interest in the quality, architecture, and unit testing of the code. When he can find the time, he writes and reviews books. He also likes to travel inside India and further afield.
I would like to thank T. Subhash Chandra, my teacher in college and life. He has been an incredible support for a diverse range of students, and I am proud to say that I am one such student. I would also like to thank my wife, Geetha Shree Ashok, for supporting me in every way during my work on this book. I would also like to thank my sister, Shylaja Shripathi, my father, Srinivas, my mother, Lalitha, and my entire family.