I don't know of any books, but I wrote a 2d game in Java which I lifted from download from the Java Boutique website. At least in 2001 there were tons of games and you could download the source code.

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We also explore JGame’s architecture—its engine, game objects, and timers. JGame is a small 2D Java game engine whose high-level framework—based on sprites with automatic animation and ...

With that in mind, this tutorial is going to show you how to create a simple 2D game using Android Studio and the Java. You can find all the code and resources at Github if you want to follow along.

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