hey i want to be part of this development stuff it is amazing and i would probly be the koolest wrestler/basketball player if i could do this too does any one know how i can be part of this?
learn java and start compiling? no one can really tell what all will work best for you. basically search and decide what you would be best suited to do.
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. . . with understanding development using Java for Android?
Do I start with Java books?
Where do I read about how to set up an Android development environment? I'm trying to read through everything at the Android Developers website, but I was hoping someone could point me towards better/more information.
I know this is a VERY n00b question, but in order to avoid asking any further n00b questions, I'd like to come to this party better equipped.
TIA -
Darryl
madhartigan said:
. . . with understanding development using Java for Android?
Do I start with Java books?
Where do I read about how to set up an Android development environment? I'm trying to read through everything at the Android Developers website, but I was hoping someone could point me towards better/more information.
I know this is a VERY n00b question, but in order to avoid asking any further n00b questions, I'd like to come to this party better equipped.
TIA -
Darryl
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Do you know Java?
Thank you for the reply!!
That's where I'd like to get started. I know Android is a FULL OS written in Java, so a beginner is looking at the equivalent of Mt. Everest from the viewpoint of a new born just learning to walk, but, as I said, I'd like to start somewhere.
Advice for:
what texts to start with
texts that help provide a good foundation to address Android
texts that are the next step after beginning
how to properly build a Java IDE with Eclipse
Would probably be a good starting place.
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Honestly, I'd start out PMing some of the devs in the Development forum... Cyanogen, Enomther, etc. I've PM'd Enomther before back in the G1 forum and he's super responsive...
Probably your best bet.
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Honestly, I'd start out PMing some of the devs in the Development forum... Cyanogen, Enomther, etc. I've PM'd Enomther before back in the G1 forum and he's super responsive...
Probably your best bet.
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Thank you. I'll give it a shot.
what would be the best direction to go if i want to learn how to make apps/live wallpapers and help with overall development of anything i would be able to.
if i wanted to take classes on it what type of classes would i need to take?
if i wanted to learn on my own?
are there some ways of learning that are better then others?
are there things i should totally avoid?
i love that all you people do so much for everyone and i would love nothing more then to be able to help with everything.
its like the saying "give a man fire and he will be warm for the night... teach a man how to build a fire he will stay warm for life."
i only have so much money to donate... but i have a brain i feel that is going to waste on my daily routine
i dont even know where to start...
I am a new developer myself, but I will give you my two cents. The best place to start learning to develop for Android is to learn JAVA. The applications are made fro JAVA, so that would be a good place to start for applications. The operating system is based off of Linux, so look into that if you want to start modding.
OK, well I've finally decided to take a dive into the WONDERFUL world of development (specifically android related). i have some experience and know how most things work. I am a bonified flash junkie lol. anyway i'm wanting to learn how to tweak/customize various things, such as porting controls to a status bar, or adding features to the lockscreen ect. However, i don't know what programming language i need to learn or really where to start for research.
Would someone kindly point me in the direction of a good beginners guide on what i need to know.
with regards,
Tiwey, Future developer (i hope)
Java is a good place to start. java java java
Good info on this thread, perhaps we can build it up to be a general beginners dev guide...I think it would help if there was one.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1173176
There seems to be a lot of demand for this. To the point I'm thinking of contacting some colleges in my area to see if they would add an Android course to curriculum and hire me as a lecturer
I like Reto Meirs (sp?) book on Android 2.
I am planning to write an Android tutorial on developing the basics for a 2D game. As part of this project, I would like to ask the development community for their input. I want to know what issues are important, what struggles you have previously faced, or what problems you have seen in the past with other tutorials. I hope to make mine simple and straight forward, and I want it to address important issues that many have had with other tutorials.
So I ask you, please give me your opinions. Tell me what to avoid, tell me what to focus on, tell me anything. I want to make it easy for anyone to understand, even those who have never developed for Android before, so all opinions are welcome.
Thanks!
one problem i had with tutorials is it gets quite confusing when using eclipse and stuff. I dont have any codeing knowlege, so that didnt help. Another thing is that the tutorials are always really long
hope that helped...
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It would be great if you write a Game Development tutorial for Android. Because I don't even know how to start.
Things you might take into consideration:
- Give examples based on an IDE (Showing screenshots of code and the IDE)
- Maybe use an existing 2D Game framework? (So it's easier to start, AndEngine?)
I always find that a lot of tutorials just write a bunch of code. you can copy it and it magically works.
You don't get to know why it works or how you can let it work in another scenario.
I personally like screenshots of the IDE or a part of the code to get a glimp of how I'm doing compared to the writer.
And just a tutorial which is from start to finish, with this I mean start at the Main Menu and end at the score screen.
Hope this might help you in your tutorial, It's just my 2 cents of thing I would like to see in a tutorial maybe other share this idea.
Any idea when you will start/finish this project?
Goodluck!
Hello! I am a new comer into the world of Android Development, I do have a begginer to intermediate Java knowledge, but no Android Development knowledge.
I am asking you for some good tutorials I can use to help myself, preferably newer ones. I found a few, but all of them were 2-4 years old. And other thing I noticed at them is they all use Eclipse. Is it a big difference if I use IntelliJ, it's the IDE I'm most familiar with and I find going back to Eclipse very annoying.
I want to start developing Andoid application because I have a few cools ideas (or at least I think they're cool) for some applications, as well as games. But I don't want to rush right inot making the game or such, I have all the time in the world to learn how to properly develop Android applications.
Thanks for reading!
Hello RoPirate
You say you already find a few tutorials, could you share them please, I'm a beginner please thanks
Tutorial
The New Boston mainly, ando ther very bad and unclear ones.
Right now I found teamtreehouse.com it's paid, but they explain everything really nicely and good, and update the tutorials with new tools when they come out. They also have iOS developemnt, web development, web design, Python and lots of other nice tutorials.
If you decide to get a subscription there (had some doubts at first too, but I definitely do not regret buying the subscription) and want to help me out a bit you can sign up on my referal link (PM me if you want)
I want to chime in a recommend the Codepath Android Cliffnotes set of guides. It's well built, and very useful.