Sam's teach your self android development in 24 hours?
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I have purchased this book, Android Wireless Application Development, its a pretty good book. For me personally, no book or no course could ever teach me anything in 24hrs, I need to practice with examples to get the hang of things. While trying to develop I found online is actually better than most books.
Stackoverflow (Android) has been a great resource for me, as well as the Android Developers site. Sorry I am new here so I can post links, but you can google them.
I have used SAM's books before, and they have been OK.
I agree with spawn782 though, I found online resources were better than any book. Stakoverflow is great if you run into problems.
The ones you find in Comp Sci college classes
Head First Java is a great book for beginners. You won't get bored at all.
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I read a couple of books. by far the for dummies book and wrox's beginning android are the best..
Which one?
How do you think Professional Android 4 Application Development (Wrox Professional Guides) and Pro Android 4 (Professional Apress) would compare? I am considering purchasing one of these. I have heard good stuff about them both... Has anybody had both of them?
Search Internet and developerandroid.com,
Jrcon said:
Search Internet and developerandroid.com,
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I tried googling for a comparison of the two books, but I was unable to find one. Maybe it was only the lack of proper search terms.
Now that you said about it, I remember seeing a book list on the android developers page, but can't find it now...
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So nobody has bought both of them? Maybe I'll just buy the more expensive one(not big difference), and wish it's also the better one
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Hi,i think referring online forums is the best way to learn android.Can somebody suggest some book,website to teach myself android developement...
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I am a recent Graduate of computer science. I have basic knowledge of Java. I have to quickly make my hands dirty developing android apps. There is very limited time for the deadline.
Can any body suggest the quickest and fastest way to learn Android and start developing apps.
Install sdk set up everything then jump into the samples until you understand then lol.
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Thanks...for the reply
I have done all sdk and Eclipse installations.....Any sources where I can plunge over samples and all quick techy tutorials....
The samples I was referring to are in the sdk itself. If you have any specific question google should be suffice.
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Can any body suggest the quickest and fastest way to learn Android and start developing apps.
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That kind of depends what sort of app you want to make. I've found that live wallpapers are an easy way to start. There is a good example of a spinning cube live wallpaper that you can modify to get started.
http://developer.android.com/resources/samples/CubeLiveWallpaper/index.html
Someone has even published the cube tutorial almost unchanged to try and make money from it
Making a more complex app with multiple screens and a database etc will take a lot more effort and you'll probably need to read some textbooks.
Thanks for replying jug6ernaut and jgittins
Let me tell you.......My app contains some around 4 screens which contain around 4 forms which should store persistent data of the end user.....As you said using multiple screens and database takes some time......Is there any other way I can store the persistent data....Moreover I am familiar with database concepts...
Any suggestions...
Please suggest me some books also which I can refer quickly.....
Thanks once again
I haven't read any and dev books so I can't recommend any lol.
As for saving info...depends on how much. If its not huge amounts shared preferences or regular file io. If not sql would probably be your best bet.
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I started reading this blog. I have downloaded and buy a couple of books too
http://android-java.blogspot.com/
Books:
http://www.amazon.com/Pro-Android-2-Sayed-Hashimi/dp/1430226595
http://www.amazon.com/Android-Appli...-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969
During my business programming career, I always had good reference books to use no matter what language I was programming in.
I'm not talking a "How To..." book, but a solid reference book. Here's the class, here's the methods and their parameters. Maybe a short example.
I can't find anything similar for Android OS...anyone out there know of something?
Yes, I know it's on the net, but for me, there's just something about having the book. Like when I'm not coding, I can lay on the couch and read it while watching the game or not have to switch screens (even though I can pull-up a reference link on my second laptop).
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During my business programming career, I always had good reference books to use no matter what language I was programming in.
I'm not talking a "How To..." book, but a solid reference book. Here's the class, here's the methods and their parameters. Maybe a short example.
I can't find anything similar for Android OS...anyone out there know of something?
Yes, I know it's on the net, but for me, there's just something about having the book. Like when I'm not coding, I can lay on the couch and read it while watching the game or not have to switch screens (even though I can pull-up a reference link on my second laptop).
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Checkout Professional Android 2 Application Development by Wrox - Reto Meier (Author). Been using it for a month or so, learned a lot and it is pretty in depth for complex subjects. One of the best books ive used
Guess it's worth a try. Got scared for a second because I DID order Android 2 Pro and returned it the next day. There was no order in the book, nothing was clear at all and tbh, it was just nasty bad.
I can try the one you suggested. If Amazon is anything, they're fast and the return policy is just awesome.
Thanks,
Roots
Google develops android too fast for books to be worth the money, IMO.
Read the SDK docs and work with some code. Anything in that book is trivial to find on the internet.
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Professional Android 2 Application Development is a very good book and it quite up to date in its current revision.
I can also warmly recommend Mark Murphy's Warescription. You get four e-books and all it's updates for 12 months. Those books are high quality and Mark does a very good job at keeping the books up to date and also at helping his Warescription community with their questions. You should give it a try.
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Checkout Professional Android 2 Application Development by Wrox - Reto Meier (Author). Been using it for a month or so, learned a lot and it is pretty in depth for complex subjects. One of the best books ive used
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I got the book. I was up late programming (as usual). It was like 4 a.m. EST Monday morning when I ordered it on Amazon. Did 3 to 5 business days. It came Tuesday!!!
Thanks, it's a good book. The FULL source code and all listings are downloadable which is nice. The book covers a lot of information and I think it's in the intermediate to semi-advanced level. Well written, logical progression of concepts. Only thing I really miss are some screen shots of an emulator running the projects.
I think I might run to local Best Buy, get a new black ink cartridge and print all the source code out and get it bound or put in notebook for a one-stop reference. Some projects have 5+ classes in them and it's easier to "flip through" in a book vs. onscreen. Worth the $20 in material (paper and ink).
what about a good book or place to learn the basics?
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I would start with some Google-found tutorials. There are hundreds of "Hello World" apps out there. For a beginner, the Hello World app is probably easier than getting the SDK up and running! LOL
Then work with adding EditText and TextView boxes. Then move on to Buttons. A good second program is "Enter your Name", "Hit Submit", "Show your Name". That gets all 3 ideas above going as well as onClick code and will get you working with main.xml
awesome! Thanks for the info. I installed everything earlier from Google and got that all setup. I will look more into everything else. Appreciate the reply.
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You could also look for a book called "The Android Developers Cookbook" written by Steele/To and published by Addison-Wesley...
Yeah, the basics are pretty easy, yet still powerful. I wrote some pretty basic apps (at least from the User's view) that are selling ok. But I learned a lot.
I'm a professional programmer, but as the economy goes, currently unemployed. I've learned a lot of languages (10 or so) and a lot of different environments. I'm finding the Android OS and the whole smartphone environment a remarkable new experience and what I feel, something that's just going to grow exponentially.
Good Luck
The android app labs are also a very good introduction. Google for "Android App Course"
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The android app labs are also a very good introduction. Google for "Android App Course"
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WOW I've just started learning android development, and i am in the type that i need some hand on experience before i read the theory~ I think this is very suitable for android beginners to learn how to, at least, build a usable apps!
I'll also try on the 'android developers cookbook'~ expecting!
Really thanks for the sharing!
1)0321673352 Sams Teach Yourself Android Application Development in 24 Hours
2)OReilly Android Application Development
Well, I've started learning Java and I read somewhere that Java is used to program apps for Android. Now, I'm not looking to make complex games and apps, more like a "database" app to store data and maybe some form of note taking application to start off with. Can you guys recommend reading material, tutorials and programs to further my eduction? I've hit a bit of a rough spot so far.
Android has a notepad tutorial you can start there for free lol
http://developer.android.com/resources/tutorials/notepad/index.html
And when I started most people said "Hello, Android" was the best for beginners.
You can also check www.apress.com they have a decent array for books for android,java...etc Any of those books can be purchased from them directly or from amazon.com
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Android has a notepad tutorial you can start there for free lol
http://developer.android.com/resources/tutorials/notepad/index.html
And when I started most people said "Hello, Android" was the best for beginners.
You can also check www.apress.com they have a decent array for books for android,java...etc Any of those books can be purchased from them directly or from amazon.com
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The Apress books are very helpful with the examples in code. It helped me a lot and it still does. I've got Beginning Android 2. I didn't read the book from a to z, I just started trying stuff and search a lot on the internet, there are a lot of examples out there.
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i spent 25+ years developing on mainframes, then windows pcs, and now phones! what a ride!
my biggest hurdle was transforming my development thinking style from linear (fortran-77, Macro-32, pascal, assembler...) to the object-oriented mode. Classes, instantiation, "this", blew me away for awhile....ok, still does sometimes...
I programmed for the windows mobile phone for 2 years and wrote most of the stuff in lua. You can see some of the windows mobile clocks i designed here:
http://cid-cac4c4d76bc3616d.photos.live.com/browse.aspx/Windows%20Mobile%20Phone%20Development
here are the books and web sites that have helped me the most:
"Hello, Android", The Pragmatic Programmers, Ed Burnette, ISBN: 978-1-93435-656-2
"Beginning Android Application Development", Wrox, Wei-Meng Lee, ISBN: 978-1-118-01711-1
here are several great web sites:
http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html
http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/graphics/2d-graphics.html
http://developer.android.com/reference/android/widget/package-summary.html
http://developer.android.com/resources/browser.html?tag=article
and a website with lots of examples:
http://www.java2s.com/Open-Source/Android/CatalogAndroid.htm
I hope those help.
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i spent 25+ years developing on mainframes, then windows pcs, and now phones! what a ride!
my biggest hurdle was transforming my development thinking style from linear (fortran-77, Macro-32, pascal, assembler...) to the object-oriented mode. Classes, instantiation, "this", blew me away for awhile....ok, still does sometimes...
I programmed for the windows mobile phone for 2 years and wrote most of the stuff in lua. You can see some of the windows mobile clocks i designed here:
http://cid-cac4c4d76bc3616d.photos.live.com/browse.aspx/Windows Mobile Phone Development
here are the books and web sites that have helped me the most:
"Hello, Android", The Pragmatic Programmers, Ed Burnette, ISBN: 978-1-93435-656-2
"Beginning Android Application Development", Wrox, Wei-Meng Lee, ISBN: 978-1-118-01711-1
here are several great web sites:
http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html
http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/graphics/2d-graphics.html
http://developer.android.com/reference/android/widget/package-summary.html
http://developer.android.com/resources/browser.html?tag=article
and a website with lots of examples:
http://www.java2s.com/Open-Source/Android/CatalogAndroid.htm
I hope those help.
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Thanks a million. I will definitely be buying those books, and thanks for the extra links!
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mncessna said:
i spent 25+ years developing on mainframes, then windows pcs, and now phones! what a ride!
my biggest hurdle was transforming my development thinking style from linear (fortran-77, Macro-32, pascal, assembler...) to the object-oriented mode. Classes, instantiation, "this", blew me away for awhile....ok, still does sometimes...
I programmed for the windows mobile phone for 2 years and wrote most of the stuff in lua. You can see some of the windows mobile clocks i designed here:
http://cid-cac4c4d76bc3616d.photos.live.com/browse.aspx/Windows Mobile Phone Development
here are the books and web sites that have helped me the most:
"Hello, Android", The Pragmatic Programmers, Ed Burnette, ISBN: 978-1-93435-656-2
"Beginning Android Application Development", Wrox, Wei-Meng Lee, ISBN: 978-1-118-01711-1
here are several great web sites:
http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html
http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/graphics/2d-graphics.html
http://developer.android.com/reference/android/widget/package-summary.html
http://developer.android.com/resources/browser.html?tag=article
and a website with lots of examples:
http://www.java2s.com/Open-Source/Android/CatalogAndroid.htm
I hope those help.
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Cool work by the way
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Thanks a million guys ,you've all been extremely helpful!
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Guys, is it better to study java first or go straight to android codes?
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Guys, is it better to study java first or go straight to android codes?
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I'd not wrote any code in java before I've started building apps for android. Only experience with VHDL, TCL, Makefiles and the basis of C++ and visual basic.
I think it is good to know the basis of Java and OOP but not necessary to be a java pro before you can start with android.
I've learned most from just start with simple android examples an try to understand what they do. If you have a question look on the internet and if you can't find the answer, just ask the question. There are a lot people willing to help.
I usually use the stackoverflow website (http://stackoverflow.com) to post my questions and looking for answers. When you'll be deep in development, these guys will be useful
Hello there,
i'm the owner of a small board with just onenor two thousand active users and they always try to force me to "invent" an application for their mobile phones to access my forum. Since i have an Android phone, most of my users have Android and Android is easier to publish and create, i decided to look for an App for my forum for Android devices!
I don't know much about programming and coding, so i googled for some kind of a building tool, but didn't find anything. I want to make my forum accessable from Android devices! The tool, if something like that exists, should not end up in a final 100% perfect version of my board.
I'm happy about every single answer you guys are able to give!
Best regards
Poly
Research tapatalk.
Already heard about tapatalk, but doesn't the user download the tapatalk app to access my forum? I would appreciate an app which shows my board icon and name...
What about Google Appinventor? Is it easy to work myself into?
Btw i don't want to pay for this project, since my members also won't pay for the app!
Tapatalk can be a dedicated single forum app. For example look at the XDA forum app. That's based on the tapatalk framework. Its definitely the way to go.
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I know, but on the Tapatalk Website a single app for my forum costs for a lot of money for android as well as for iOS.
Hi guys
So I'm on my second semester of Java here in Denmark, but now the summer holiday is up and I thought I'd start out learning to code Android as I have a few ideas, and also to keep me going
However, what are the main differences regarding Java on the computer platform and on the Android platform? Any good sites that have step-by-step guys and/or any good books that are up to day (only ones I could find was for GB etc.) and so forth.
Any help will be appreciated!
Kind regards
Neefy
Bump, still searching
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nikwen from this forum showed me this tutorial http://www.javacodegeeks.com/2011/06/android-game-development-tutorials.html, maybe it will be helpful.
There are books like android programming for dummies or beginning android games 2nd edition that you can check out also.
For app dev, "Android Programming" by THE BIG NERD RANCH GUIDE is really good.
Google it you should find it easily.
The Vogella tutorials are great (especially if you are no newbie in Java). Google "vogella".
The link Wampirate posted is great for games.
Thank you all, I'll go check them all out
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