Good day folks! Quick question! Everyone is all about Eclipse, and I've used it in the past and its nice! However, has anyone used Android Studio?
I'm just curious the experience people have had with it over eclipse.
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Hi everyone,
Dan's the name.
Im looking in getting into development.
Im a Sony fan and looking to propably start with Android Software as Im picking up an X10 when its released in Ireland on the 8th.
I have access to Mac OSX and Windows Vista.(id prefer to use windows but i know most program's prefer Linux and Mac)
I have no previous experience in any way but really want to give this a real go.
So....
Where do I start?
d_dan said:
Hi everyone,
Dan's the name.
Im looking in getting into development.
Im a Sony fan and looking to propably start with Android Software as Im picking up an X10 when its released in Ireland on the 8th.
I have access to Mac OSX and Windows Vista.(id prefer to use windows but i know most program's prefer Linux and Mac)
I have no previous experience in any way but really want to give this a real go.
So....
Where do I start?
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Buy a book and learn Java programming, since Android was developed by Android Inc. using Java code.
get http://www.eclipse.org/
get the sdk
maybe even the ndk
and get coding
We just opened a new forum for people wanting to learn the development trade for Android (and WinMo). See here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=613
Feel free to post your question there. The forum is monitored by seasoned XDA chefs and devs that want to teach!
What does SDK & NDK stand for?
Im sorry guys but which one do i download from the list?
on eclipse.org/downloads/
Sorry if im being a nucence but once i get started ill be fine
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=658590
I dont see the point in your post?
Dan, if you don't know what an SDK is, you've got your work cut out for you.
denco7 and Rudegar's advice is pretty spot on. Do some research and find a really good book on Java. Since that'll be your first-ever programming experience, following that up with a book on developing for Android might not be a bad idea. If you do that, you're going to want to make sure it covers at least 2.0, as there were some pretty big API changes between 1.6 and 2.x.
Best advice I can personally give you is to just start doing it. Nobody can tell you how to write (or even learn) Java - it's a skill you're going to have to build on your own. Given that you seem unwilling to even Google for the meaning of SDK, I'm not sure this is really the discipline for you. But I'd love for you to prove me wrong.
Java's not that hard, but it's not that easy either.
Perfect.
So you guys would reccomend.
Read up and get an understanding on Java, (and android)
Then start playing with the Java Eclipse SDK,
and get used to it.
I was looking at the Eclipse SDK and I have a question
I was looking at the HelloWorld application tutorial.
Where do you put in the print statment.
cheers
Bottom line is , you can't use Software Development Kits or Native Development Kits until you learn Java programming.
It is like going to the dealer to look at new cars, what is the point until you learn how to drive.
I have a need a proposal for my highschool graduation project. I have no hands-on experience with programming mobile apps. What my question is, is I'm asking if it's do-able to learn and make a mobile app by next year? I have more then a year, but I just want to know if I'm capable. If so, what mobile platform is easiest to program on? I've heard good things about wp7 sdk but you guys tell me...your the ones with expereice =/
TY
Do you have any previous programming experience?
Learning Android programming isn't that hard and it's fairly well documented, but you must know Java before starting. Learning Java is easy and well documented (lot's of great books), especially if you come from a quite similar language like C#.
If you've got a Mac/Hackintosh you could program for iOS, it's very well documented but the syntax is very different compared with languages like C# and Java.
Yeah, programming experience is a plus. I haven't had a chance to sit down with Android SDK yet, but I've done some Blackberry J2ME programming and I think it's fairly easy if you're familiar with OOP. Then again you're in HS, I don't know if they teach you that stuff in HS.
I think you should just start with their Hello World examples and expand on that... That's the only way to really learn.
Find some Youtube videos on C#, those were pretty helpful when I started learning
Thanks guys =D
So what do you say the learning curve is Android
I was curious if anyone had some good advice on where to begin learning to program. I want to eventually go towards writing custom roms (not porting), kernels, and whatnot. Any advice/direction on this would be helpful.
I have some VERY BASIC knowledge of C++, I took a class in high school 9 years ago. I successfully compiled a program to do simple math lol, although I couldn't do it again today if I had to.
Thanks!
Hi, I'm a freshman in highschool and plan on becoming a software engineer. :fingers-crossed: I've recently taken an intro to Java class in my high school(I plan on taking more in depth classes during sophomore and junior year ) and think I know enough to develop basic games for Android. I've used BlueJ in class and it is nothing like Eclipse packaged with the Android Developer Tools. I've also discovered that most of my code for applets that I had to create for class have successfully compiled in BlueJ, but come up as errors in Eclipse. For example, an import statement such as "import java.applet.Applet;" or "import java.awt.event.*;" won't work with Eclipse. Why is that? Also, if you know any great resources for Android app development, feel free to share them with me. Thanks a bunch. Any tips will be appreciated, too.
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Hi, I'm a freshman in highschool and plan on becoming a software engineer. :fingers-crossed: I've recently taken an intro to Java class in my high school(I plan on taking more in depth classes during sophomore and junior year ) and think I know enough to develop basic games for Android. I've used BlueJ in class and it is nothing like Eclipse packaged with the Android Developer Tools. I've also discovered that most of my code for applets that I had to create for class have successfully compiled in BlueJ, but come up as errors in Eclipse. For example, an import statement such as "import java.applet.Applet;" or "import java.awt.event.*;" won't work with Eclipse. Why is that? Also, if you know any great resources for Android app development, feel free to share them with me. Thanks a bunch. Any tips will be appreciated, too.
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Ha, wished i had a java class at my school! as for your Eclipse problem i dont know whats up with that but some resources could be here:
http://www.codecademy.com: CodeCademys pretty great if you want to learn more on java/Html/Css/python/ruby and others.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1753131 : another cool school that uses eclipse but the thread is for making games i dont know if you want something like that but its pretty fricken sweet! if you plan on doing this i would probably love to join in, im sorta learning myself too.
Edit: just found made by the same people who did the game thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1914819
Sorry for such a late reply, but thanks for the information! And wow, that gaming thread is something I'm really interested in. I'm planning on doing it and it seems like it's just what I needed to learn more about Eclipse and how to use it for Android. Thanks again!
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Hey guys,
I want to get into the Android app development game - can you recommend me a beginner's guide? I'd prefer it if it would be a newer one (or an updated one) that already includes the changes that were made in Android 5.0. And it would be nice if the guide would cover using Android Studio.
Unfortunately I've only got very basic Java skills.
Thank you,
Xerionius
Xerionius said:
Hey guys,
I want to get into the Android app development game - can you recommend me a beginner's guide? I'd prefer it if it would be a newer one (or an updated one) that already includes the changes that were made in Android 5.0. And it would be nice if the guide would cover using Android Studio.
Unfortunately I've only got very basic Java skills.
Thank you,
Xerionius
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I would suggest learning more java first. Udemy has some great java and android developer courses. The Java one is free and sometimes you get great deals on the more expensive courses. Many courses that were a couple hundred I got for $10:
Java course: https://www.udemy.com/java-tutorial/
Android courses I recommend:
These two are expensive but constantly go on sale for sometimes $10
https://www.udemy.com/android-lollipop-complete-development-course
https://www.udemy.com/the-ultimate-android-tutorial
These are based on older versions of android but they give you solid fundamentals:
https://www.udemy.com/android-tutorial/
https://www.udemy.com/android-programming-i/
https://www.udemy.com/android-programming-ii/
https://www.udemy.com/android-programming-iii/
https://www.udemy.com/android-programming-iv/