Interested in developing android programs.

[GhettoBSD]

I have two questions:

1) Besides going to the adroid website and reading through their 'instructionals,' is there somewhere else you'd recommend I go to learn about it?

2) Being that it is run on linux, how much access to I have to command line? Is it as straight forward as any other linux os or is it limited? In other words, do we have all standard linux tools available or is it a special port for the phone os?

TIA!

[mlin]

Last time I was at Barnes and Noble I noticed they had many many books on the subject, perhaps check there or somewhere comparable.

[GhettoBSD]

Ok thanks.

But more specifically, trying to figure out the following:

So I know I need the android SDK, got that.
Also know I need the JDK, got that.

So what about Eclipse? Do I need that, do I want it?

So basically questions along those lines.

Thanks

[guitardoc64]

Yeah eclipse is needed. it "runs" the sdk.

[GhettoBSD]

Ok so I was able to figure out what and how to do it after scouring the web for a few hours. Wish it was easier! So to help others, I've put up what to do (easy) on my site.

I went to a book store last night and they literally had 2 physical android books. One was Beginning Android 2 by Mark Murphy and the other was the O`Reilly book, Android Application Development: Programming with the Google SDK by Rick Rogers, John Lombardo, Zigurd Mednieks, and G. Blake Meike .

Though they are the books I set out to buy, I didn't pick them up. The reviews on amazon regarded the first book as decent. The second book surprisingly wasn't well received.

At the book store they both cost $50 and the O`Reilly was stained with what was hopefully coffee. So I was going to see if they could give me a discount on the book. But I was like, they'd probably give me 15% off and it would still be cheaper on-line AND in new/mint condition. So I didn't buy either. There was tons of iphone books however. So that was a huge bummer.

Thanks for the help guys.

[guitardoc64]

I feel ya. I got one of my buddies that runs linux on his lappy to help some but mostly had to figure it out meself. It took me a couple of weeks to figure out that you run the emulator out of eclipse. Now all I have to do is start learning to code.

[GhettoBSD]

Yeah. I'm up and walking now. Created my first 2 programs "Oranje Boven!!!" and "Arriba Mexico" for the world cup.

So it's going well. I am reading beginning android (first edition - old!). It's not what I went out to buy but it works for now. Having a background in ActionScript has definitely helped out big time. Though I do see a time in the future where I'll get a java book to round off some edges.

I see your name/picture with guitars, you 'repair them?'

[GhettoBSD]

For those interested in installing the software/tools for developing android programs, you can read step by step instructions I wrote here

Hopefully it'll help out some peeps get started! Don't know why it's so hard to find easy instructions to follow.

Good Luck!

[D\/8]

Originally Posted by GhettoBSD

For those interested in installing the software/tools for developing android programs, you can read step by step instructions I wrote here

Hopefully it'll help out some peeps get started! Don't know why it's so hard to find easy instructions to follow.

Good Luck!

Thanks for sharing... Hopefully one day I'll have the time to look in to this a bit... Right now the forums I browse in reference to the EVO consume my "Approved Internet Time"... Friggin' women!!! They'll never understand us!!! I should have found me a PPCGEEK Chick!!!

I'm slowly working on her though... She has a Hero, her first smartphone, and it seems everyday I see a little more GEEK in her... (No pun intended!!)

Looking forward to some future easy to understand step-by-step from you!!! Maybe a brief "How to Create an Android Project"... Maybe?!?!

[ghettoan]

where are the steps...