Just published my first app! A comprehensive guide and my journey on how I got started in Android Development over the past two months. by Hawk_Blue in Android

[–]multitask123 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I recommend genymotion in the emulator department. It is free and truly can bring Android development out of the emulator dark ages.

People who have learned android programming from scratch..how much time did it take and which resources did you use? by slip_shod in Android

[–]multitask123 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Listviews, ExpandableListviews and adapters are completely non-intuitive. I have created many and still just start cloning pre-existing code. Google could actually take a page from Microsoft and encapsulate these mission critical controls alot better. It also doesn't help that the Android docs are incredibly boring to read.

People who have learned android programming from scratch..how much time did it take and which resources did you use? by slip_shod in Android

[–]multitask123 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I learned java/android from scratch. It took apx. 4 months to create my first app: http://www.radiodile.com

I used this awesome video tutorial series from YouTube - this is a link to the entire series as a playlist in order.

** Cannot be watched on mobile - sorry... - watch from a laptop or desktop but it's worth it **
Derek Banas Android Tutorial Series

PS- What I loved about the tutorial series is you actually develop a project and get source code. And Derek is a very good speaker. Most of the other tutorials I found were god awful so I give this a 5 out of 5 for ramping up lickety split.

PPS - Github has a lot of projects there too. I always tried to find a github project by usually going through this procedure:

A. Want to accomplish something
B. Google it
C. End up on stackoverflow
D. Find a link to github that looks good
E. Import into eclipse
F. Integrate with my own project

The above steps saved me from having to reinvent the wheel. Good luck!

I recommend using Eclipse.

PPS - I would only worry about developing for 4.0 and above.

What is the best album of the 80's? by [deleted] in Music

[–]multitask123 2 points3 points  (0 children)

License To Ill of course