I know similar questions have been asked before but i think this is slightly different. for about a year Ive been learning Java. I have been building a few applications on the desktop using my-eclipse and swing GUI. Now i want to start programming for the android. I understand how to do what i want in Java but it all seems very different on android. Does anyone know of any good tutorials or videos out there with step by step instructions showing examples of android applications so that i can learn and build off of them? Most of my programs are simple and for the most part i just need to understand how to interact with the interface (IE the buttons, label or text views i think they call them and so on). I've searched all day and I cant find anything good.
I found this quite use full apart from the tutorials from the developers site.
If you are looking for advanced tutorials , you can try here.
for the most part , once you are trying a specific application , a google search could get you a relevant tutorial.
goodluck.
ps. It helps to read dev guide before you begin to write programs for android.
You should have a look at the Android API demos. They include a lot of simple examples which access special problems/tasks.
A more complex 'productive' application is the Android app for the I/O conference. It's Open Source - so you can have a look 'inside'.
the Android developers site has a great dev guide and tutorials to try out. the dev guide can be found here. The tutorials can be found here.
I highly recommend "Android Programming Tutorials" by Mark Murphy - http://commonsware.com/AndTutorials/. I found the step-by-step tutorials to be very helpful, and it does focus on teaching Android development rather than Java.
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I don't know if this is the right place to ask, but i looked for a new 2D game engine and decided that i want to use Mini2Dx. It is a 2D Java Game Engine which has some already prebuilt features like UI-Elements, Particles, etc. The engine itself is based on LIBGDX.
Even though i really want to use it, I can't find any tutorials. Except for a spanish tutorial, that I don't understand.
Tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gkDpfBCo_XI&list=PLTd5ehIj0goOYxN4HotZAY4uphbgFTQ_c
Thank you!
Sadly mini2Dx is not in trends so don't have video tutorial in English.
But you can use documentation on his github wiki also you can check this game for reference that is sample game of mini2Dx.
There is also active community on his reddit page, that may help you in your development.
I'm fairly new to Appcelerator and Titanium and I want to start with developing Android modules but I have no clue where to start to be honest. I know there is a guide within the documentation of Appcelerator but that is not as detailed as I'd liked it to be and it feels somewhat out dated. I've struggled for days trying to get through the quick start without ever succeeding as a error occurred which I wasn't able to solve. There is another question just like this from 2011 where someone said it was best to just learn by reading code, but I don't understand the code at all or at least not the Kroll part of it. I've also read several blogs and tutorials but none give me any form of progress whatsoever.
So to keep it short, I'll get straight to the point.
Is there anyone who has any extra information or a detailed guide on how to start developing Android modules with Appcelerator and Titanium?
You have my thanks!
Take a look at this: http://docs.appcelerator.com/platform/latest/#!/guide/Android_Module_Development_Guide
The online docs are really the best source.
Recently I have started playing with google app engine and eclipse trying to create a simple java app. The problem is that the "guestbook" example given today in the official GAE website is is slightly different, more complicated and I struggle to remake the example on this video which you most probably already have seen:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3GT4-m_6RQ
If anyone have seen this code on some other website or know any other resources such as books, journals, articles, etc. that will help me to recreate the example on my own, this would be much appreciated.
This is the best for any beginner.
https://developers.google.com/appengine/docs/java/gettingstarted/
It seems as if every Android application I really want to make is impossible to make with the current SDK. It doesn't give me access to certain things I would like to work with. This is an example of one of these things.
I know it is possible since I've seen apps in the market that do things that the SDK cannot do. My basic question is can someone point me in the direction of how to create such an application. I've searched around, but all of the links I've found are for developing with the SDK. A simple link to a tutorial that can show me how to access Android elements that aren't available through the SDK would be great.
Thanks.
You will not find a tutorial on it because the NDK is in flux..
What I have found is ..
One of the Eclipse CDT has blog posts on how to setup NDK projects in Eclipse.
The people who know Android Embedded C and frameworks are usually on certain IRc channel.
Plenty of code documentation..
Google search for android jni wrapper blog posts.
But keep this in mind several areas require state management as hey interact with hardware buffers in a certain way..ie audio..video..etc.
I've got one of those newfangled Android phones and want to do some app development for it and am looking for guides. I haven't really found anything that looks promising for both an Android newbie and a Java newbie though. I know PHP and code in it professionally as well as a basic smattering of some other languages so any 'for dummies' resource is probably not for me.
Are there any advisable books, resource sites or tutorials that focus on both these aspects (rather than one or the other) that assume you know nothing but not treat you like an idiot?
Thanks.
First of all, start with Google's own documentation. Its basic but a good start.
http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/fundamentals.html
Then you may wish to progress via various books.
I would recommend the set of books written by a Mark Murphy who is a regular on stack overflow. They are digital downloads and are kept up to date. Checkout http://commonsware.com/
For Java, since you already understand programming, I would recommend Sun's tutorial
http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/
For Android I agree with Tom but also recommend the notepad tutorial:
http://developer.android.com/guide/tutorials/notepad/index.html
I'm also in the same boat, except I'm a .net developer trying to pick up Android. The best place to start seems to be the Google getting started. I've not found any other large resources for Android, but IBM have a couple of good articles, particularly this run-down on working with XML with Android.
http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/opensource/library/x-android/index.html#download
Also, here's an excellent book with some great examples:
http://www.amazon.com/Android-Wireless-Application-Development-Conder/dp/0321627091