Android Books or Tutorial Videos

neocon · 1 Jun 2014 at 12:16

I have two books "Android Programming: The Big Nerd Ranch Guide" and "Java Programming for Android Developers For Dummies" but I'm stuck , because I can't get basic apps to run.

The code for "Android Programming: The Big Nerd Ranch Guide" won't run because it's written for ADT21.1 and the latest version is 22.x has changed slightly. e.g. when you create application through the wizard it generates Fragment Layouts.

Does anyone know of a recent book or tutorial that covers ADT 22?

DodgeeRascal · 1 Jun 2014 at 12:40

I've only dabbled with android but I used this when I started.

https://developer.android.com/training/basics/firstapp/index.html?hl=p

Was enough to get started.

Mynight · 1 Jun 2014 at 14:43

Ill second the android dev website. Sometimes there's a few mistakes but they tend to be easily fixable.

smyth · 2 Jun 2014 at 11:43

I'm about halfway through the Big Nerd Ranch book but I've followed it using Android Studio and not really had any problems with getting the examples to run.

What errors are you getting on your program?

AndrewNR · 2 Jun 2014 at 17:39

DodgeeRascal said:
I've only dabbled with android but I used this when I started.

https://developer.android.com/training/basics/firstapp/index.html?hl=p

Was enough to get started.

I'd second that. Also:
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=EL-dXvv1sF3mg

Although this is probably better (more up to date):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z149x12sXsw&list=TLdHpf7s5MfcTeHjWtsM3kE6lDCM-iU9Ft