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[Alphane]

Well I've programmed a little python in the past but now want to develop a small project to use on mobile phones, which seems like I'll have to learn a little Java.
It's only a fairly simple GUI attached to a soundbank so shouldn't be too monumental a task but having never used Java or developed for a mobile platform, I was wondering if anyone knew of any of the pitfalls I might encounter, any good source materials for Java, what tools I'll need and generally anything else that might be of interest to a new Java-ite

 

[Alphane]

Well the App is to be purley phone based at the moment, though I may need to look into Web based support for extra data files, personalization, support, community etc.

 

[Alphane]

Hi Mate,

I'm a professional Java Mobile developer, so should know a thing or too. Feel free to ask specifics here.

Easiest way to get started in Java Mobile is to grab a copy of netbeans with the mobility pack, it'll set everything up you need, emulators etc. Quite a good few samples bundled with it to show you coding styles / functions / etc.

Chrz mate thanks for the advice.
One of my main concerns about the project at the moment is gonna be the size of my Database (sound bank) was reading a manual the other day is I need to use Au or Wav sound files which could cause some serious bloating, I was hoping to use light Mp3's, so my question is how big a program is comfortabley runnable and could I save seperate sound banks on the phone that can be loaded/unloaded from my main program for the sake of space saving?