Learning to Develop for Android... and blogging my progress as I go!

tonyyeb · 25 Oct 2010 at 13:08

I've decided to Learn to Develop for Android but to try and motivate myself i'm also blogging about my progress. For anyone interested in following me then here is the link:

http://tonyyeb.blogspot.com/

Feel free to comment or send me suggestions about the blog or tutorials on the net that you have found useful. Oh don't let me stop you clicking the Google Ads too!

tonyyeb · 27 Oct 2010 at 13:51

Thanks for that! Ill take a look. Remember guys, don't let me stop you clicking those Google Ads! Lol

tonyyeb · 27 Oct 2010 at 20:22

You are probably correct HumbleCoder but I struggle to use online tutorials most of the time. The book covers API Level 7 so 2.1 is in there. The book will hopefully get me a leg up and then ill be using more online sources to bring my skills in line with the latest SDK/Android version.

tonyyeb · 28 Oct 2010 at 13:59

Mammalian said:
you're trying for the wrong crowd if you want google ad clicks as anyone who reads the site will have ad block plus enabled

Too true! Worth a shot. A few people have clicked so far so i'm more than happy.

tonyyeb · 1 Nov 2010 at 15:32

@randal24

No more books as yet. The plan is to do my best with this book and the internet. If a beginner to advanced type book is recommended then I will happily purchase it and give it a go once this one is complete (and completely understood!)

tonyyeb · 1 Nov 2010 at 20:12

@numnutz

Cheers for that, you might regret posting that soon! Lol

@randal24

Yeah I've seen that book is out soon, I've asked for it for Christmas.

The sort of stuff I want to develop will vary. I did a tutorial for creating a 'Days to Xmas' widget which was good apart from it didn't explain why various things were done and after being on my phone for about 2-3 days I noticed lots of lag. Uninstalled the Widget and my phone was normal again. Grrr. No idea why.

Not sure about the VM idea. USB passthrough has been flaky for me in the past. I have a development laptop which I have everything installed under Windows 7 Pro 64 bit.

tonyyeb · 3 Nov 2010 at 20:13

@randal24

Here is the link to the Xmas widget I was talking about: http://www.helloandroid.com/tutorials/days-xmas-widget-tutorial

Hopefully you have more luck than me. I read something that using a service would be better for less lag etc... but I have no clue how to implement that.

tonyyeb · 5 Jan 2011 at 22:45

Been delayed by various things. A few toys such as my Advent Vega Android based Tablet and I've been playing with custom ROMs on my HTC Desire. I got the new Android Development for Dummies book for Christmas so i'll be starting on that soon.

Watch out for a new blog post in the coming days!

tonyyeb · 9 Jan 2011 at 11:49

New blog post talking about learning Java: http://tonyyeb.blogspot.com/

tonyyeb · 9 Jan 2011 at 18:29

You don't have to use Eclipse, but you could customise Eclipse to look less cluttered. The Workbench is very configurable.

tonyyeb · 11 Jan 2011 at 08:51

Baplad said:
Haven't seen it mentioned here but have you had a look at Appcelerator Titanium?

Here's some info Appcelerator Titanium Mobile

Looks very similar to Phonegap but certainly worth a look, thanks Baplad.