Book for developers

[Panrider]

Can anyone recommend a good book about writing apps for Android?

Its been years since I've done any systems programming but the Scroll has rekindled my interest.

Thanks
Mark

[stevel05]

Hi Mark,

I'm in the same boat as you, there is so much to it for someone not used to structured programming methods. I did some Basic & C years ago and a bit of Python last year but there is so much more in the libraries and application lifecycle that needs to be understood. I looked at Amazon and went with the reviews / Price and got "Android Application Development for Dummies" on Kindle (for android), it's starting to make more sense. I've learnt a lot in a couple of days but I think I'll be buying some more books before I've finished.

Steve

[Panrider]

My programming roots are COBOL and BASIC but I've dabbled with object oriented stuff with Pascal and VB.

I'm expecting a steep re-learning curve though

Mark

[stevel05]

I don't think you'll be wrong! I looked at the google documentation and tutorials first, but there's so much there it's difficult to pick out the relevant bits. I felt I needed a hand held introduction.

Steve

[Panrider]

I'll get hold of that book and have a look.

I'm a poet and didn't know it

Mark

[krulimiteer]

You could have a play with the app inventor for android, not exactly hardcore, but good fun! About link below:
http://appinventor.googlelabs.com/about/

Upload to market, or just give us a link to your home made apps when your done, if you aint charging too much that is

[stevel05]

I've just found this site, with you background in BASIC may be of interest, I'm certainly going to check it out.

http://www.basic4ppc.com/index.html

Steve

[Panrider]

Thanks, looks interesting.

I'll download the trial version and give it a go.

Mark

[roguelj]

Just spotted this:

http://hackaday.com/2010/07/12/android-development-101-%E2%80%93-a-tutorial-series/

[Panrider]

Good find.

MArk