Re: [Hampshire] Idiots Guide to Andriod Development?

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Author: Dee Earley
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Subject: Re: [Hampshire] Idiots Guide to Andriod Development?
On 10/08/2010 19:51, Andy Random wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I'm looking for a good place to start to learn about developing apps for
> Android.
>
> I have more years than I'm willing to admit to of software development
> (Assembler/C/Perl) experience but have never done anything with Java and
> have fairly limited experience of OO coding in general.
>
> So despite the subject line I'm not looking for something which teaches
> you how to code, but I am looking for something which doesn't assume you
> are already an experienced Java developer.


Probably the best bet is:
http://developer.android.com/guide/index.html

There are tutorials but be prepared for lots of trial and error and some
things could do with far more documentation or samples, but I've managed
it (and hate Java :)

If you have any questions, pester me on IRC or #android-dev on Freenode

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