Do you have any good pointers or references for Android dev in these kinds of environments? No, not really. I haven't really done much of it myself, just seen

Do you have any good pointers or references for Android dev in these kinds of environments? No, not really. I haven't really done much of it myself, just seen a lot of chatter about it. The specs I see, compared to the average smartphone app, have a lot more in the way of very specific UI specs and binary protocols, and less in the way of reposting tagged pictures to Facebook. So it's a different part of the system to study. I can recommend http://commonsware.com/ http://commonsware.com/ for coming up to speed on the system in general. One of the best references out there, and it stays up to speed with a rapidly-evolving ecosystem.