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Ask HN: Suggestions for how to Learn Android?
Greetings,
After attending Google I/O, I am fairly interested in branching out from Web Dev, into Android development.
I took some Java in college a few years back, but was wondering if anyone had recommended courses, books, videos, etc that they found helpful in learning Android App Development.
Any suggestions are greatly appreciated.
- tuxone 12y agoTool: Android Studio (Beta) https://developer.android.com/sdk/installing/studio.html https://developer.android.com/sdk/installing/studio.html Then learn by examples, it's quite easy. Hello world: http://karanbalkar.com/2013/05/tutorial-25-helloworld-application-using-android-studio/ http://karanbalkar.com/2013/05/tutorial-25-helloworld-applic... More samples: http://developer.android.com/samples/index.html http://developer.android.com/samples/index.html For any error you get or doubt you have gust google it and you'll find your answer: mobile app dev field is really crowded and stackoverflow has everything you need to start! Ps: i'm not a fan of dev books etc.. Just dig into the sources!
- Zigurd 12y agoStart with the online tutorials. They are vastly better now than when Android first shipped. If you have no Java experience, but have some OO programming experience, start with Eckel's Thinking In Java, and keep that handy as you do the tutorials.
- bookwormAT 12y agoSince you have already experience with software development, I suggest you start with the tutorials and documentation on developer.android.com. Apart from that, keep an eye open for a new revision of Reto Maier's "Professional Android 4 Development". Reto is head of Google's Android Developer relations team, and the book is a very detailed explanation of architecture, patterns, APIs and best practices on the platform. The current edition is somewhat old, however. I expect a new version after L is released later this year.