Android app development

[balaji]

Hi to all, Im the new one for android application developement, I have installed the tools that used for run the application. But nw i dnt have any idea about coding part. If anyone tell me the what is the best step for me.

[Maciej]

Hi, you can start with simple tutorials, for example this one showing how to create "hello world" app: http://developer.android.com/resources/tutorials/hello-world.html

On the left side you can find also other tutorials (check Hello Views) where you can learn how to make eye-catching interface and add some activities.

 

Have a nice day ;-)

[WeaverDave]

I just got setup for Android development too. But I am having difficulty understanding the sample applications on the developer.android.com website.

 

It appears that they don't have entire downloadable packages with the complete application demos. For example, I would like to try the lunarlander app. But they show what looks like the folder structure inside of Eclipse for a project.

 

Subdirectories

• res/
  
• src/
  
• tests/
  

Files

• AndroidManifest.xml
  

Are we supposed to create a project in Eclipse, and then copy each file one at a time to insert there? I'm confused.

[Maciej]

Hmmm, it's not the best way to start with app development ;) There are no tutorials for "Lunar Lander", just files needed to create the game. You can download files from directories (you have shown above) and compile them, or modify, but you won't learn how to write that game. But if you don't have an experience in programming, better start with tutorials here: http://developer.android.com/resources/browser.html?tag=tutorial (NOT code samples), or type "android programming tutorials" in google, or something like this.

[WeaverDave]

Thanks for the info and link. I do have lots of programming experience, but I also want to learn from the tutorials.