Ask HN: Should I start with Android for mobile development?

Re:Ask HN: Should I start with Android for mobile development? by jervisfm on Tuesday January 07, 2014 @01:58AM (#7016067)

Not the OP, but for some start-up resources on Android check out the following:

The Android Training Guide is not a bad place to start at: http://developer.android.com/training/index.html

That should give you a bit of idea of what android development entails.

More resources:

* Android Bootcamp Videos: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mf7z_mrce00&list=SPE953C0B85B...

If you'd like a guided video walkthrough through android, this is an excellent source.

* Android Cookbook Book: http://androidcookbook.com/home.seam Has solutions to common problems. Also check out their code on Github: https://github.com/AndroidCook/Android-Cookbook-Examples

* BigNerd Ranch Android Book: A detailed reference on all about Android Development. http://www.bignerdranch.com/book/android_the_big_nerd_ranch_...

As always despite all these resource, I find that the best way to learn is to just get your hands dirty. Use the resource to get a sense of the Android development world and solidify that understanding by doing a small project like the one you described here.

Hope this helps a bit.

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Re:Ask HN: Should I start with Android for mobile development? by orionblastar on Wednesday January 08, 2014 @07:41PM (#7027970)

Thank you, it sure does help. I'll see about if I can afford the Android Cookbook book, and I like that I can read parts of it online as well.

I love the Github code, I can just load it and tweak it a bit to learn. It should really help, thank you again.

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