[ale] Android development tutorial?

Charles Shapiro hooterpincher at gmail.com
Wed Jun 12 09:27:56 EDT 2013


I endorse http://developer.android.com .  Their doc worked fine for me.

-- CHS


On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 11:53 PM, Mike Ivey <miketech.jr at gmail.com> wrote:

> I really enjoyed the videos from Bucky @ thenewboston.com. They have
> 200 video tuts for Android development.
>
> http://thenewboston.org/tutorials.php
>
> On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 11:02 PM, Paul Bennett <bennettp at gmail.com> wrote:
> > The Android Developer site has a great set of tutorials and use-cases.
> > Also, there are many android lectures given at the Google I/O conference
> and
> > they are all available to watch online.
> >
> > http://developer.android.com
> >
> > ..Paul..
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 10:12 PM, Alex Carver <agcarver+ale at acarver.net>
> > wrote:
> >>
> >> I'll take a look at it.  Right now what I want to write is a weather
> >> widget for the home screen.  I know there's 45 billion weather widgets
> but I
> >> want to write a simple one that pulls an XML data file from NOAA once
> every
> >> 15-20 minutes then renders the current conditions and seven day
> forecast.  I
> >> also then don't have to think about what the app is using and sending
> away
> >> to who knows where.  One of the goals is to make it very light weight
> and
> >> resource friendly.
> >>
> >>
> >> On 6/11/2013 18:49, Byron Jeff wrote:
> >>>
> >>> On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 04:05:03PM -0700, Alex Carver wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> Anyone know of a good tutorial for Android development?  I want to
> >>>> experiment writing a couple small applications for personal use.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Warning: This is a bit off base.
> >>>
> >>> If you do not need a large or high performance application, I find that
> >>> Scripting Layer for Android (SL4A) is good for testing out ideas and
> >>> small
> >>> applications:
> >>>
> >>> http://code.google.com/p/android-scripting
> >>>
> >>> SL4A creates an interface between a large part of the Android API and
> >>> loadable scripting languages such as Python, PHP, Lua, Javascript,
> Ruby,
> >>> and Beanshell. It facilitates invoking functions with a minimum of
> >>> infrastructure setup. For example a Text to Speech 'Hello world' is 3
> >>> lines of code in Python:
> >>>
> >>> from android import Android
> >>> droid = Android()
> >>> droid.ttsSpeak('Hello World')
> >>>
> >>> SL4A supports popup form, web form, and full UI interfaces with
> standard
> >>> Android layouts. The tutorials on the SL4A site shows examples of each.
> >>>
> >>> It has its limitations. The most annoying part to me is that it doesn't
> >>> interface well with the Android Intents System. I ended up writing my
> own
> >>> separate Java app that collects broadcast intents and fires off SL4A
> >>> scripts. Another part is understanding that you have to download and
> >>> install the scripting language of choice separately from SL4A. Finally,
> >>> as
> >>> of a year ago, there wasn't real effective tablet integration.
> >>>
> >>> But it has the advantages of being able to script directly on the
> device,
> >>> or remotely from a desktop. And with minimal script setup requirements,
> >>> it's possible to test ideas really quickly. Finally there is a
> mechanism
> >>> where SL4a, the required interpreter, and the script can be packaged
> >>> together in an APK so that it looks like a standalone application.
> >>>
> >>> It may not be the right choice. But I would suggest taking a look
> before
> >>> taking the full blown dive into the Java/Eclipse/Android development
> >>> world.
> >>
> >>
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