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Techno79

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I'm a competent C# developer (mainly WinForms and desktop applications). I really want to get into Android development but my initial attempts by buying a few books and looking at online tutorials were not working. I often found that a lot of things were unexplained or I wanted to do something different than what was given in the tutorial/book but it didn't give enough information.

Anyway, I'm still keen to get into Android development as I have some really great and creative application ideas. However, I think the best way for me to get up to speed is to get myself on an Android Development course.

I live in UK so something local would be best (or at least in Europe) or some online course (preferably self paced).

Can anyone recommend anything?

So far I've found the following:
Android Course - EDUmobile.ORG | Android Tutorial, Android Development Tutorials, and Android Programming via Real Tutors and Live Videos
Android Bootcamp Training Course - Marakana
Live Online Course: Developing Android Applications with Java, Part 1 - O'Reilly Training
Android Development for .NET Developers - Online Training Course for .NET Developers

If you have any comments (whether positive or negative) for the above then please let me know as it will all help me make my decision.

Many thanks for your help in advance.
 
substring said:
Android's code base is Linux. So you might want to focus in that area.
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Sorry for the confusion. I should have been more explicit. I want develop using the Android SDK (i.e. on top of the Application Framework) and publish using the Android Market. I don't believe the Android code base similarities to Linux would help in this case as everything is done using Android library calls via their published APIs.
 
Techno79 said:
Sorry for the confusion. I should have been more explicit. I want develop using the Android SDK (i.e. on top of the Application Framework) and publish using the Android Market. I don't believe the Android code base similarities to Linux would help in this case as everything is done using Android library calls via their published APIs.
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Go to the site where you downloaded the SDK. There are a lot of tutorials there and lots of free sample code you can download. That same site also has a LOT of documentation.

It might not all be presented in the order you want, especially if you have a particular app you want to write, but all the info you need is there.

Android Developers
 
novox77 said:
Go to the site where you downloaded the SDK. There are a lot of tutorials there and lots of free sample code you can download. That same site also has a LOT of documentation.

It might not all be presented in the order you want, especially if you have a particular app you want to write, but all the info you need is there.

Android Developers
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Thanks for the suggestion but I'm looking for an alternative to website tutorials and books. I've tried the official Android Developer site. I've also tried numerous other tutorial sites and books. Each of these I've managed to follow the guide to create the sample applications but at the end of the tutorial, it has often left many questions unanswered about other aspects not covered. I feel an interactive course would allow these questions to be asked as and when they come up as the topics are covered and thus I'm only looking for suggestions for in person or online courses that offer this.

Online courses would need to have a tutor who is available via online chat or email to ask any questions otherwise the online course would be no different to a static tutorial website.
 
I suspect that development for Android is still too young for there to be course/tutor offerings. Most everyone out there who's written apps learned the ropes from the site I suggested. The info is comprehensive; it's just a lot of stuff to cover before you feel you understand how everything works.
 
There's always Google I/O. I think you might be able to scalp a ticket for ~3000 USD on eBay, heh. It sold out in under an hour this year (last yr it sold out in 50 days, and the year before that 90 days) so clearly there's a great demand to learn the secrets of Android programming.
 
novox77 said:
I was looking through the impossibly long list of sessions being presented at Google I/O and this one (among others) caught my eye:

How to NFC

May 10, 03:45PM – 04:45PM / Room 11 Livestreamed
Gingerbread brings a comprehensive NFC reader/writer API, and some modest but surprisingly powerful P2P support. Come hear why you should care about NFC technology, what kinds of applications are possible right now, and best practices for deployment.

  • Track: Android
  • Session Level: 201
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I noticed on that page you posted elsewhere that the courses seemed to all indicate livestreaming - does that mean what I think it does?

btw - thread moved to developer's section
 
I managed to find a great set of YouTube videos showing how to develop a bunch of stuff in a tutorial app. The guy's name is Travis and has his channel here: YouTube - CornboyzAndroid's Channel

He's also got a website here: Cornboyz Production which has a forum.

Seems like he's done a series of 35 tutorials which build upon each other. I'm up to about 22 now and so far so good. Only problem is, that he was doing these tutorials at quite a quick pace (almost daily) but his last one was end of March 2011 which would indicate that he's no longer doing any more. I really hope it's just a break and he still plans on doing more.
 
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