Apps new to development

[havelock]

Hi All

I have been programming for a living for about 15 years (client side and server side) mainly with classic and .net languages. I have read the sickies, scoured this forum and search the web on - coming across free and paid dev tools. Is there a latest and greatest dev tool ? or a tried and true one.

Normally I use visual studio for dev, which I understand has the abilities to somewhat work. Is there a tool like VS?

and at a high level what are the steps to publish a new project.... something like

[1] develop app in tool like visual studio
[2] package app in apk format
[3] transfer on tablet
[4] install apk

Regards.

 

[Signer]

Eclipse or Android studio, but come with SDK manager

 

[zngb]

Eclipse is great but maybe that is just because it is what I started with. Android Studio seems to be getting better. It might be best to start with Android Studio since eventually that will be the major one.

About steps to publish:
1. Develop your application
2. Export the app and sign it: Signing Your Applications | Android Developers

From there you upload that signed .APK to the Play Store once you become a developer (it costs $25 one-time)