Programing apps.

[ikachan]

Hello everyone I'm new here to these forums. I was wanting do know if there are any great websites for learning to program an app. I've never worked with Java before so I need a place that will take me step by step to learn the basics. The only programming I've done in the past was making little games on my graphics calculator but I decided that I want to try making Android apps.
Also I want to know whether I should get an Android emulator on my computer so that I can try out the apps because I don't own an Android phone.

 

[SulkyAndroid17]

The Android SDK includes an emulator. Though an actual phone is strongly suggested. The SDK also has a lot of demos and documentation about Android. I would start here: Getting Started | Android Developers and go down the list at the left. After that, I would Google what I needed/wanted, pick up a (e)book, and maybe get a few classes at school. Also, download source code from others and learn from how they wrote code.

This is how I learned some Android.