[ale] anybody doing android development and how?

[Ron Frazier (ALE)]

I'm considering doing some android development, mainly for hobby level playing with my tablet, as opposed to commercialization.  If I came up with something really cool, I wouldn't mind commercializing it.

I don't necessarily want to learn Java for a few different reasons related to security, kludgy code, etc.  So, I have the following questions?

A) Is anyone developing for Android in a language other than Java?  If so, how do you like it?

B) Has anyone tried AppInventor, formerly from Google and now MIT?  If so, how do you like it?

C) Is there any viable alternative to Java for developing and commercializing moderately complex android apps?  Think apps like, a text editor, a contact database, a basic music player, a movie database, a metric units converter, etc.

Sincerely,

Ron



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