[ale] Android development tutorial?

[Michael Trausch]

Irony is that the videos won't play on the nexus 4... At least not with
stock Google firmware.

On Jun 12, 2013 9:31 AM, "Charles Shapiro" <hooterpincher at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 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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