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Android

Posted by Tristan Gaebler
Tristan Gaebler
6,204 Points

Tips and suggestions for an Android beginner

Does anybody have any tips or comments for an android newbie?

4 Answers

adnanalvee2
adnanalvee2
6,862 Points
adnanalvee2
adnanalvee2
6,862 Points

Start following the courses, and before you begin my suggestion would be to try the courses with "Android Studio" rather than eclipse. I'm using it now and its been in a pretty good shape.

There is a short course on "Android Studio" by our awesome instructor Ben on "Android Tools". I would suggest you try that. But when he recorded the video, the software wasn't up to date that much as it is now. So on the Tools course track, avoid the video titled "Should you use Android Studio".

Happy Coding!

Kristen Law
Kristen Law
16,244 Points
Kristen Law
Kristen Law
16,244 Points

Ben Jakuben had a good post a few days ago about Android app design if you haven't seen it yet.

https://teamtreehouse.com/forum/getting-started-with-designing-android-apps

Tristan Gaebler
Tristan Gaebler
6,204 Points

How long does it usually take to learn Java?

Tristan Gaebler
Tristan Gaebler
6,204 Points
Tristan Gaebler
Tristan Gaebler
6,204 Points

IS it hard to develop on a mac?

rll
rll
4,166 Points
rll
rll
4,166 Points

Learn Java..and it takes awhile to learn. IMHO, you really need a good foundation in OOP, either with C# or preferably Java, to be able to really understand what is going on with Android. As a language on its own, Android in my observation is MORE difficult than Java itself. It's better to learn Java first than to get frustrated with Android and work backwards.