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Suli S
1,475 PointsWhat topics in Java are imortant for Android Development?
Hi
I just want to know what topics in Java are important to learn for Android App Development?
2 Answers
Casey Clayton
16,708 PointsMy honest opinion on the subject is all of the topics are important and the same goes for any programming language you want to learn. A good software developer/programmer should know as much as possible about all of their languages, along with other subjects such as networking, understanding basic computer hardware and how it works etc.
What I am trying to tell you is don't think of it as what is important, this is limiting your ability to learn all that you need to know. Learn everything you can on your language and the devices you are programming for.
Ben Jakuben
Treehouse TeacherOur courses are designed to walk you through Android development without any Java knowledge, so feel free to jump right in! To start developing for Android, you'll want to be familiar with basics like variables, methods, loops, and conditionals. We do teach all of those from the ground up in the context of the Android apps, though.
If you're interested, I wrote some blog posts on Java for Android that might help you get acclimated: Part 1 | Part 2
We also plan on adding a Java course in the future, but it won't be available for a while. We'll post it on our public roadmap once we have more details.