I'm a beginner in android application development. I got a requirement where I have to show some statistics in the form of graphs/charts. I would like to if there is any API as such which would suffice this requirement in android. Else, I would like to the means the other best means that would make this easy. I referred other questions regarding this, but I'm unable to decide basing on them. Help needed as soon as possible.
This is good , easy to use and if You have problem PhilJay or someone else will help you on stack:
https://github.com/PhilJay/MPAndroidChart
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I am designing a kids learning and gaming application, and I want to have a parent application too for this. Is it possible that I can monitor for how much time my child has used the app, at what time of the day, turn the application off or on for the child, and also see his performance on different learning modules of app. ? Can someone give me idea of how to accomplish it?
Yes this would "technically" be possibly. However, I think your approach to this is flawed. For starters I would use StackOverflow for more technical based questions about specific issues you'll run into when building the app. As far as "can someone give me idea of how to accomplish it" you'll need to research and watch tutorials on building basic apps and work your way up. It's obvious you had an idea for an app and are passionate about pursuing it or else you wouldn't be asking this question on here. So my advice is to keep researching the basics of app development. Watch a tutorial on android studio and begin familiarizing yourself with app design. Best of luck.
I'm developing a dashboard app where I need several different charts/graphs. Is there any way that I can create them without any library? And if so, can you teach me how?
Thanks in advance!
If you want to learn how to use a chart properly I suggest you to watch this tutorial.
After that you can start something with live data and/or github arsenal implementations. But first start with the fundamentals. Hope that answered your question also.
I am looking to start writing apps for mobile devices. I know a little about this subjec, and I am proficient in both java and python. However, before jumping into creating apps I wanted to get the community's input on a question I have not yet found the answer to:
How/Where should I begin?
I understand this question is fairly general/basic for a community that focuses on solving/debugging complex programs, but if there is a recommended tutorial (or specific platform) that will help a beginner(such as myself), it would greatly reduce the frustration and amount of monotonous questions asked on this forum and others.
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Coursera is offering 3 courses all using android development which started last week. That would be an excellent starting point for anyone:
https://www.coursera.org/specialization/mobilecloudcomputing/2
How/Where should I begin?
I don't know about you, but I often learn by example more than reading. You mentioned that you're proficient in java so thats a great start. After you understand the Android SDK it's really only the UI good practices you need to learn. So here's my suggestion.
Start off with something super simple. Let's say, create your own version of a calculator. Something that can add, subtract, multiply, and divide. This should be dirty, ugly, but works correctly.
After doing this, take a look at some other android calculators on the play store. Check out Simple Loan Calculator. I use this example because it offers a lot of android UI components. ViewPager, ActionBar, etc. Download this app, take a look at it, and try to mimic it. This should provide an idea on how to work with the android UI components.
What's next? After you have done these two apps you should be relatively ready to tackle your own project.
HTML apps are easy to port across multiple mobile platforms. I have set up an Android HTML template as a starting point. You can just import this project into Eclipse and take a look at that.
https://github.com/jakewp11/HTML5_Android_Template
Here is my experience for ios,
There are three things that I consider as pillars
Objective C
Memory managment
Design patterns
The first one looks obvious but I'd stress on learning concepts like protocols, categories, extensions. As a beginner I thought that learning the syntax was enough, but time and again I had to jump back to the language concepts to understand what's going.
The memory managment , the most talked and confusing subject and now since we have automatic referenc counting to make things simpler and often new Dev skips learning memory concepts (I did it). So I suggest you to have an idea what actually happens under the hood of arc " the manual memory managment"
The design patters,
When I started off , to pass data and control , what I used to do was achieve every thing through the only design patten I knew (target action) . I lack the knowledge of design patters didn't how easily I could achive better results with less code.
Some resources:
Dev.apple.com
http://www.raywenderlich.com (one of my best tutorials are here, you can find one on design patterns)
http://rypress.com/tutorials/objective-c/
And yes , the sample projects at Dev.apple are the best tutors.
I am a beginner at android app development. I have an idea of an app, but I first need to set my bearings straight. So instead of confusing you with the complexities of the app, I just want to ask a question. Obviously, I do not expect anyone to write me the entire code, instead just to guide me to the right path by indicating which methods, classes or keywords to look for.
I want to know how to create several instances of the same image. I am planning on having a toolbar with all the tools that you can select and then a workspace where you will be putting those tools. Ever played a tower defense games, you know how you have a toolbar with selection of towers to choose from and then you simply drag and drop them on the map? something like that. Please also guide me on which layout would best suit this type of application.
I understand the question is too broad, but any kind of help to get me started would immensely help.
For a game, you don't want to use native View objects. Here's a guide on Android game development.
Here is a simple example of a Sprite based game for Android.
I personally think that you are going the wrong way here. Just like if you wanted to build a house you wouldn't start from building the roof, first you need to get a book (I would recommend the Busy coders guide to android development) or start reading (or watching on youtube) a tutorial and just start learning to code in android. Get better at it and in some time you will understand better on what and how you can do with the platform. There are tons of stuff for you to learn before you will be able to do even simple stuff, but believe me learning android is very exciting and the feeling you get when developing an app should be what drives you forward. Hope this helps.
Ok so I am starting off with android development and I have found a bunch of useful tutorials so I am set there. What I am looking for is a resource that provides homework style problems to do and has the answers downloadable so I can check my solution against the "official" solution.
So for example instead of the notepad tutorial it would be: "Build an application that you can create, edit, delete notes, ...etc.". Ideally the "official" solution would have some explanation as to why they built it the way they did. (so a tutorial at the tail end)
Anyone know of any resources that provide their tutorials in this format?
Thanks.
Okay, here's one: build me an app that allows the user to make, modify, and store notes. The 'official' answer is the Notepad app in the 9th level of the api. (Note that this is different from the notepad tutorial).
The point is that asking questions is easy, the harder part is actually making a program that does the job. And #Roflecoptr is right, at this level it can be implemented very differently. But if you want that mindset, you can write your own 'homework' easily. Just think up a few things you want that are simple, build it, does it do what you want well? Then you pass.
Despite for very trivial problems I dont think this is possible, because there are way to much possible implementation possibilites so that you can't compare your solution to the "official" solution.
But why do you need something like that? If you want to learn to program on Android, you can just follow some tutorials you've already found and then modify them, adapt them to your needs. When you get more used to the development of Android apps you can just get some ideas on tutorials/android development sites and then implement your own solution. There is plenty of help available here on SO and on other development sites, which will help you if you really get stuck.
You could always go to the Android Samples page, and without looking at their implementations, do your own and compare. The samples page is here:
http://developer.android.com/resources/samples/index.html