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I am new to andriod and currently have the Marshmellow API on my system...is it important to download previous versions before i can build apps? If it is, which API version will you suggest?
Thanks.
What you're asking is purely a matter of opinion. However, I will say that if your app is targeting a minimum version of the API that's different than the maximum, you might want to have both the minimum and maximum versions to test against. It depends completely on your particular situation. But obviously you only need one to get started.
You can build apps using latest API only but if you want to reach more devices and users, you should get previous APIs at least to test them.
Take a look at the newest Platform Version usage chart provided:
No, it is not required to download previous versions of android. You can write your app by using API-23 sdk(marshmallow)
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Well i am trying to find a good software which helps me in coding. Hassle free and a bit helpy?
As of now eclipse is generally used by most of the people around the world. You can download the same either from eclipse official site and download the plugin for the same
Or you can use Android studio for the same. To do the same you can download it from the official android developers site https://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html .
Do keep in mind that after some time, android studio may be used more by people as it is developed only for android development and also google is stopping to provide support for eclipse.
One more thing that, once you download the software, you will need to install sdk's for the api level for which you want to develop
All the support for development for android is available at the above mentioned link. Information about all the libraries are also available at the same. For more resources, you can always use youtube for the possible leacture series and also use stackoverflow and codata whenever you are stuck.
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I am new android app developer i want make app for tablets and phone . i don't know which api level to create application and i need sample tutorial to me .please refer tom some books or web link tom me thanks for advance
Well you need to determine is what is a valid tablet as there are plenty out there running 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 3.0, 3.1, 3.1 etc before you even get to the latest ICS which is already on a newer version so this covers levels 7 through to 15.
The other issue is that there are no phones I am aware of running Android 3.X.
I would target level 14 which is ICS but this cuts off many phones running 2.2 and above so you need to code your application to detect what the api level is and run code depending on what the api level is you detect at runtime.
Additional links courtesy of #Renard
These libraries seem to offer what you want without you having the headache of dealing with different api levels yourself.
http://actionbarsherlock.com/ and http://nineoldandroids.com/
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Is there a way to install my own Android app on my Android phone so I can see and check how the updates work?
I developed the app and released an update - I like to check myself how the update works.
On iPhone there are the Promo Codes - what would one do on Android?
I tried to buy my own app - but that's not allowed.
So what can I do?
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Unfortunately, it doesn't work that way. According to the Google documentation here about "Purchasing your own applications," it explicitly states that you can't buy your own apps. In the past, I've tested updates simply by installing over them because there really is not difference when it comes to updating. The private data doesn't get wiped and the user simply interacts with the upgraded app. Perhaps this article on getting the version of your application can help.
If you just want to check if the app updates correctly just install an older version of your paid app on your device and the market will then notify you that you have an update.
I am pretty sure there is nothing like a promo code in Android. Will do some more research and get back to you if I find something.
Google Play has now native support for promo codes.
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I'm up and running in Eclipse, have worked through several tutorials and would like to start developing my first marketable app. Is there anyplace I can find a comprehensive list or catalog of what's available on the Android marketplace? I'd hate to waste a lot of development time building an app that has twelve free versions already available.
Two sites that maintain such a listing are:
http://www.androlib.com
http://www.cyrket.com
Unfortunately, the Android Market site is quite rudimentary for such a need.
And since February 2011, of course, http://market.android.com
Also, be aware that Amazon is getting into the game with the Amazon Appstore for Android (although this isn't in operation yet, as of 1st March 2011). No list of apps yet, but I would keep an eye on this over the next year or so to see if anything becomes of it, as Amazon have a good reliable route to market for most consumers.
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Does anyone know if there is a google goggles API for Android? If not, is there one coming any time soon? With an API for this thing the possibilities are endless...
So far all I've been able to find on this subject is a discussion about not currently having a version for the iPhone due to it's "google labs" status (iPhone version coming once it's more "complete"). I'm hoping an API may be released then. Anybody have any info on this at all?
Google Goggles to Become App Platform
http://phandroid.com/2010/04/14/google-goggles-to-become-app-platform/
Not an official API but this guy seems to have reversed engineered some of it.
http://notanothercodeblog.blogspot.com/2011/02/google-goggles-api.html
You may also want to try VisualSearchAPI.com, they have visual search APIs. See demo and docs here. http://www.visualsearchapi.com/demo/view?demo=1 and http://www.visualsearchapi.com/apiDoc/apiDoc?apiDoc=V
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There's also http://kooaba.com which offers Visual Search.
http://docs.kooaba.com for screencast, docs, api sample code etc.
It seems that people are hardly waiting for this: http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Google+Mobile/thread?tid=16861855be946ceb&hl=en
Here is an open API for visual search (image recognition): http://www.iqengines.com/, see developer portal.