So, I recently took a job where I need to develop a fairly simple notification app on both iOS and Android. I've never done mobile development, besides a hello world in Android and some very basic stuff in Objective-C. I've never really programmed Java either, but it shouldn't be hard for me to learn enough to make these apps. Here's where I need help:
I need to find the best way to get started, I want to have Android and iOS developing environments up and running by the end of the day. My desktop broke leaving me with only a ubuntu system, however I can install different operating systems if need be. Could somebody show me how to get everything set up nicely? I want to have both of these environments set up before I begin to learn the code necessary, this way I can determine if it will be beyond my abilities and I can tell my employer that he should find another guy.
I am most comfortable in windows, however use ubuntu on a daily basis as well, and would consider myself averagely competent with it. Is iOS development impossible without running os x? Could I run an os x virtual machine if need be?
Sorry for all the questions, I thank anybody that is willing to offer me some help.
EDIT: I am just going to add that I have an android device(Tmobile Samsung Galaxy S2), and an iOS device(Old iTouch), in case this makes any difference.
Ubuntu will work just fine for Android Development. You're going to need a machine with Mac OS for iOS development.
You can always run a Windows machine and get two Virtual Boxes for Mac OS and Ubuntu.
For Android:
You'll need to download the Android SDK and then get an IDE of your choice. Android has a Plug in with Eclipse. You can use Netbeans or whatever.
http://developer.android.com/index.html
Go to this website and follow their instructions.
For iOS you'll need to Download XCode and then they explain everything for that.
There's really not all that much to set up. You may want to add the SDK tools to your path so that you can run them from your command line but that's about it.
Download and code.
As far as I know, for iOS development you need xcode, so on a virtual machine, yes it should work.
My first advice is to begin with the technology you know the most, which seems, in your case to be Objective-C.
Do the first app using Objective-C and after go for Android.
Windows or Ubuntu has no importance for Android development, you could use Eclipse and the emulator provided by the SDK, or better, an Android phone.
To set up your development environment just follow :
Android : http://developer.android.com/sdk/installing.html
iOS : https://developer.apple.com/devcenter/ios/index.action
The developer.android.com has nearly everything you need to know about android development. The recommended IDE is Eclipse, it has a great plugin for managing the virtual devices and using the SDK.
http://developer.android.com/sdk/installing.html
That should cover everything you need for setting up the environment for android.
The XCode IDE for IOS is only available for OSX.
For cross development you can look at something like MonoTouch, which lets you write C# that works on both android and IOS.
For Ios developent u require mac os on which u can need to install Xcode and ios simualtors.
For Android developend u need to install Eclipse and emulator sdk
Android:
Windows,Mac or ubuntu is ok.The Eclipse IDE will work in all.
iOS:
Mac.The IDE xcode will work only in this OS.
Only mac system believe me don't try the Virtual machine,stuffs like that it won't work.I've personally experienced so many problems with the VM thing
The problem is mac os needs higher configurations which our normal laptops and desktops won't support and trying hackintosh is also tiresome and eventually you'll end up wasting lots of time
so if you want to spend less money only then you can try mac-mini
Android & iOS:
Buy Mac product this is the only reasonable way
Nowadays the best variant for developing for both platforms(iOS, Android) is using Mac product with MacOS where you can install necessary IDE(Xcode, Android Studio...) and simulators and emulators
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I am working on WIN CE platform and quite new on Linux and android. I want to port android in PXA270 device running with ARM 9 processor. I googled and found, first install linux kernal, modify it according to the target device, add device drivers and install android image. Thats good but it is difficult for a new person like me. As i read somewhere that android is developed by modifying actual linux kernel(adding low memory killer, android logger etc) then why we dont use that modified android directly on our device. Is that available to use? If yes then how?
please tell... thnkx.. :)
Check out the 0xdroid project, they followed more or less the same route you want to take but for another platform (OMAP), nevertheless you'll probably learn some things from them and their project.
Maybe I'm wrong, but what you want to do looks like a major undertaking to me...
Alternatively, you can try the old Android porting for PXA27x:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/android-pxa270/
I want to know if exists any form to have the Android SDK into a tablet with Honeycomb.
I ask this because I´ve a tablet with honeycomb and I like to programm into this device.
It is now possible to developed on an Android table with AIDE. See more details here https://plus.google.com/101304250883271700981
Running IDE in your tablet? This wouldn't be very practical. Anyway, you could use Android Scripting Engine to edit and run primitive scripts on your tablet.
You can get the SDK here: http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html
And there is no need to install anything into your tablet. Just download the SDK for your PC and start developing.
Writing replies like -not very practical- doesnt help, that is something relative to each of us, we have tablets with good hardware and comfortable keyboard docks, not to mention quad core tablets with tegra3 that are comming in dicember. I still don't understand why Google has no SDK for Android OS yet. Android already runs great even on PCs (via de Android x86 project).
In fact, i'm a developer and i use some interesting applications to develop from muy tablet, i recommend you to visit JavaIDEdroid and Terminal IDE wich are some examples of projects that are far from being Eclipse but already let us develop applications for Android and also for Java SE. There also more resources in the XDA forum (look for 'Asus Transformer' for example) even if those projects are not enough, there are guides to install Ubuntu dual boot and other posible solutions to your problem.
I have a fairly large windows mobile app (written in NETCF 3.5). Those in power at my company are wanting to convert this app to run on Android.
What similarities are there between Android development and Windows Mobile (not Windows Phone) development? Specifically:
Window Forms (ie the UI)
P-invokes (my app has a lot of these)
WCF/SOAP web services support
C# and Visual Studio Development tools
Also, if you feel inclined, I would like a general statement on how a conversion would be from someone who has done it. (Keep in mind that I have never made an Android app.)
Background:
Someone (a non-programmer) here did a Google search and found a "tool" that converts Windows Mobile apps to Android for you (push of the button kind of thing). That person now has everyone believing that this conversion will take no time at all.
As a developer that has worked on several platforms, I just find that really hard to believe (though I would be happy to be wrong).
check out Will Google Android ever support .NET? as it might be what you're looking for. Not sure how well it works, but if the non-programmer is willing to front the money, I say give it a try
Update:
Looks like mono switched companies:
http://xamarin.com/monoforandroid
The short answer in NONE. Android is running Linux that is restricted to Java applications. If you want to port an application from .net to Android, you are looking at a total rewrite.
Sam
There is the monodroid project, which takes .NET applications and makes them run on Android's OS, but it's still very experimental and in no way ready for production applications. Otherwise, to mirror "Sam's" comment above, there are no similarities really. I've been building mobile apps for 11 years (delivered over 60 on various Windows flavors) and the Android model is very different than what you might have done in the past on Windows CE 5 or Windows Mobile 6 type systems.
I really want to get into Android programming but I only have access to company resources right now. I have the money right now to purchase a XOOM or a development laptop. Is it possible to compile Android apps using the command line on the Xoom while using other apps to write the program files.
What would seem like a dream environment would be if I purchased a XOOM and a BlueTooth Keyboard. Am I dreaming? Developing using older Android devices was naturally limited by the screen space of the device and the underlying hardware also.
No, as far as I know, you cannot develop Android applications from within Android. You will need a Windows, Mac, or Linux desktop environment to develop Android applications. Visit the Android Developer site for additional info on the SDK.
Go for the development laptop, and test your applications on the emulator. Initially you can get friends to test them out on their android for you, and hopefully by the time you make something important enough you will be able to afford your own android.
Check out AIDE. It can build and deploy apps natively on Android.
Google doesn't have a version of the SDK that runs on an android device, although as devices become more powerful this would be a pretty awesome thing to have.
You'll want the laptop, since it can emulate different android devices.
Buy the laptop and get a cheap phone on craigslists.
Although, the XOOM emulator doesn't work at all, so if you want to develop specifically for that tablet it's a good idea to buy it. It's impossible to emulate android 3.0 on any computer on earth :)
I would like to learn mobile development for fun and as well to enrich my resumé.
I'm currently developing in C/C++ at work on Windows (and sometimes with C# that I don't like too much). I have a nice Android phone and an iPod touch, so I wonder what is the best enviroment on which work.
Sure iPhone/iOS now has huge user base and a lot of attention, but it is used just i
on 3 devices from a single vendor (iPhone + iPod touch + iPad), Android instead is used by a lot of vendors, however is not gaining the attention it deserves.
I own a MacBook white so I can develop for iOS (I even have installed XCode but it seems a mess to me), but I prefer to work on Windows and I downloaded Android SDK + Eclipse and it seems much more easy given my Visual Studio background. I also know some Java and I'm already resigned to Linux.
So... which one should I learn, also given my background?
I don't think there is a real Answer to your question but since you already have the Android SDK and Eclipse set up why not try that first. Then if you don't like it try something else.
I found it very easy to deploy application on the Android Market and the registration fee is very small.
Android programming is a little bit difficult. Apple provide, in its development tool, a storyboard system that make very simple to control the flow of the app. Android is a bit more complicated.
On the other side, Apple programming is expensive: you need at least a Mac Book, an one between Iphone or Ipad. Last but not least, you need to sign to the apple developer program if you want to publish the app or to test it on a real device, which means 80 dollar/year. You can develop even without the program, and without a real device (iphone or ipad), but this means no possibility to test on a real device, which provides some characteristics that the simulator doesn't provide. And still you need a Mac, for Xcode (the apple developer tool) is only for Mac.
I believe though that is only your choice. Personally, i would begin with Apple in order to start with something that is simple at the beginning, but only if you have all the instruments listed above. For fun, Android is better: more complicated but free.