I don't have an Android phone, is there still a way I can learn Android? How can I learn and what do I need?
Yes, absolutely ... the android SDK comes with an emulator, which, while quirky in some ways, does a pretty good job of letting you at least start learning and running most sample projects.
edit: This thread is somewhat old, but in recent times a new emulator has been released that is quite nice. Check out Genymotion :)
To add to Joel Martinezs answer,
Yes you can learn android dev without having a device, although it is really good to have one if you are into dev.
I started 3 months back and this is what i did
Downloaded the sdk and tools
Created a hello world app
Read about android sdk best practices in the developers site.
Looked at a lot of sample apps to know how they work
Started creating our app.
If I could do it, I am sure you could do it too. Android development is very easy to get started. You have all the info you need in the android developers site. If you need any help we are here at StackOVerFlow :-)
You need to fulfill the following requirements
Java knowledge
Android sdk
Android simulator
working knowledge of android OS(you can get it using emulator)
creativity and logics
Finally, a video tutorial(I suggest lynda.com)
Also take a look into android developer official site
Hey in addition to the above answers,
u should actually test on ur device when u r making an app that uses one of the following :
GPS, or wi-fi to get user location
when u want to use any phone sensor in ur app
when u r trying to integrate camera/ camcorder in your app
also u might need to actually test phone call/sms functionality integrated in an app
otherwise the emulator just works fine
As Joel puts it, you can use the emulator. Here is the developer website, and here is the page specific to the emulator.
Sure. Just get an android emulator and use that for your development. there are free emulators available online as well as tutorials and lots of books available for android OS development.
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I have a running app on fox pro which is developed using DOS. And its working very fine on the computer system. But due to the requirement of the users, now they want it to run on the android device.
So
1. Can you please tell me whether any plugin or bridge is already there in the market or should I have to develop one. I am basically looking for the bridge which can make communication between Android and fox pro. I don't know whether this is possible or not.
2. Any solution to open console in the android device where I can execute DOS commands in Android device like I do in the computer system.
Specifically I don't want for redevelopment, but if there is no way to achieve then let's see.
Apparently, you can run DOSbox under Android:
http://androiddosbox.appspot.com/
I've never tried this, but maybe it will provide what you're looking for.
Between a combination of psgsdk and Appery.io and software that helps convert screens from SCX files into Appery, this is a lot easier now. I've done this several times and have apps in both Google play and IOS app store that are FoxPro apps. The back end and all code is Visual FoxPro and the front end is Appery. #abigdreamer on twitter gets ahold of me -- let me know if I can help -- Know this post is years old but others might need the same.
I would like to start looking at development for Android applications (nothing huge, just for learning). Before I begin, I would like to find out whether or not development on the Android phone I use daily would be corrupted or changed in some way if I used it as a development device.
I probably won't put anything on the Market, but I would just like to test out how everything "works" with Android development.
Any help that will guide me is great.
Thanks.
It shouldn't cause any problems at all. The only problem I can imagine is that you have to enable installation of applications from unknown sources (i.e. not the marketplace). You just need to be sensible not to go installing applications from dodgy places.
No, not at all! Sorry for the shortness of the answer, but that's it.
The only problem I can think of is writing to internal memory more than usual, but if you install a lot of new apps, the effect will be the same, so it's nothing special. And as alextsc said, if you write something and it doesn't work, just remove it, and that's all.
Not at all. But even better, when you set everything up (Eclipse, the Android SDK and the ADT Eclipse plugin) you'll also get an Android emulator that you can test your development projects on virtually.
Still, it's just fine (and recommended) to do testing on an actual device, but if you're just playing around, you can likely just use the emulator and only deploy to your device if the end result is something you'd like to show off to your friends!
Best of luck!
Hey in addition to the above answers,
You should actually test on your device when you are making an app that uses one of the following :
GPS, or wi-fi to get user location
when you want to use any phone sensor in your app
when you are trying to integrate camera/ camcorder in your app
also you might need to actually test phone call/sms functionality integrated in an app
otherwise the emulator just works fine
Hi, I'm planning to learn android app development, but I don't have any Android device. Can I still learn it using my Windows machine?
If so, how to check the output? And can any one suggest me a good tutorial for beginners.
Yes you can develop android application.
You will require....
A IDE like Eclipse.
Android SDK --- This includes an android emulator.
Note:-- Some functionalities are not supported by android emulator and for that you will require android phone.
Yes you can use windows, and there is a simulator that shows a "virtual" android device thats part of the SDK
http://developer.android.com/guide/basics/what-is-android.html
The Android Guide has everything you need to know to get started. If you want to test on a real device (and you probably should if at all possible financially), you can either purchase a developer phone from Google or you can buy a cheap (relatively) used one on eBay.
you will need Eclipse and SDK for android
http://developer.android.com/index.html from this you will get lots of help
http://www.deviceanywhere.com/Test-Automation
visit the link above. This site lets you test through the web on real devices. It is a paid service though so you might have to decide which one would be cheaper, buying an android
phone or testing through this site.
Hope this helps.
I am really new in the Android world. I would like to try to write a simple "Hello Android" program that runs on an Android simulator. I have tried to Google here and there for the last couple of days to find a simple article that will guide me step by step.
Are there that kind of simple articles on the net? URL?
I am running Ubuntu 10.04
I have downloaded the android SDK Tools 10 and many more packages.
I have browsed the [android-beginners] list
I have read the FAQ list
What next? Thank you for any clues / URLs.
PS (added):
Basically, I am confused because every time I follow a new page, it will start with something like "you need to do XYZZY first". Again, when I went to XYZZY page, it will have a yet another prerequisite. Anyway, I have no idea what "eclipse" is, but I am going to install it yet. OK, I will be back soon. Thanks for all replies.
I'm wondering why this didn't help you, but since it seems to have failed for you, let me guide you to:
the official google android hello world
moar good articles / examples / tutorial
Once you have installed the SDK, the Hello, World tutorial should be just what you are looking for ;-)
It'll guide you, with the following steps :
Creating a Virtual Device for your tests
Creation a new Android Project, with Eclipse
Creating a first UI ; and using an XML Layout
And it'll end with a few words on debugging.
If you move out of experimentation into actual development, then I'd recommend getting a real device as soon as possible - emulator performance is really bad.
Depending on your requirements, Android-x86 may be useful (although it seems more targeted at deploying Android to desktops than development for phones)
You can buy developer versions of phones through Android Market, once you've registered a seller account. These are network unlocked (can be good for testing if a messaging problem is network weirdness of a bug), and allow you to install custom images (mostly useful if you want to get into platform development).
hey guys, till now i have developed web applications but know i'm thinking to get hands on Mobile Application. So how to i start it n from where coz i have no idea about Android,iPhone,Symbian etc.. nor i dn't have a big Phone to know how applications runs on it..
mainly i want to focus on Android Applications, is there any simulator for Android Phones, i dn't even know how to use simulators..I just need a step-by-step tutorial for mobile app development n Android Application.
Go to http://developer.android.com . This is the official website for Android and it contains a detailed documentation regarding the procedure to download Android SDK...configuring and running programs in Eclipse. Apart from that you do have various other websites that offer you basic documentation.
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3405695/importantuseful-websites-for-the-android-related-stuff