Have you gone through the tutorial on that as well? That steps you through three versions of a note pad.. that's what I just finished and am now attempting to customize it before jumping into more advanced stuff.
Also, if this is your first time using Java, you may want to check out other Eclipse and Java tutorials to know what Eclipse is capable of and learn about some of Java's quirks and such. What other coding experience do you have? On Dec 9, 5:45 am, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: > the thing is, I've tried all of that > > On Dec 9, 3:14 am, Ralf <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Did you try the "getting started" guide > > athttp://code.google.com/android/intro/index.html? > > See the section on eclipse install and the hello world one. > > > R/ > > > On Mon, Dec 8, 2008 at 12:22 PM, [email protected] > > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Well, I am completely new to the whole android coding scene. In fact, > > > I'm completely new to coding Java I believe it is. Worse than that, I > > > really want to know. Call that better or worse, I just can't wait to > > > dive into coding this. > > > >http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6ObTqIiYfE > > > I started out by trying to watch this video. I followed his > > > instructions in Eclipse (like he used) until around 2:41 into the > > > video. He uses some keyboard shortcuts, and I was unable to follow > > > through with what he was doing, at all. Basically, I lost my first and > > > pretty much only grip on starting out on the coding. So, I came here. > > > > My first project is trying to code a basic app that does this: > > > It is a slideshow application, that cycles through images you select > > > from specific albums (can be any one, and can be interchangeable) and > > > can be accessed through a sub-menu in the app itself. > > > Basically this: slideshow application, selects images, can play them > > > through your own button, with a user-set title. > > > > If anyone can show me anything at all, point me in any direction, or > > > help me out with parts of the code so that I can study them, I am a > > > student who would love to get started in this, but doesn't know which > > > way to go, or who to ask for help. > > > > Thanks to any and all who help out! --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Beginners" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-beginners?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
