I agree with you dude... It just seems like everyone wants to shoot you down for not reading. You can read other stuff all day long but there's no explanation to it, they just say to do it. I'm somewhat in the same boat as I know Java, but combining Java + Android I'm lost. On a PC I can write a Java app, compile and see the fruits of my code - not so easy with Android as I've got new rules to abide by.
I really don't see your question, though. Is there one or is this just a gripe? lol On Feb 20, 10:23 pm, Digitality <[email protected]> wrote: > Android developers, > > Please do not go any further reading this post if you cannot give me > an answer other than to read a million more tutorials on object > oriented programming or whatever it might be. > > I need to know these things: > > From the VERY beginning, as if I never programmed in my entire life.. > what would I do to make a program from scratch and have a graphic > display using the Android API. > > I need a linear step by step process that explains each portion of > this design in extreme detail. Is this possible? If you can't explain > this to me, can you send me a tutorial which does? > > Here is my complaint, if you look at how developers talk to each other > but you are new and trying to learn, you find tutorials like this. > > public boolean onKeyDown(int keyCode, KeyEvent event) { > if (keyCode == KeyEvent.KEYCODE_DPAD_CENTER) { > > // Perform the tinting operation > TintThePicture(20); > > // Display a short message on screen > nm.notifyWithText(56789, "Picture was tinted", > NotificationManager.LENGTH_SHORT, null); > > // Save the result > SaveThePicture(); > > return (true); > } > > return super.onKeyDown(keyCode, event); > > } > > "Here ya go, just stick this in the code." > > A new and hopeful programmer like myself who is a complete novice will > think... umm... Where in the code do I stick this? I mean wouldn't I > put this in a class of its own? Come to think of it, how do I import a > class? I read the Java tutorials at Sun's website and it was > completely vague about stuff like that. At least I never found the > information there. > > If you will, for the love of all that is sacred and holy, just give me > a linear tutorial... something to explain from the very beginning but > in bulleted steps instead of 5000000000000000000000000000000000 pages > of documents, most of which being useless rhetoric. If you can just > PLEASE do that for me, I will be forever thankful. My life will be > changed, I will finally understand how it all works instead of > shooting in the dark. > > So please, please don't tell me.. "go read up on Java", please just > give me a real answer. > > Now that I have complained, I apologize.. this wouldn't be my nature > but you see, people just refuse to explain things.. yet they are on a > forum to help people. That doesn't really make sense to me. > > Thanks. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
