Ha ha, I knew you'd like that. I am heading to barnes and noble tonight to get a vbscript book but I am going to get your beginning android 2 book too. I've gotten so fustrated with Android's SDK that I abandoned it for the two other mobile platforms I work on. I am using a HTC Eris as my test device and I see you cover 1.5 and 2.0.
Sent from my iPhone On Mar 31, 2010, at 5:11 PM, Mark Murphy <[email protected]> wrote: > Kevin Brooks wrote: >> I would also Suggest picking up Mark Murphy's book on Android >> Development. > > Mark Murphy likes that idea! Thanks! :-) > > To be fair, though, here's a list of all available English-language > Android books that I know of: > > http://wiki.andmob.org/books > > Rolling back to the question on learning Java, you do not need to > learn > everything about the environment, because many things (e.g., Swing for > GUIs) are not relevant on Android. Here are some concepts to pick > up, in > no real order: > > -- classes and objects > -- interfaces > -- "extends" and "implements" > -- public, protected, and private > -- data members and methods > -- exceptions > -- threads > -- the java.io and java.util packages of classes > > _Head First Java_ is a popular Java book, as is _Core Java Volume I_. > > -- > Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) > http://commonsware.com | http://twitter.com/commonsguy > > Android Training in NYC: 30 April-2 May 2010: http://guruloft.com > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Android Beginners" group. > > NEW! Try asking and tagging your question on Stack Overflow at > http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/android > > 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 > > To unsubscribe, reply using "remove me" as the subject. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Beginners" group. NEW! Try asking and tagging your question on Stack Overflow at http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/android 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
