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
