I'm somewhat less than totally impressed with the OS and APIs (seems restrictive and buggy -- not quite ready for "prime time"), but the tool chain is pretty good -- it installs easily and for the most part behaves as one would expect (though performance is a bit dodgy in places and there are more than a sprinkling of bugs).
On Sep 16, 11:40 am, Doug Gordon <[email protected]> wrote: > ...with this operating system and tool chain. When I decided to "port" > my old PalmOS app over a few weeks ago, I faced a steep learning curve > since this was all new to me: Android, Java, and Eclipse. Now that > I've worked up the mountain much more quickly than expected and am > making excellent progress, I'm appreciating all of the things the O/S > (and language) do for you that used to be much more painful. > > For example, I added photo support to my app yesterday, taking JPEG > data as a "blob" out of a SQLite database, converted it to a Bitmap, > put a thumbnail version in an ImageButton, then when the user clicks > the button the full-size image pops up. I was surprised at how few > lines of XML/Java were required for all this, plus with Java doing its > dynamic compilation it all worked on the first try (it's nice that > Java eliminates the possibility of many of the dumb mistakes that you > can make in C/C++). > > Sorry for this semi-OT post, but among some of the gripes that we > sometimes express here, the developers have gotten a LOT right! And > apparently an old dog can still learn a few new tricks... -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" 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-developers?hl=en
