He spoke a bitter truth, but it really was 100% truth. You need to know Java at least moderately well before you can make any real progress with Android.
Now I know there are a lot of people out there who do not believe this, who believe they can get away with cut-and-paste without any real understanding of Java. But there have always been such people in computing. They predate Java. But the same thing has always happened with them. They made a bit of promising progress in the beginning, until they ran up against the fundamental problem of all software engineering: managing complexity. Doing software by cut-and-paste, or any other 'technique' that postpones understanding the fundamentals, always runs up against this brick wall. All the specialist knowledge of software engineering (not just learning the idiomatic expressions of your computer language) are necessary tools for managing that complexity. If you don't want to On Feb 2, 7:45 am, Mystique <[email protected]> wrote: > Yes sir. > > On Feb 2, 11:41 pm, TreKing <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 9:12 AM, Mystique <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I have this error -> > > > The constructor SimpleAdapter(Directory, ArrayList<Sortable>, > > > int, String[], int[]) is undefined > > > > Not very sure about it. > > > The best advice I can give you at this point: stop. Just stop. Put your > > Android project on hold. Put hashmaps and arraylists and generics on hold. > > Now go get an introductory book on Java and play around with simple Hello > > World programs where you can familiarize yourself with the language and > > Eclipse. Knowing how to spot compile time errors and what they mean and > > knowing how to debug your program is *crucial* to you making any progress. > > > This is a forum for Android SDK questions. You are asking basic Java > > questions. This thread could go on forever with multiple suggestions on how > > to solve your given problem but it won't make a lick of sense to you unless > > you understand the basics. > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > ---------------------- > > TreKing <http://sites.google.com/site/rezmobileapps/treking> - Chicago > > transit tracking app for Android-powered devices > > -- 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
