I agree with all of Nikolay's reasons. I looked at iPhone development and maybe it would've given me a bigger market, but I'd have to say writing for Android has been great. There's a lot more documentation out there on Java.
As far as your question about courses and learning, I'd suggest downloading Eclipse and finding a few Java tutorials on the web. Write a Hello World program first. Once you're even slightly acquanted with Java, install the Android SDK and looking through the samples. A lot of them are very complicated so don't be scared if you don't understand them first time round. Google for simple apps that show you how to use things like ListViews. You'll get the hang of it pretty quickly. Stephen On May 2, 11:07 am, Nikolay Elenkov <nikolay.elen...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Mon, May 2, 2011 at 6:21 PM, Theo Sam <soccerw...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Thanks for your advice is there anyone else that can give me their opinion?? > > Here are some reasons for Android in no particular order: > > * uses a mainstream language (Java) with normal syntax > * I've been doing Java forever :) > * easy/cheap to get started: don't need to pay for the SDK, > pretty much any machine/OS will do for development, you > can get an Android phone for cheap as well > * easy/cheap to publish on the Android market: $25 and no > review process (it has other flaws though) > * it's Linux, so most things you know about *nix hold > * it's (mostly) open source, so you can get under the > hood if you need to > > As for the others, Blackberry is pretty much dead as far > as apps go, Windows phone's future is uncertain, but > the app review process is said to be ridiculous. Apple > is here to stay, so it's a safe bet. If you want to be > serious about mobile development , you can't ignore it. > On the other hand the app store has been around for > a relatively long time, so it's harder to get in. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
