Unfortunately, many of the tutorials are either poorly written, paying no attention to even basic pedagogical principles, or quite outdated. And the "android programming examples" often follow poor coding practices, and fail to explain what the code actually does and why the example had to do it that particular way.
So a by far more helpful answer would single out a few examples and tutorials, saying, "these are more useful than average". To that end, I will suggest the book "Android in Action" as one of the best single books on the topic out there. But I haven't forgotten Mark Murphy's books, which are also quite good, as is to be expected given the high quality of his helpful posts in this forum. For online, free tutorials, my favorite is http://android.cyrilmottier.com/?p=85&cpage=1#comment-113, despite the language barrier. But it is also still a very good idea to first go over ALL the Google tutorials under "Tutorials" at http://developer.android.com/resources/tutorials/notepad/notepad-ex1.html even though they are spotty about attention to those pedagogical principles I mentioned above. Then do the Notepad tutorial, which is Google's intro to using database and ContentProvider. http://www.quesucede.com/page/show/id/conway_game_of_life_android is also a good tutorial, but it will be too difficult for you if you haven't done the Google tutorials first. I haven't actually looked closely enough at it to be sure, but http://www.javacodegeeks.com/2010/10/android-full-application-tutorial.html looks promising, too. On Jun 15, 11:49 am, Fred Niggle <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello, > > There are many tutorials, which can be found by googling for "android > programming tutorials", and "android programming examples" > > There is no short-cut to avoid the learning curve, except being determined. > > Perhaps you have an idea of a app you would like to have on your phone > for you own reasons, and then set your sights on how to do this. > > Personally I chose to make a call and SMS blocker, tailored for my own > needs - which I had a lot of satisfaction is completing. > > All the best, > Fred > > On 15/06/2011, Kristopher Micinski <[email protected]> wrote:> More > trouble than it's worth if you're not willing to make a career of it. > > If you want to learn, start picking up the SICP, a graphics book, a few > > months of free time, and start cracking : ) > > > On Jun 15, 2011 2:02 AM, "Dalton Metzler" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I would really start to make android games > > > I already know the hello world stuff > > > can some one give me a good tutorail on how to make games or can some > > one teach me over skype text ( not video call) or something? > > > thanks! > > > [email protected] > > > -- > > 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 > > > -- > > 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 -- 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
