I used the Android VM provided by Vafeo when I started out, it's probably quite out-of-date by now (I'm not sure how often they update it), but it helped me to get a build environment straight away for playing about with example code:
http://www.vafeo.org/vafeo/vafeo-1.01-1/vd_android-1 Thought it might give you some ideas for taking this further... On 5/18/09, Daniel <[email protected]> wrote: > > Thanks for the positive feedback, you're the only one so far with > something nice to say. But what part is scary? > > On May 18, 11:53 am, "Mark Murphy" <[email protected]> wrote: >> > I know you get suggestions all the time, but this one might be a bit >> > different. >> >> Uh, yeah, you could say that. >> >> To be blunt, most of what you wrote is scary. So, let's focus on the good >> stuff! >> >> > Having a preconfigured >> > development environment would encourage more people to try Linux as >> > well as Android and make the forums less congested with questions >> > about configuring the SDK to start with. >> >> Having pre-configured Linux images (VMWare, VirtualBox, etc.) with a full >> build chain that one could run would be a benefit. This has nothing to do >> with what Android runs on, but it would certainly be useful. Useful enough >> that I seem to recall somebody saying they were doing it, but I forget the >> details. >> >> Not everyone would want the overhead, but particularly for people casually >> interested in Android development, it'd be a nice jumping-off point. >> >> > Integrating video tutorials >> > with detailed documentation as well would help people who are newer to >> > development. >> >> Another fine concept, assuming somebody's contributing the videos to the >> project or something. >> >> > By the way, the Android phones interfere with the Broadcom wireless >> > card in my HP laptop. Receive a call, disconnect from wireless, call >> > end, reconnect. It is repeatable. >> >> That would be an issue to take up with your carrier (if you got the device >> from an authorized source) or possibly the device manufacturer (if you got >> the device elsewhere, e.g., eBay). Considering the interference with >> speakers I've seen with some phones, the behavior you describe seems >> plausible. >> >> -- >> Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy)http://commonsware.com >> _The Busy Coder's Guide to Android Development_ Version 2.0 Available! > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" 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-discuss?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
