My 2cents: I'm a "hobby" developer myself but I've started to make it my little side business. When I first started on android I didn't know what to expect yet but its turned out pretty well. if you have a good idea you can do well financially as well. I've made a very large sum on my app already in the last year.
I created my first program to go on the market completely in the emulator. In fact it was entirely emulator until November when the DROID came out and I finally got one. After that I only made a few small adjustments to my app to make it fit the screen better, and added recording ability to it, since the emulator doesn't work for different recording rates. Obviously though depending on the app you will need more real devices. -niko On Apr 21, 1:54 pm, Peter Eastman <[email protected]> wrote: > > Then books and/or classes, I got by with 2 books. > > I got by with no books at all. :) > > Especially if you already know Java, learning Android development is > very easy. Just go tohttp://developer.android.com/guide/index.html > and read through the documentation there. At that point you'll have a > pretty good knowledge of the basics. For more details, click on the > Reference tab to get the javadocs, and the forums here are also a good > resource. There definitely are holes in the documentation, and a good > book might well help. But it's hard to beat the cost of getting > started with Android development: $0 for the online documentation plus > $0 for the emulator. And since you've already got a G1, you can even > test on a real device without spending any money. There certainly are > better Android phones available, but you can wait on that until you're > certain you want to make a bigger commitment. > > Peter > > -- > 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 > athttp://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en. -- 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.
