That's why I'm asking where Google stands with the hobby developers? I'm not here to make big money, don't get me wrong if it comes my way great. But if I can turn a couple hundred a year I'm way more then ecstatic!
I did take the re-plunge so to speak snagged a cool MyTouch from craigslist for only about $100. So far I'm really impressed and the SDK has come a long way since I last downloaded it which I feel was Jan 2009, no longer need DroidDraw as I see there is a built in XUL editor now. I already ported my simple learning app over from the Iphone, splats mud on a picture and its not even random mud. Looking forward to seeing what the Android holds. However, I was a bit 'alarmed" last night when I try running an app from Eclipse the emulator.exe says 'APPCRASH' on my Win 7 ultimate box. If I start the emulator seperately with AVD then eclipse has no problem hooking into it, deploying the apk, and running debug. I'm just suprised at the slow startup time (I have an OC'd to almost 4Ghz on air Wolfdale CPU) and the problem I'm having with emulator being started by Eclipse. With Xcode it was a seemless start from build to simulator. On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 1:25 PM, niko20 <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. > > -- Sam C -- [email protected] -- 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.
