Well, I try for the best of both worlds. Have the drawing code using common code. Then use the android sdk widgets to build a native experience and make the other UI elements much faster than if I was drawing them myself. (However, this effort is multiplied for each platform, but at least it uses the native widgets.) I think this also stems from years of using ugly java or qt apps that don't look native to the OS.
On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 2:37 PM, Brian Conrad <[email protected]> wrote: > That's the reality of the marketplace. Publishers don't want to spend the > extra money to "customize" for each platform. And frankly the majority of > users won't notice it. The smart developer is the one who makes his > software easy to convert among platforms. > > > On 06/06/2011 02:32 PM, Miguel Morales wrote: > >> Although I agree that saving time by using the same base game code for >> different platforms is a good thing. As a user, I don't like it when >> games >> don't use the native dialogs/ui whenever possible. >> A lot of games use their own baked-in widgets that don't function nearly >> as >> well as the Android SDK ones. >> Furthermore, I don't like it when games don't even support rotating the >> phone. >> >> >> >> On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 2:15 PM, Fred Howe<[email protected]> wrote: >> >> LOL! >>> >>> On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 12:17 PM, Brian Conrad<[email protected] >>> >wrote: >>> >>> On 06/06/2011 07:31 AM, Tim Mensch wrote: >>>> >>>> On 6/6/2011 7:32 AM, Fred Howe wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Hey Aaron - do you know of any good android developers who also have >>>>>> at least 3 yrs of java? I know of a start-up company doing some cool >>>>>> gaming projects. Pay is good. Let me know. >>>>>> >>>>>> It looks like you didn't mean to send this to the list, but I can't >>>>> help >>>>> myself -- why would they be looking at three years of Java for an >>>>> Android developer? Most game developers I know have years of C/C++ >>>>> experience, and I would be far more confident hiring an experienced >>>>> game >>>>> developer than hiring an experienced Java developer. >>>>> >>>>> Frankly, making the C/C++ to Java transition is pretty easy -- a few >>>>> weeks at most to get to 95%. But making the transition from non-game >>>>> programmer to game programmer can take months or years. And some >>>>> programmers never really figure out game development (I've encountered >>>>> several in that category with years of experience). >>>>> >>>>> Tim >>>>> >>>>> Back during the 1990s it was hard to find people who could do game >>>> programming or more particularly deal with hard deadlines that execs >>>> cook up >>>> to tell the analysts. DOD programmers were particularly difficult to >>>> get >>>> make something come in on schedule. Tim did some good contract work for >>>> my >>>> company too. I tend to agree that Java is fairly easy for a experienced >>>> C/C++ programmer. I am often moving code back and forth between those >>>> two >>>> languages and often it is just changing the function call or how a >>>> pointer >>>> works. Inside the function it may be the exact same code. >>>> >>>> We also hired some young programmers who weren't happy because we didn't >>>> immediately let the become a game designer. So we started a little >>>> program >>>> where anyone in the company could submit a game proposal. What people >>>> learned from that was they weren't game designers. :-D >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> 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. >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>> 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. >>> >>> >> >> > -- > 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. > > -- ~ Jeremiah:9:23-24 Android 2D MMORPG: http://solrpg.com/, http://www.youtube.com/user/revoltingx -- 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.
