Re: [android-beginners] Re: Wanting to start and would like a good book. Suggestions?

2009-12-22 Thread Kevin Duffey
I second the www.commonsware.com/android stuff. It's WELL worth $35. I've read the books you talk about, and honestly, Mark (the author) of the commons books does a better job at explaining things. You get 3 books too, not just one. Plus I believe they are updated.. although not sure if/when a

[android-beginners] Re: Wanting to start and would like a good book. Suggestions?

2009-12-15 Thread eewestcoaster
I'm more of a hardware guy myself so I'm familiar with C/C++, but have no Java or XML experience to speak of. I picked up the O'Reilly book on Android development and so far it's been great. I had some issues getting Eclipse to work, but then I can't remember a time when setting up Eclipse was

[android-beginners] Re: Wanting to start and would like a good book. Suggestions?

2009-12-15 Thread SandVoiD
I too was pretty Happy with O'Reilly's book until it was time to import MJAndroid. Following the Authors notes in the Errata section still was no help. Hello Android Version 2 is good, but imo your best option is: The Busy Coder's Guide to ANDROID development go to www.commonsware.com/android