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Now im in web development, i know this field is going to be obsolete in another 10 to 15 years of time.

I want to learn how to create fantastic apps for all mobile operating system, specifically Android.

Can anyone suggest me an easy way to learn how to create Android apps. Do I need any previous qualification in order to learn about the SDK of Android, I just looked at the SDK , it is more like Java core language.
 
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I've never messed with the Android SDK. I probably should though, it's pretty popular and in-demand. I just don't have a device available.

Anyways, I would recommend just downloading the SDK and checking out the examples. Java is an easy language to use once you get the hang of it. Actually, almost every language tends to be pretty much the same once you learn one.

If you're comfortable with a different programming languages, I know there's been projects to allow developers to use other languages such as Python.

Also, since you said you want an "easy way" to develop applications, maybe there's some sort of a third-party API that is designed for people like you, just trying to get started and doing it quickly.

I'm sure that wasn't very helpful but good luck to you!
 
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Originally Posted by technoman View Post
Now im in web development, i know this field is going to be obsolete in another 10 to 15 years of time.

I want to learn how to create fantastic apps for all mobile operating system, specifically Android.

Can anyone suggest me an easy way to learn how to create Android apps. Do I need any previous qualification in order to learn about the SDK of Android, I just looked at the SDK , it is more like Java core language.
Its hard to find one language for all mobile operating systems.

Could be possible using: Adobe AIR (at least it can support android and windows Mobile) (ios converter may be available)


For Android: start from here:
http://developer.android.com/resourc...llo-world.html
 
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Web Development will be obsolete? Hmm, Web development is currently the most cross-platform compatible application solution, it won't just go away...

For instance you can grab PhoneGap and start coding using whatever you already know.
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Originally Posted by technoman View Post
i know this field is going to be obsolete in another 10 to 15 years of time.
How did you come to that conclusion?

I suggest learning Python or Java, both are cross platform, and both I believe run on maemo, android, and the iphone.

Try starting here.
 
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Originally Posted by Bundyo View Post
Web Development will be obsolete? Hmm, Web development is currently the most cross-platform compatible application solution, it won't just go away...

For instance you can grab PhoneGap and start coding using whatever you already know.
Thanks for the url, I will study it diligently, I recently saw an iPhone app with lots of 3d kind of animation when clicking buttons, how they do it. They use flash kind of stuff or just programming with the help of SDK.
 
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CSS transitions and 3D tranformations which are hardware accelerated on the iPhone.

For instance:
http://hakim.se/experiments/css3-hologram
http://iphoneized.com/2009/05/3d-cov...iphone-cssvfx/

They won't work in Android I guess...
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Originally Posted by Bundyo View Post
CSS transitions and 3D tranformations which are hardware accelerated on the iPhone.

For instance:
http://hakim.se/experiments/css3-hologram
http://iphoneized.com/2009/05/3d-cov...iphone-cssvfx/

They won't work in Android I guess...
I saw page turning animation in that app, so you mean to say these are generated by the 3d transformations inbuilt in the iPhone.
 
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3D CSS transforms are also available on the desktop, the iPhone browser hardware accelerates them which is the advantage to build good looking and fast interfaces.
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