Android app dev, where to start?
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Siva Kumar
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- May 6, 2017
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Go to Udacity. The courses are designed with Google. Don't pay for Nanodegrees. Instead take individual android classes.
Good Luck!!!
Sergio-341
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- Jun 21, 2017
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go to developer.android.com and start with coding.
Start with Kotlin as it is easy to learn. Way easier than Java. But it has no drawbacks.
Most importantly Kotlin is supported by Google so you do not have to worry about it. Just like Java, Kotlin is also an official language for Android app development.
Do not go for stuff like NativeScript, Cordova etc. they are not worth it in the long run.
abraguda
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- Apr 4, 2013
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Do you have any previous experience with programming? If not - get acquainted with basics a little bit and then just start with Kotlin, which is easier and try build simple app, then move on with more advanced one, try changing functionality, improving it and you will learn a lot.
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I recently grabbed a copy of b4a (basic4android) just for fun, and it's actually really awesome. Sure it's better to learn native Java or Kotlin, but if you're just looking for a way to make apps to make some money and don't care about being a "programmer" (if you're more interested in generating $$ for yourself than learning coding to put on a resume or something) it could put you way ahead. Super simple syntax to learn, a fair amount of tutorials, and you can have apps up and live in days - they have some pretty advanced ones built in b4a that have done 100k+ installs.
However, if you're really just interested in learning to code Java or Kotlin, Udemy is a solid resource.
Edit: ughh just realized this thread is old, should have paid more attention before posting in a gravedug thread.
However, if you're really just interested in learning to code Java or Kotlin, Udemy is a solid resource.
Edit: ughh just realized this thread is old, should have paid more attention before posting in a gravedug thread.
kelevrad
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- Mar 9, 2018
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Im also interested in dev an app, just a ecommerce app, there isnt something like wordpress to make apps with some abstraction? I have newbie lvl in PHP and html+css, some SQL and really low lvl at Js. Where should i start them? I heard about framework7, its free and based on my language. Any experience or advice?
M1nnow
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- Dec 8, 2017
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I started learning android programming a month ago if not even less and I've successfully almost finished my first medium app.
From my experience, the way to learning programming isn't that easy, the hard part is not understanding the language itself, but understanding and getting to know the android studio / android functions that you will need.
If you ask how I started, well I started learning Java first (I already had a past with programming so it really helped me but still), once you get the hang of Java, practice until you think you can continue to the next step.
Learning Java to a pretty sweet level would be super helpful at the next steps so get Java learned good!
Once you know Java pretty well, I would say you should take either free or paid (I used free and they are great) courses by Google themselves.. You can find the courses on Udacity.
Once you understand how everything works at Android Studio, your first question will be how can you learn all of Android's related functions for using at Android Studio.. (Well atleast it was my question xd), the answer is simple - PRACTICE! Practice is really everything here..
How can you practice? Simply try to create any app you think of, of course don't go too big on yourself.. start slowly and climb your steps.
The most important here is not to make the app work.. (ofc it's also important) but to understand everything you do.
Also you can use some Youtube tutorials on creating some random apps, they can be really helpful, you can just copy paste the code step by step, but you have to understand it.
Hope I helped you! Good luck mate.
It may be hard, but it pays off at the end
From my experience, the way to learning programming isn't that easy, the hard part is not understanding the language itself, but understanding and getting to know the android studio / android functions that you will need.
If you ask how I started, well I started learning Java first (I already had a past with programming so it really helped me but still), once you get the hang of Java, practice until you think you can continue to the next step.
Learning Java to a pretty sweet level would be super helpful at the next steps so get Java learned good!
Once you know Java pretty well, I would say you should take either free or paid (I used free and they are great) courses by Google themselves.. You can find the courses on Udacity.
Once you understand how everything works at Android Studio, your first question will be how can you learn all of Android's related functions for using at Android Studio.. (Well atleast it was my question xd), the answer is simple - PRACTICE! Practice is really everything here..
How can you practice? Simply try to create any app you think of, of course don't go too big on yourself.. start slowly and climb your steps.
The most important here is not to make the app work.. (ofc it's also important) but to understand everything you do.
Also you can use some Youtube tutorials on creating some random apps, they can be really helpful, you can just copy paste the code step by step, but you have to understand it.
Hope I helped you! Good luck mate.
It may be hard, but it pays off at the end