Friday, December 7, 2012

I wanna be an Android App Developer!

After a long hiatus from tech blogging, I am back, and this time I wanna be an Android App Developer!!!

I have a Samsung Galaxy Nexus Smartphone that I got about a year ago just for that very purpose. I just never got around to it. Now I have the time -- just moved to a new place, getting settled in, and trying to be disciplined enough to get started. First off, did a quick survey of Android Dev Resources, and realized that the best resource is in fact the Android Developer Platform in http://developer.android.com/about/index.html.

I have an Ubuntu OS which I totally adore, and with which I can do so many things with.  I had my Eclipse and Java JDK already set up in my system (you can refer to http://developer.android.com/training/basics/firstapp/creating-project.html if you still don't have this setup).  I just needed to start up my Eclipse, then install the Android ADT (Android Development Tools) Plugin through the Help->Install New Software, Add, then enter the repository name: https://dl-ssl.google.com/android/eclipse/.

Now I'm all set! 

I have quite a few ideas for apps, but first I need to say "Hello World!"
  

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