Here are links to several free online courses designed to help you learn mobile development. Reply here if you know of any good ones that I missed. If you have comments or experiences to share about any of these, please start a new thread to discuss.
“Computer Science 164: Mobile Software Engineering” is a Harvard University course using Javascript, HTML5, Objective-C, and PHP, and to teach you how to build mobile web apps (along with some native iOS development). The online course includes all video lectures, study sessions, slides, source code, etc. This is the follow-up to another Harvard class available online: “CS 50 – Introduction to Computer Science”.
“Computer Science E-76: Building Mobile Applications”, a Harvard University Extension course, covers Android and iOS, including writing native apps for Android using Eclipse and the Android SDK. Lecture 2 is a Java primer and lectures 3 – 6 cover aspects of Android development.
Google’s Android development training course includes ten modules covering everything from graphics and animation to security and monetization.
“Introduction to Programming in Java” is an MIT OpenCourseware class offering lecture notes and downloads of java programming assignments. You can see a full list of free MIT online comp sci courses here.
“Android Application Development” was taught at CalPoly in Summer 2010. Not as complete as some of the Harvard courses, the site offers basic instruction on building basic apps.
Neither Udacity or Coursera has a mobile-specific course yet, but both include amazing classes on web application development.
Codeacademy offers several courses on web and application (non-mobile) development. Topics include PHP, jQuery, JavaScript, Python, and Ruby.
"The Java Tutorials" on Oracle's site are about general Java development and are not Android-specific.
XDA’s “How to Build an Android App” series by Adam Outler.
Treehouse Library beginner courses teach you how to build simple apps.
For Android App development, I would strongly advise:
The New Boston - Android Tutorials
For Java basics:
The New Boston - Java Tutorials
The tutorials are done by Bucky and Travis and these guys are very good. They take you through the learning step by step.
Also. When you come across problems, the main Android Developers site is very good, but I've also found Stack Overflow very helpful.
I started using the tutorials with no Android or Java knowledge at all and I've used what I have learned to make a couple of basic soundboards so far and other bits and pieces, but what they teach you gives you the potential for a lot more.
You can see the apps I've made Here (Google Play) and Here.
This one's good for both C and C++
http://www.cprogramming.com/
And this one for C, pretty well explained and my favourite
http://www.howstuffworks.com/c.htm
How can I watch those Harvard lectures, they seems to be locked, are they free
Found this putzing around the internet at work. Very engaging lectures, never talks in monotone, and explains things in a simple to understand format.
From Stanford, almost all the material is provided (lectures, handouts, assignments, exams, etc), and all the videos are downloadable through iTunes or YouTube.
Not android specific, but gives a solid groundwork on the Java platform.
Best of all... FREE
http://see.stanford.edu/see/courseinfo.aspx?coll=824a47e1-135f-4508-a5aa-866adcae1111
I'm currently following Google’s Android development training course and came here looking for an ebook of these pages. I want to read these on my phone while I travel.
Does anyone know of such an ebook on Google books or any other 3rd party website?
Also, a tool that can convert these webpages into a static ebook will also do. I just need them to be available for offline reading.
Thank You
Guys try Barbara hecker on YouTube .excellent latest university level courses on android. Total 15 hours I guess.
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Guys try Barbara hecker on YouTube .excellent latest university level courses on android. Total 15 hours I guess.
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+1 for Barbara Hecker's ITU lecture series all posted on YouTube. Its about 25 1hr lectures in Android Development all posted within the last few months so very current. Easily the best Android learning tool I've found so far on the web.
The new boston video series is good but way too out of date (2009). Android has come a long way in 3 years.
Ya that's the most recent I could find. The proprietary screen casts like Lynda.com, tutsplus, video2brain and others are also worth looking into. I certainly learned a lot from them. Also, its worth looking into phonegap. It let's us use javascript-css-html to create apps for all platform like iOS, android, blackberry and so on.
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Minimum skills / sources required before writing android apps
Understanding android operating system
how to code some easiest android applications to boost confidence amongst new persons.
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Use jquery mobile and phonegap. You can make apps within 1 hour or even less. Just get some video tutorial from youtube or lynda.com or someplace similiar. There are a ton of them. Youtube jquery mobile , phonegap.
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Use jquery mobile and phonegap. You can make apps within 1 hour or even less. Just get some video tutorial from youtube or lynda.com or someplace similiar. There are a ton of them. Youtube jquery mobile , phonegap.
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is it important to understand how operating system works ?
Kaiyes said:
Use jquery mobile and phonegap. You can make apps within 1 hour or even less. Just get some video tutorial from youtube or lynda.com or someplace similiar. There are a ton of them. Youtube jquery mobile , phonegap.
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that fine for basic apps but if you want to add any complexity you really need to know android programming (java/eclipse etc). i dont think sending people down this easy path is going to help them become android developers.
Coursera does now have a course for Android Programming. It uses the Processing 'language' and teaches fundamentals such as the accelorometer, basics of a physics engine ( BoxWrap2d) and image and sound manipulation. I have almost finished this run of the course, and its a good starter for people who are interested in learning how to develop for Android.
The downside to the course though, if you don't have any knowledge of programming at all, I think you might struggle a little bit. (Just my opinion.)
Search for 'Creative Programming for Digital Media & Mobile Apps'
Like i said, its good for simple informative type apps for most of the major platforms at once. But its not for complicated apps like games/kernel. However i do think there is a big untapped market for sector specific informative type apps. Take medical sector, most of the apps doctors need gotta help them remember & docs will buy em. I saw simple jquery mobile type apps selling for £15. Also, if you are good at JavaScript, then you can basically carry your "app" over to all platforms. That's the catchy bit I guess. Its also easier for web devs to hack at mobile software market without having to learn a whole new language. Having said all that, Java is still one of the top languages there.
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great android app developement youtube tutorial series
This guy is awesome!
His rapid for style allows us to learn more in a shorter amount of time, without dieing of boredom.
The tutorials were designed to familiarize us with the basics in the beginning, then to help us gain and retain a better understanding of how to develope apps.
You may feel overwhelmed by all of the information being shot of at you at such a rapid fire rate, but rest assured that as you progress through the series, things will make more and more sense to you.
I highly recommend that anybody that is new to developing Android apps, or that anyone who wants a refresher course, that doesn't feel like being bored out of their mind by long, drawn out, agonizing courses, check this out.!
Here's the link to the entire Android app developement tutorials.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=boj0f_O3i88&list=PLGLfVvz_LVvQUjiCc8lUT9aO0GsWA4uNe
Enjoy!
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These Android tutorials by Vogella are also good.
http://www.vogella.com/android.html
As far as I get it, if you know Java well enough that you rate yourself > 6 out of 10 as a Java programmer, Android app development should be easy for you.
The ice is broken. On Coursera on 21-th January starts "Programming Mobile Applications for Android Handheld Systems".
Game Development Days
If you like game programming, I have started a guide a while ago:
Game Development Days
The guide walks you through the development of a 2D game engine, and covers side information around it.
Thought it could be useful here
Hi all, with this thread I'd like to share with the community, and with your help of course, knowledge and Android apps to develop in differente programming languages using an Android device.
I tried several IDEs and I've always spent a few time to search and try them, so now would be great if anyone'll share his opinion and which IDE he use, either to simple script or big programme.
At the moment I don't have available any Android Device, so I can't test them, and make any video. (Soon I'll buy a tablet)
Jave
Sand IDE for Java developers (free) https://play.google.com/store/apps/...GwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS5qaW1teWNoZW4uYXBwLnNhbmQiXQ..
Java/C++
AIDE - Android IDE - Java, C++ (free) https://play.google.com/store/apps/...pps#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEwOSwiY29tLmFpZGUudWkiXQ..
AIDE Premium Key (9,99€) https://play.google.com/store/apps/...GwsMSwxLDEwMiwiY29tLmFpZGUucHJlbWl1bS5rZXkiXQ..
Arduino
ArduinoDroid - Arduino IDE (fee) https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=name.antonsmirnov.android.arduinodroid
I'll make videos as soon as I buy the tablet.
Write here which you tried!!!
I need to create an app from scratch for my local school. I have some experience in Python. What do I need to learn and how can I go about making this app?
It also needs to be able to support all types of devices, such as Windows and Apple.
Each platform (android, iOs, WindowsPhone) needs an own app. So you have to code same app three times.
But there are some frameworks like PhoneGap which creates all three apps out of one code.
If you want to use PhoneGap ur App must be coded in Html, & JavaScript.
If you want to code native Apps, you have to use Object-c for iOs, Java for Android and C# or C++ for WindowsPhone.
Regards
I cant program an app in C for Android. I didn't know that.
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Each platform (android, iOs, WindowsPhone) needs an own app. So you have to code same app three times.
But there are some frameworks like PhoneGap which creates all three apps out of one code.
If you want to use PhoneGap ur App must be coded in Html, & JavaScript.
If you want to code native Apps, you have to use Object-c for iOs, Java for Android and C# or C++ for WindowsPhone.
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Which is better to learn? Html or Java? I have plenty of time to learn the language, just need to know where to start. I would moest likely use PhoneGap.
there is no comparison of both the languges but if you are asking for development then you must go with java :thumbup:
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Depending of the complexity of the App, the time you have it for delivery it and other factors, you can choose from make a native App or a Hybrid App.
Native App: You need to use the native languague of each platform, which means that you need codify the same app for each platform on their native languge.
Hybrid App: One code for all platforms, in this case you codify the app with web technologies like HTML and JavaScript using frameworks like PhoneGap, Appcelerator and many others you can find in the web.
Other thing that is important when you are choosing between those two approach is that the performance of the native App will be always better, but for simple Apps, the hybrid approach offers a good overall performance.
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