Somebody recommend me a book on Android development
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I may need to port stuff to an Android based device and I prefer to learn stuff from dead tree books
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@wharrgarbl Define "Port Stuff"? Desktop app? website? iPhone app? What languages do you know? Experience?
I'm learning Xamarin - since I know .Net/C# - and am enjoying it. Learning Continuous Integration, Continuous Development through Xamarin CiCd and will dig deeper into Xamarin once Xamarin.Form Fundamentals arrives - both well reviewed on Amazon (which is why I ordered them).
I know the language (C#), the platform (Microsoft) and want to port an old application (Windows 2003 CE/C#) to a new platform that could be either iPhone, Android or Windows... so my choice of Xamarin might not be the right choice for you.
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@WernerCD I'll port some C dlls, and maybe an app written in android studio, that other apps use to do stuff. (defining stuff would be personally identifiable information).
It's for a device that use android, but it isn't a phone, I expect it to be as weird as possible.
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@wharrgarbl It's been years, but I used to like the Commonware stuff https://commonsware.com/Android/
It's an e-book though. So you'd have to print it out
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I recently dug into Android a bit. Tried a few books and video courses. This is the best one for sure:
Android Programming: The Big Nerd Ranch Guide (5th Edition) | Big Nerd Ranch
Dive in to learn the foundations of Android application development. The content is now in Kotlin and updated with modern Android practices.
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@cartman82 said in Somebody recommend me a book on Android development:
I recently dug into Android a bit. Tried a few books and video courses. This is the best one for sure:
Android Programming: The Big Nerd Ranch Guide (5th Edition) | Big Nerd Ranch
Dive in to learn the foundations of Android application development. The content is now in Kotlin and updated with modern Android practices.
I've had good experiences with BNR. Both my pirated copy of BNR: Android and my purchased copy of BNR: Web Development.
