LearnAndroid

With Android phones and tablets making their way into more and more pockets and bags, dipping a toe into Android coding is becoming more popular too. And it's a great platform to code for -- the API is largely well-documented and easy to use, and it's just fun to write something that you can run on your own phone. You don't even need a phone at first, because you can write and test code in an emulator on your Linux PC. In the first of this two-part intro to Android coding, get a basic timer app up and running and start learning about the Android API. This tutorial assumes some basic familiarity with Java, XML, and programming concepts, but even if you're shaky on those, feel free to follow along!

You will learn about

How to setup your development environment,

How to build a Hello World application,

How projects are structured,

How to localize,

How to store data,

How to build background processes,

How to make sure your application is performing well.