Simplest Android application possible

[prolemur]

I want to make a super simple application for my android phone that can change the colour of the background or something else very simple just to go through the development process. I think it would motivate me to further develop more apps if I could even get the simples program to run on my own phone. Thanks

 

 

[WarlockTheWise]

Thats not a question, just some statements. Not entirely sure why you created a thread to post that.

[darkspeedy26]

so whats your question?

 

if you don't really want to program with your keyboard but more drag and drop you could check out "MIT app inventor" for android, but i guess this isn't the route that pro's take

 

edit: i myself have experimented with the app inventor and found it entertaining. simple things as changing background colors are really easy and quick to program IMO.

 

edit 2: if you know nothing about real programming languages, then app inventor can be a nice preparation for the real deal but not a necessity

Edited July 22, 2014 by darkspeedy26

[werto165]

 

http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html

[MrSuperb]

I want to make a super simple application for my android phone that can change the colour of the background or something else very simple just to go through the development process. I think it would motivate me to further develop more apps if I could even get the simples program to run on my own phone. Thanks

patience

https://developer.android.com/training/basics/firstapp/index.html

[prolemur]

so whats your question?

 

if you dont really want to program with your keyboard but more drag and drop you could check out "MIT app inventor" for android, but i guess this isnt the route that pro's take

 

edit: i myself have experimented with the app inventor and found it entertaining. simple things as changing background colors are really easy and quick to program IMO.

Thats not a question, just some statements. Not entirely sure why you created a thread to post that.

Sorry forgot to ask lol

My question is what is the development process. Like write some code, compile and put it on my phone. I don't really know how to do that.

[darkspeedy26]

Sorry forgot to ask lol

My question is what is the development process. Like write some code, compile and put it on my phone. I don't really know how to do that.

app inventor is just drag and drop, the pro stuff idk

[prolemur]

patience

https://developer.android.com/training/basics/firstapp/index.html

Ok...

I downloaded the adt-bundle-windows-x86_64-20140702

Now I am going to re-install windows on my pc

I had to download the jdk to run eclipse

Now installing adt plugin and restarted eclipse

So the sdk manager wasn't the exe in the folder but a button on the toolbar

I pressed the sdk manager button

I am installing android sdk tools, platform tools, and build tools as well as Andoird 4.4 sdk platform and some of its system images

This may take a while...

Damnit my phones usb drivers don't work and neither do the included ones by google

Edited July 23, 2014 by prolemur

[prolemur]

patience

https://developer.android.com/training/basics/firstapp/index.html

when I'm installing the things in the sdk manager should I use android L or 4.4W?

[Nuluvius]

when I'm installing the things in the sdk manager should I use android L or 4.4W?

 

I personally prefer to use Android Studio/IntelliJ myself, plus the SDK is already bundled in with it, no need to screw around with it separately really. Android Studio is free (for now anyway) and It leverages upon the ReSharper technology. You can also do your development by actually using the fully featured IntelliJ environment with the android plugin. Android Studio is basically just the functionality that the plugin offers (a subset targeted at Android). Eclipse is ok but I find I am way more productive using the afore mentioned tools.

 

I also don't tend to use the emulators at all, I prefer instead to use actual devices due to speed.

[Nuluvius]

I would also encourage you to do your development in Linux over Windows. I could never find a good reason to choose Windows since all of this stuff works in Linux and actually a bit better at that as well.

 

I do a lot of JNI work using the NDK which can be pig to get working just right in WIndows, one has to filthy their hands with crap like Cygwin.

[prolemur]

I would also encourage you to do your development in Linux over Windows. I could never find a good reason to choose Windows since all of this stuff works in Linux and actually a bit better at that as well.

 

I do a lot of JNI work using the NDK which can be pig to get working just right in WIndows, one has to filthy their hands with crap like Cygwin.

Ya I'm not going to running any of my code on an emulator I have an htc one and a nexus 7.

I might use linux, but for now I'd rather only use one thing I'm not used to at a time.