[clue-tech] Google Android

[Michael J. Hammel]

On Mon, 2009-01-05 at 12:24 -0600, erik at ezolan.com wrote:
> I just picked up a white G1 over the weekend and I'm really enjoying it!
> I was thinking about taking a crack at programing an app for it, and was
> wondering if anyone else has tried writing anything for it?

I don't have a device but I downloaded the SDK for Android when it was
first released.  It has a graphical emulator that allows you to test
your application in a pseudo-live mode.  Includes different skins to see
how your app might function in portrait or landscape.

I found it pretty easy to learn to program an app in Android.  The dev
kit back then wasn't complete, but I suspect it's come a long ways since
then.  Even so, even back then it offered quite a bit, even 3D support I
believe.  They even offered advice on things you might not think about
when writing desktop applications, like types of code that drain cell
phone batteries.

The programming model is sort of event driven, but not like you might
have with AWT/SWT (you'll need to know Java for use the Google SDK).
Still, I just didn't find it that hard to grasp.  Play with the notepad
example and you'll catch on pretty quick.
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Michael J. Hammel                                    Principal Software Engineer
mjhammel at graphics-muse.org                           http://graphics-muse.org
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