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I now have a couple of Sumsung 4S phones running Android. So I thought I might try to learn to develop apps for them.
What's the language / tool stack I need?
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If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.-John Q. Adams
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Right, I would never have thought to Google it before asking here.
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Glad I could help! 
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Kevin Marois wrote: I would never have thought to Google it
Strangely enough that's what most of us thought.
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If you're going to post an annoying snotty response, at least quote me right
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He did. When you quote a book, you don't quote the entire book.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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This is the Lounge, if it's too hot for you ...
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The post below about Apache Cordova should get you going
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.-John Q. Adams
You must accept one of two basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe, or we are not alone in the universe. And either way, the implications are staggering.-Wernher von Braun
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.-Albert Einstein
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Agreed. Not seen that before and very informative.
Regards,
Rob Philpott.
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Personally I'd go for Xamarin so you can use C#/.NET. It's not free but you get full Visual Studio integration.
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modified 16-May-14 12:03pm.
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Lloyd Atkinson wrote: Xamarin so you can use C#/.NET
That compiles to Java bytecode does it?
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I think it does yes.
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That's pretty cool. That isn't an MSFT tool then is it? How does it work using the C# language, is there some sort of license with MSFT?
Because MSFT have bought Nokia and want to push WIndows CE so its surprising they support ANdroid.
"The whole idea that carbon dioxide is the main cause of the recent global warming is based on a guess that was proved false by empirical evidence during the 1990s." climate-models-go-cold
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Munchies_Matt wrote: That compiles to Java bytecode does it?
Nope, that compiles to MSIL. There is a Mono interpreter inside it too...
Microsoft made C# an ISO Spec, it's open to use by anyone... there has been a hell lot of apps running in Linuxes using C#/Mono
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Ahh, there is a MSIL byte code translator. OK. Well, MSIL is probably close to byte code anyway; didn't J++ run on .net unmodified?
ΑlphaΔeltaΘheta wrote: Microsoft made C# an ISO Spec, it's open to use by anyone... there has been a
hell lot of apps running in Linuxes using C#/Mono
OK, interesting, didn't know that.
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MSIL is different from Java bytecode. Android gives the option for native apps (unlike that Microsoft's Mango). Android has pre-installed support for Java with dalvik. For MSIL you need MonoTouch or something similar. It is like a whole CLR with AOT compilation applied to it in some versions.
Munchies_Matt wrote: OK. Well, MSIL is probably close to byte code anyway; didn't J++ run on .net unmodified?
Similar probably. By the time I started learning how a compiler works, J++ had been dead already. No idea
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ΑlphaΔeltaΘheta wrote: J++ had been dead already
I recall some discussion of it some time back, how J++, which was supposed to be Java standard'(ish) could run on .net unmodified.
Thanks for the clarification though, I don't venture out of the kernel much, ,windows and Linux, so its nice to catch up on stuff like this. 
"The whole idea that carbon dioxide is the main cause of the recent global warming is based on a guess that was proved false by empirical evidence during the 1990s." climate-models-go-cold
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I personally use Java to build android apps. For an IDE you can use Eclipse with Android plug ins. I believe you can download eclipse with all the plugins already installed. Google recently came out with Android Studio IDE, but I haven't personally tried it out. If you are starting from scratch may be worth investigating that option. Finally you will need to set up some emulators. The default ones are pretty slow and I strongly recommend you get Intel ones, just look for HAXM emulators
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Android studio is based on JetBrains IDEA. You can also go download the Community Edition of JetBrains IDEA. I highly recommend it. I've used a number of IDE's and JetBrains are hands-down the best this side of Visual Studio.
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The recommended/default tool stack is the Eclipse IDE with the ADT Plugin writing code in Java. You can follow the instructions at the below link to get setup and get help creating your first app. Lots of good info there.
Building Your First App[^]
There are other approaches like Xamarin (which MS recently bought and is apparently integrated with VS nicely) as someone else posted. That has the advantage of developing for multiple platforms. Just depends how you want to do it.
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If you're feeling adventurous you can do what I did[^] back in December...
Phonegap is awesome to work with, in my opinion.
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So my #1 enjoyment at work was taken from me last week...
I liked listening to the music on my iPod (200GB) through my speakers. I would find new music in my private time and could listen to it at work.
For the last three years I've had colleagues who liked my music taste, but now a new one complained about it to management.
What do you guys do to have a little fun while at work? Besides working... 
I've heard some companies even have XBoxes or PlayStations on which you can play 
It's an OO world.
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