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How To Get Into Android App-Development?

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Hey there. So I'm a big Fan of the Android Operating-System and I'm quite interested in not only making Software for PCs but also Apps for Smartphones. I'm going to be switching from an iPhone to a Samsung Smartphone in about a Month and I do plan on using this to learn and test Apps on(I will of course be using it for regualar things like Calls, Messages, Music, Pictures and the Internet).

I do have a bit of experience with Java(But there are things that I do want to brush up on and further learn such as Classes and Generics). So I'm just asking if there is any good way to get into Android App-Development or if there are any Tutorials that you can provide to me(I would much rather prefer Books to learn Android App-Development but Videos and Web-Guides will be fine).
 
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Android is an amazing operating system, before my iPhone I was using an Samsung S8. Had a few issues with it but it worked awesome!
Now to your question, I’ll have search for some books, have a couple from Humble Bundle which perhaps you could take a look. I know a couple Android development courses on Udemy, but they’re aren’t always free. But some of them are really worth it. Here some suggestions (grabbed mostly 5 star ones):

https://www.udemy.com/share/100YMyA0ITdFZUTHQ=/
https://www.udemy.com/share/1001ryA0ITdFZUTHQ=/

Another option would be checking for some tutorials in YouTube! Here are some videos that I have found:
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Android applications can be built for free. Create an Android Application in Minutes. No coding skills needed. Android apps published & shared on the Google Play Store.
3 Steps to Creating an Android Application are:
1. Select the design. Customize as you wish.
2. Drag and drop the features you want. ...
3. Publish your application.
 
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NAAZANIQUA said:
Android applications can be built for free. Create an Android Application in Minutes. No coding skills needed. Android apps published & shared on the Google Play Store.
3 Steps to Creating an Android Application are:
1. Select the design. Customize as you wish.
2. Drag and drop the features you want. ...
3. Publish your application.
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I know that you can build an Android App for free but you actually have to pay a Fee just to get your Apps published(This is a One-Time Fee though). And while I can make an App using the MIT's App-Inventor, I'd much prefer to actually code it using Java rather than using an App-Maker. It gives me more control over my Project and how I develop it. And you can't just 'Drag and Drop the Features you want'. You can drag in the UI-Elements but you'll have to Program them to actually do something.

Your Reply, seems like Spam. Judging by the way it's written and what you said in it.
 
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What are your thoughts on using Android Studio (https://developer.android.com/studio) and the tutorials there? I've also considered trying to get into Android development, but I think that kotlin is the preferred language for development these days.

I think also that Visual Studio has support for Android development ... I haven't checked recently, but it used to be that there was cross platform support for Android development using C# and Xamarin. I've been meaning to install VS2019 to give it a go, but only once I actually have time to do something with it.

Seeing that you're switching from iPhone to Samsung, did you ever get a chance to do any iOS development? I started (many times) to get into Objective-C programming and Xcode, but the main irritation I had with that was dragging/dropping widgets from the window/screen layout into the code to create a link ... really didn't seem the most efficient way to do things.
 
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What are your thoughts on using Android Studio (https://developer.android.com/studio) and the tutorials there? I've also considered trying to get into Android development, but I think that kotlin is the preferred language for development these days.

I think also that Visual Studio has support for Android development ... I haven't checked recently, but it used to be that there was cross platform support for Android development using C# and Xamarin. I've been meaning to install VS2019 to give it a go, but only once I actually have time to do something with it.

Seeing that you're switching from iPhone to Samsung, did you ever get a chance to do any iOS development? I started (many times) to get into Objective-C programming and Xcode, but the main irritation I had with that was dragging/dropping widgets from the window/screen layout into the code to create a link ... really didn't seem the most efficient way to do things.
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I have tried the Tutorials there and they never seemed to work for me. Mind you, either I did something wrong or it was because of the Device that I was testing it on. And yes, Kotlin is the preferred Language for Android but I prefer Java as I know it.

I'm pretty sure that during the Installation-Process for Visual Studio, that you can download a Package that gives you the ability to create Apps for both Android and IOS.

And unfortunately, no. Since I don't own a MacBook or iMac(And I never will), I've never did any IOS-Development.
 
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