I can heartily recommend Mario's book if you're starting with an existing knowledge of developing in Java so need to learn some of the ideas behind writing a basic game framework. I've also found libgdx incredibly handy, although it's worth checking out AndEngine as well.
Given your question regarding the Activity class and main method though you really should start with the early parts of the android dev guide before heading into Mario's stuff. Cheers, Oli On Sep 12, 11:27 am, Nico Balestra <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm currently reading Beginning Android Games Development (Mario Zechner) > but only after reading the official Android developer website. > > 2011/9/12 Appaholics <[email protected]> > > > > > > > > > Starting with a game to learn Android is not a very good idea. I would > > recommend grabbing a few good books like the ones by Mark Murphy ( > >http://commonsware.com). You should also check out the online tutorials on > > various site. Going through the documentation at > >http://developer.android.comshould help with most of your questions. > > > Thanks > > > On Sun, Sep 11, 2011 at 12:46 AM, Aneem Talukder > > <[email protected]>wrote: > > >> Dear Community, > > >> I have a good amount of experience with java and was hoping to start > >> writing some simple games on the android platform. I have just > >> downloaded the sdk for eclipse, but I am already a little confused as > >> to where to begin. > > >> Upon creating a new android project, eclipse auto-generates an > >> Activity class. How should I proceed in writing my classes and how > >> will they relate to this initial Activity class. So, I want to start > >> out with something simple like the game, Snake. How must I alter the > >> Snake class for android from a regular java program? > > >> Also, must I create a main method? Or is that provided by the Activity > >> frameworks? > > >> Thanks in advance, > >> Aneem > > >> -- > >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > >> Groups "Android Developers" group. > >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > >> [email protected] > >> For more options, visit this group at > >>http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > > > -- > > ------------------ > > Raghav Sood > > CEO/Founder/Owner/Dictator/Tyrant at Appaholics (Basically all titles > > required to have complete control) > >http://www.raghavsood.com/ > >https://market.android.com/developer?pub=Appaholics > >http://www.appaholics.in/ > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > Groups "Android Developers" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected] > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
