[android-developers] New Game Developer, need help starting
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 android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
Re: [android-developers] New Game Developer, need help starting
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.com should help with most of your questions. Thanks On Sun, Sep 11, 2011 at 12:46 AM, Aneem Talukder aneemtaluk...@gmail.comwrote: 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 android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com 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 android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
Re: [android-developers] New Game Developer, need help starting
I'm currently reading Beginning Android Games Development (Mario Zechner) but only after reading the official Android developer website. 2011/9/12 Appaholics raghavs...@appaholics.in 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.com should help with most of your questions. Thanks On Sun, Sep 11, 2011 at 12:46 AM, Aneem Talukder aneemtaluk...@gmail.comwrote: 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 android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com 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 android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com 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 android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
Re: [android-developers] New Game Developer, need help starting
In contrast, I disagree with the below and think that if you're experienced already with Java, trying a book like the one recommended by another developer (Beginning Android Games Development) will give a nice introduction to graphics programming using the canvas API, and then an introduction to openGL, implementing the same, and from there will provide a good basic foundation for understanding some fundamentals of game development. You'll eventually get your head around the SDK and activity lifecycle, and definitely should do some tutorials first for the very basics. But if you want to jump in, just jump in. The author of the book mentioned above also is an author of the libgdx framework, which additionally can help you. I have no relation at all to it, and don't currently use libgdx, but found it an excellent book. Of course the other items mentioned by Appaholics will serve you well for Android in general. On Monday, September 12, 2011 6:17:31 AM UTC-4, Appaholics wrote: 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.com should help with most of your questions. Thanks On Sun, Sep 11, 2011 at 12:46 AM, Aneem Talukder aneemt...@gmail.comwrote: 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 android-d...@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-develop...@googlegroups.com 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 android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
Re: [android-developers] New Game Developer, need help starting
Agreed. Game development is fairly far removed from non-game development on most platforms, including Android. Most Android books -- mine included -- are focused on non-game development. I'd go for books and other resources more tuned to games. However, do watch the publication dates and the versions of Android covered in the materials. A book written back when Android 1.6 was new will be a poorer resource than a book that covers Android 2.2, all else being equal. Since I haven't written a game since an implementation of Reversi back in 1989 or so, I cannot provide much in the way of concrete resource recommendations. On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 9:48 AM, Adam Ratana adam.rat...@gmail.com wrote: In contrast, I disagree with the below and think that if you're experienced already with Java, trying a book like the one recommended by another developer (Beginning Android Games Development) will give a nice introduction to graphics programming using the canvas API, and then an introduction to openGL, implementing the same, and from there will provide a good basic foundation for understanding some fundamentals of game development. You'll eventually get your head around the SDK and activity lifecycle, and definitely should do some tutorials first for the very basics. But if you want to jump in, just jump in. The author of the book mentioned above also is an author of the libgdx framework, which additionally can help you. I have no relation at all to it, and don't currently use libgdx, but found it an excellent book. Of course the other items mentioned by Appaholics will serve you well for Android in general. On Monday, September 12, 2011 6:17:31 AM UTC-4, Appaholics wrote: 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.com should help with most of your questions. Thanks On Sun, Sep 11, 2011 at 12:46 AM, Aneem Talukder aneemt...@gmail.com 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 android-d...@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-develop...@googlegroups.com 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 android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -- Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) http://commonsware.com | http://github.com/commonsguy http://commonsware.com/blog | http://twitter.com/commonsguy _The Busy Coder's Guide to Android Development_ Version 3.6 Available! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Developers group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
Re: [android-developers] New Game Developer, need help starting
I'm currently reading Beginning Android Games Development [2] I'm reading the official Android developer website at same time ^^. 2011/9/12 Nico Balestra nicobales...@gmail.com I'm currently reading Beginning Android Games Development (Mario Zechner) but only after reading the official Android developer website. 2011/9/12 Appaholics raghavs...@appaholics.in 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.com should help with most of your questions. Thanks On Sun, Sep 11, 2011 at 12:46 AM, Aneem Talukder aneemtaluk...@gmail.com 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 android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com 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 android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com 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 android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com 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 android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
