[android-developers] Re: New to developing

Look at this : http://developer.android.com/training/basics/firstapp/building-ui.html Section "Add String Resources" Le mercredi 29 août 2012 00:22:14 UTC+2, Lee a écrit : > > As such I took your advice and started with the Hello World tutorial, and > surprise! Errors errors and an error. > >

[android-developers] Re: New to developing

look for the values folder and in there is strings.xml There should be an entry named edit_message in there. On Tuesday, August 28, 2012 3:22:14 PM UTC-7, Lee wrote: > > As such I took your advice and started with the Hello World tutorial, and > surprise! Errors errors and an error. > > > http:

[android-developers] Re: New to developing , errors already

This happens when the "Run" button is clicked while viewing an XML file. Eclipse tries to execute the XML. In order to avoid this, click on the run drop-down and select your project name to be sure that Eclipse runs the Android app and not the XML file. -- You received this message because y

Re: [android-developers] Re: New to Developing, Need Insight

I'll vet TreKing, too. He knows what he's talking about - even if you can't pose the Q reasonably clearly :-) I do want to add that if you have a specific issue with someone's netiquette, it's better to write them a polite personal note instead of lambasting them in front of everyone. That said,

[android-developers] Re: New to Developing, Need Insight

I'll stand by Tre on this. He's given me a lot of good advice in this forum. On Sep 23, 7:29 am, TreKing wrote: > On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 1:12 AM, Miguel Morales > wrote: > More often than not, though, I'm actually trying to help the poster, either > by directing them to where they can find an

Re: [android-developers] Re: New to Developing, Need Insight

On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 1:12 AM, Miguel Morales wrote: > I really don't have time to go into how useless and spammy his replies are. > I'm right here - you can address me directly. I hope the irony of following up "I don't have time to go into ..." with a long rant is not lost on you. > He resp

Re: [android-developers] Re: New to Developing, Need Insight

I really don't have time to go into how useless and spammy his replies are. He responds to just about every single thread, more often than not with a useless comment. Each time promoting his site, his app, and himself. The other guy at least attempts to direct these somewhat naive/new users to a

[android-developers] Re: New to Developing, Need Insight

But you do so groundlessly. His replies can be annoying at times, but they are never 'spammy'. You who quote Jeremiah in your sig file should pay more attention to Jeremiah's standards of honest speaking, which do not allow this mis-labeling, considering it a form of dishonesty, not of simple error

[android-developers] Re: New to Developing, Need Insight

I do read them, but I scan them very quickly. That quick scan confirms your impression: they do look like copy-and-paste, not at all tailored to address the specific issues brought up by the post he is answering. So I not only flag as spam, I vote to give him one star! On Sep 22, 2:22 pm, TreKing

Re: [android-developers] Re: New to Developing, Need Insight

On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 9:31 PM, William Ferguson wrote: > I find Mark Murphy's books to be very good. Well worth the money (and > $40 for 4 books that are regularly upddated seems good value IMHO). Thanks! > The downside is that I only have digital copies and no portable > eReader (yet) so I ca

[android-developers] Re: New to Developing, Need Insight

Hmm .. likewise I have 3 plus Murphy's 4 books. While Pro Android 2 contains large chunks of info, I find that it poorly organized. I often find myself checking multiple Contents entries before I hit on what I'm after. But its the best book I have in non-digital form. I find Mark Murphy's books

[android-developers] Re: New to Developing, Need Insight

I've got three Android books on my desk, plus 4 of Murphy's that I've downloaded. None of them do I consider to be even "adequate". "Pro Android 2" is maybe the best, but, eg, it contains major errors, and (bigger failure) fails (like the others) to give any sort of coherent description of the An

Re: [android-developers] Re: New to Developing, Need Insight

On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 4:24 PM, Miguel Morales wrote: > To be honest, I consider most of your replies to be spammier. Look up the definition of "spam", review my post history, then try again - remembering that however useless you, personally, find my posts is irrelevant. --

Re: [android-developers] Re: New to Developing, Need Insight

On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 4:24 PM, Miguel Morales wrote: > To be honest, I consider most of your replies to be spammier. Why, cause he tells it like it is? -- Greg Donald destiney.com | gregdonald.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Develop

Re: [android-developers] Re: New to Developing, Need Insight

To be honest, I consider most of your replies to be spammier. On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 2:22 PM, TreKing wrote: > On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 3:50 PM, DanH wrote: >> >> And, as I've said several times here, unfortunately there are no good >> books on Android. > > Well, that's a matter of opinion, now

Re: [android-developers] Re: New to Developing, Need Insight

On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 3:50 PM, DanH wrote: > And, as I've said several times here, unfortunately there are no good books > on Android. > Well, that's a matter of opinion, now ain't it? Like many others I got started with Mark Murphy's book and thought it was quite solid. The current, limited s

Re: [android-developers] Re: New to Developing, Need Insight

Even if it's spam, if it's a good tool and it helps wanna-be developers create decent apps I don't see the problem. At least each response is tailored to the OP, not technically spam. It can be off-putting though, but you gotta make those sells. Anyway, I don't know about everyone else, but I got

Re: [android-developers] Re: New to Developing, Need Insight

On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 3:36 PM, Greg Donald wrote: > God I hate sales people. I hope everyone else if flagging all of Tim's copy & paste posts as spam ... - TreKing

Re: [android-developers] Re: New to Developing, Need Insight

Perhaps this means that MobiForms is not selling well at all? -- Kostya Vasilyev -- http://kmansoft.wordpress.com 23.09.2010 0:58 пользователь "Frank Weiss" написал: On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 1:36 PM, Greg Donald wrote: > > God I hate sales people Agreed. I don't think Tim has posted anyth

Re: [android-developers] Re: New to Developing, Need Insight

On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 1:36 PM, Greg Donald wrote: > God I hate sales people. > > > Agreed. I don't think Tim has posted anything but spam. It's usually off-topic (less than 10% of the questions are in regards to form/database issues, AFAICT). It's far, far less effective than testimonials from

[android-developers] Re: New to Developing, Need Insight

For once I agree with IV. Learn some sort of programming language on a desktop first. Java is easy to learn, or Qt ( http://qt.nokia.com/ ). (Unfortunately PCs no longer come with a viable Basic interpreter, as that was one of the best intro languages.) Start with an "Idiots Guide" type book an

Re: [android-developers] Re: New to Developing, Need Insight

God I hate sales people. On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 3:32 PM, Tim wrote: > To get started really quickly with Android you do not need to learn > Java, download 100s MB software and spend hours configuring and > learning the Android SDK!!! -- Greg Donald destiney.com | gregdonald.com -- You recei

[android-developers] Re: New to Developing, Need Insight

To get started really quickly with Android you do not need to learn Java, download 100s MB software and spend hours configuring and learning the Android SDK!!! Instead have a look at our MobiForms Developer tool. MobiForms was the world's first rapid application development tool designed for speci

[android-developers] Re: New to Developing, Need Insight

I agree with all above posts.. but would just add one more bit of advice. Try not to be discouraged by the volume of information you are trying to digest. There is years worth of knowledge and experience which is already sort of "assumed" when you hit a platform like Android. For one it assumes

[android-developers] Re: New to Developing, Need Insight

Are you "fairly new to developing", or fairly new to developing on Android? If you don't know Java, learning Android is going to be needlessly frustrating. You should at least know Java at the level of the "Trails Covering the Basics" at http://download.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/ before trying And

[android-developers] Re: New to Developing, Need Insight

Nice analogy - I'm a Captain Beefheart fan. But I beg to differ. While the Android SDK most certainly has its idosyncracies, mostly notably for me the incessant overuse of implementation inheritance and the use of ints instead of (typed) enums. It also requires a good understanding of standard des

[android-developers] Re: New to Developing, Need Insight

One of the most original musical minds of the 20th century was Don Van Vliet aka Captain Beefheart. His music was so unusual that experienced musicians had trouble approaching it. He preferred to find non- musicians and train them from zero. Android is like that - it's almost better to come at it w

[android-developers] Re: New to Developing, Need Insight

A couple of suggestions: First, you're enough of a non-programmer yet that App Inventor (http:// appinventor.googlelabs.com) might be a better choice for you right now. If you stick with programming, you can definitely get into "real" Android development at some point, but it's not really beginner