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Re: App Programming

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Originally Posted by dmaciel10123 View Post
Yeah use the android sdk. It ends up being a decently sized install but it's basically eclipse with all of the android plugins installed, packaged alongside the tools to develop on android. There's also an emulator included so you can run virtual android devices for immediate testing on any screen size and hardware configuration.
Just an FYI, Eclipse/ADT are deprecated. Android Studio is the future of Android development - and you definitely want to use it.

https://developer.android.com/sdk/in...ng/studio.html

In regards to learning - the best way, of course, is learning by doing. Android's documentation is pretty well done, but picking up a book is probably not a bad idea. I don't have any specific recommendations.
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