Before I get started...

[Ryan Waggoner]

Hey guys,
I just got my android recently, and thought about a cool project I could do to familiarize myself with the phone a little bit. I found an eclipse plugin that I think I will be using, and that's about all I know.

Before diving right in, are there any pointers?

[Fred Grott]

Obviously Mark Murhpy's, and Ed Burnnette's books and tutorials.


There is also anddev.org, the programming knols at Google Knol, the android developer blog posts from the Google engineers and etc.

Have you programmed in Java before?

[Ryan Waggoner]

I have done Java before,
Not a pro, but can get around (in time.)

Is it much different to be doing it on the Android?

[Fred Grott]

Not much different

You should be fine, its easier than J2me in some respects.

[Melapatam Srinivasan]

How does it compare with iphone software in terms of popularity, ease of use etc.?

[Raja Pal]

Thanks Fred...for those pointers. I found them really helpful. Bless you.