Sorry for such a long time since a post, but will hopefully have a new tutorial soon, any specific requests?
In the meantime check out this short review of the game Negev Defense:Training Sim by the guys at Google
Episode 5 – MapViews and Overlays
OK First off this tutorial is going to assume that you already have a basic idea of how MapView in android works. If you don’t check out this great tutorial by Google and then come back here.
All MapVied up? Good. Now you can check out the video below to learn how to add items quickly to a MapView while allowing them to remain clickable and return information. Code snippets are after the video.
New Game Available in Google Play
The game that we started in the last tutorial is now available in the Google Play market called “Negev Defense: Training Sim”. In this game you play a new cadet in the fictional Israeli M.T.M.D (Manual Targeting Missile Defense) Unit. Your job is to complete a set of 15 different simulated scenarios. In each scenario you will have to intercept and destroy all enemy missiles before they reach their targets.
The game can be downloaded from this link.
Episode 4: How to Make an Android Game
Alright its time to start gaming!! Check out the new episode where we tackle building the base for a touch game and delve into some debugging when we stumble into some issues.
I also was a bit over the youtube max time so split this up into to parts. Hope you enjoy.
part 1
part 2
Coder++: Essential Coding Series
A little break from Android and down to the basics with Coder++ a free online series from coder Hillel Coren. Great for helping beginners or experts to enhance their skills. Check it out!
Episode 3: Animation 4 Life
Check out this new video dealing with some easy animations. See the video comments for source code and apk files.
More Coming Soon
Sorry for the lapse in posts but I have been working on several other projects. More posts will be coming soon. In the meantime here is a video of a gaming project I was working on.
Episode 2 – Intent Away
I know it took me a bit of time, but the second video is finally up. In this episode I am going to go over how to create an Intent and move to a new Activity. There may be a bit of time until the next episode, but come September expect a windfall…..
Subject of the App
I forgot to mention in the previous post what I am planning to build. As per the voting and a slight compromise I am going to build a puzzle game that utilizes sms services. I am going to start with the puzzle game aspect and then add the the sms features. Next lesson is going to involve working on the graphical interface and creating new activities. It will hopefully be posted in the next week or so.
First Video up
I apologize for crappy quality, hopefully will have all bugs worked out soon. Next episode should also be up soon.
Android Dev 101 