Android Mobile Apps

[v6maro]

Hello all, I'm currently a sr. .net developer with skills in c#, vb.net, vb6, and asp.net web applications. I've been a developer for over 7 years now and I'm quite good with MS technologies. I was considering getting into apps for Android and I noticed a lot of it is based on java, how hard will a transition be for me to get into Android programming? - I'm quite good with my OOP/OOD skills and can read java language - its a lot like c# but I have noticed some differences. One of my big concerns is in MS world, its all in a nice IDE, VS. Does java have the equivalent or something similar of an IDE? Can anyone suggest some good books on this?

Thanks!

 

[cnick79]

For Java: Eclipse. If you can program in C# you can program in Java. Have at it.

 

[PTNL]

Eclipse is what to use. Google's Android support area provides instructions on setting up an Android dev instance -- basically Eclipse, plus their Android emulator. Eclipse is pretty good of an IDE, but you will find some nitpicks when compared against VS.