Recent content by Tweeky99

I sometimes wonder how important it actually is for an app to be an original concept. I mean some of the most successful apps out there don't really seem to be original at all. Angry Birds is nothing really new, it just caught on ... probably because of great marketing maybe? So, maybe as far as...

I can't help but think that sooner or later we'll all just forget about the issue of privacy and accept that we get a lot of stuff for free in exchange for sharing some information about ourselves. To me it seems a pretty reasonable deal. But, as has been remarked, it also seems fair enough to...

Why not use video tutorials instead? There's a 2h 40min 'Android Studio Essential Training' video series. I haven't seen this one but I've worked through other video tutorials on their site and the quality is absolutely first class. They're doing a 10 day free trial too so you could work through...

Lynda is an excellent resource for learning HTML, Java, etc and app development in general. It's not free but they may still do a free seven day trial. As long as you work quick you could get through one or two complete video courses in that time.

You might want to check out the Lynda website. It's a huge collection of online video tutorials covering almost everything you can think of. There's certainly a ton of help for app development, including Java.

One thing that I've noticed in the app stores is that some apps have terrible cluttered logos/icons. When I search for a type of app in an app store, I find my eye is drawn to the clearer simpler logos rather than the ones that have lots of parts to them and too much text.

+1 for Lynda. The provide university quality tutorials for almost everything. If you're not that experienced and you just want to make simple apps then you might want to consider MIT App Inventor. Just Google for that and work through the tutorials. It's a very visual platform, though it has...

Bluestacks?

I'd be interested to hear what you guys think of App Inventor and how the level of difficulty compares with the platforms you've mentioned. I have a science background so I have a good grasp of logic but not specific experience in Java etc. I've used App Inventor and found it pretty reasonable...

What a great post. Thank you Axila. I've used App Inventor up until now and I really like but I've hit man brick walls because of it's limitations. Maybe it's time for me to follow your advice too :-)

I agree with the last post. App Inventor is considerably easier to use. Having said that, it's still not easy and you'll have to invest a lot of time working through the various tutorials that are out there for it. There is a good community there for you too though, just look for support on the...

Are you sure you added the icon in the right place? It's on screen 1, on the right hand side in the properties panel - about halfway down it says 'Icon'. If the bar below this says 'None' then you haven't done it. Make sure that your icon is JPG or PNG.

You can always try using dropbox in future. Just send yourself the Dropbox link to your app and your phone will install it.

There are some good resources online for learning Java. Try Lynda which has a ton of very high quality online tutorials. They do (or used to do) a free trial so as long as you work fast you could do a couple of entire courses in 7 days :-)

I'm not sure I understand what you mean. As long as it has a large screen I don't see why App Inventor would be a problem. Having said that I'd much prefer a proper computer like a laptop if I was gong to get involved in making an app in App Inventor.