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Tuesday, May 29, 2018

May 29, 2018

ALTERNATIVES FOR ANDROID STUDIO | ANDROID DEVELOPMENT | NOOB TO PRO

ALTERNATIVES FOR ANDROID STUDIO

Android studio is the most widely used android app development tool based on IntelliJ IDEA.
On top of IntelliJ's powerful code editor and developer tools, Android Studio offers even more features that enhance your productivity when building Android apps, such as:
  • A flexible Gradle-based build system
  • A fast and feature-rich emulator
  • A unified environment where you can develop for all Android devices
  • Instant Run to push changes to your running app without building a new APK
  • Code templates and GitHub integration to help you build common app features and import sample code
  • Extensive testing tools and frameworks
  • Lint tools to catch performance, usability, version compatibility, and other problems
  • C++ and NDK support
  • Built-in support for Google Cloud Platform, making it easy to integrate Google Cloud Messaging and App Engine

Here some other alternatives for Android studio

1. PhoneGap By Adobe

PhoneGap is an open source development tool for building iPhone, Android, Blackberry and other mobile apps with JavaScript.

It's an HTML5 app platform that allows you to author native applications with web technologies and get access to APIs and app stores. PhoneGap leverages web technologies developers already know best... HTML and JavaScript.

2. Apache Cordova 

Apache Cordova is a set of device APIs that allow a mobile app developer to access native device function such as the camera or accelerometer from JavaScript. Combined with a UI framework such as jQuery Mobile or Dojo Mobile or Sencha Touch, this allows a smartphone app to be developed with just HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.

When using the Cordova APIs, an app can be built without any native code (Java, Objective-C, etc) from the app developer. Instead, web technologies are used, and they are hosted in the app itself locally (generally not on a remote http server).

And because these JavaScript APIs are consistent across multiple device platforms and built on web standards, the app should be portable to other device platforms with minimal to no changes.

3. Thunkable

Thunkable is a powerful drag-and-drop app builder made by two of the first MIT engineers on Small MIT App Inventor iconMIT App Inventor.

The platform is geared for the more professional user who may want higher quality, robust apps for their business, community or just themselves.

It has two main components:

Designer: Allows you to create an app UI by adding different UI components to your screen, such as buttons, TextBoxes, GoogleMaps, etc. It also allows you to add non-visible components to your apps, such as SMS receivers or NFC sensors.

Blocks: Thunkable has a blocks-based programming language similar to Small Scratch iconScratch that makes it easy for novice programmers to use, but is sophisticated enough for seasoned developers to use (you can make functions, variables, callbacks, etc.).

4. Xamarin Studio

Type intelligently
World-class code completion unlocks the iOS, Android, and OS X APIs. Quickly look up methods and types, and discover API functionality.

Find bugs quickly
Debug in a simulator or on a device. Set breakpoints, step through code, and watch values change in real-time as your app runs.

Target any platform
Xamarin Studio includes full support for tvOS, Apple WatchKit, Android Wear, and compatibility with Microsoft Band’s C# SDK.

Publish apps with ease
Package and distribute your apps to the App Store and Google Play directly within Xamarin Studio.

5. MIT App Inventor

App Inventor for Android is an application originally provided by Google and now maintained by the MIT, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. It allows anyone, including people unfamiliar with computer programming, to create software applications for the Android operating system. It uses a graphical interface, very similar to Scratch and the StarLogo TNG user interface, that allowes users to drag-and-drop visual objects to create an application that can run on the Android system, which runs on many mobile devices.

6. Appcelerator Titanium

Appcelerator Titanium, offered for free by Small Appcelerator iconAppcelerator, lets web developers use web technologies, open source and cloud computing to build native apps for iPhone, Android, Windows, Mac OSX and Linux.


7. RAD Studio

Embarcadero RAD Studio is the industry’s most powerful rapid application development suite for visually building GUI-intensive, data-driven end-user applications for both native Windows and .NET. RAD Studio includes Delphi, C++Builder and Delphi Prism, enabling you to deliver applications up to 5x faster across multiple Windows and database platforms.

8. B4X

Rapid Application Development tools for native Android, iOS and desktop applications.
The simple way to quickly program real world apps. Programming language similar to Visual Basic.

9. appenguin

Turn your website into an Android app in minutes. It's free!

Convert the most complex web application or website to an Android app in minutes.
Enjoy Continuous Delivery - live app updates instead of waiting for weeks.
Save hundreds of developer hours.

Try it out for youself, only takes a minute. 🐧

10. Andromo

Create Android apps for free. No coding required. Andromo is the #1 Android app maker software used by over 531,071 app developers.

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Sunday, May 27, 2018

May 27, 2018

10 ANDROID DEVELOPMENT BOOKS TO LEARN


10 ANDROID DEVELOPMENT BOOKS TO LEARN
Whether you are a beginner or an advanced learner of Android Programming, you must take advantage of all the resources available for your education to fully master the required skills to be a developer.
No matter if it is with an online course, a tutorial or a discussion forum, those are all great ideas to start learning about anything nowadays. Even so, making use of guides or books from experts is always a good way to learn or complement your knowledge.

1. Java: A beginner’s guide.

First, you’ll need to learn about Java Programming language, as it is mainly used in Android development. Bestselling programming author Herb Schildt, will guide you from the basics of creating, compiling and running a java program. 

Java: A beginner’s guide also includes more advanced features: multithreaded programming, generics, Swing or lambda expressions, for instance.

2. Learning Java by Building Android Games


This book is aimed at beginners as well, so you can get a solid grasp of the Java language and its foundation APIs. It is oriented to teach you Java by learning the process of game development. You’ll build 4 games for your phone and tablet: one educational math test, one memory alike game and two retro-style games.



3. Thinking in Java



An award-winning book and claimed as one of the most complete guides to learn about Java. This is both a theoretical and practical piece that teaches you the real meaning of “Thinking in Java”.
From the fundamentals of Java syntax and Objective Oriented Programming principles to its most advanced features, it will guide you, with many examples, one step at a time.


4. Android Programming for Beginners


This book will introduced to Java Programming via Android, and will guide through the process of creating an Android app considering you an absolute beginner. You will learn by building three real-world app and over 40 mini apps to code and run.




5. Hello, Android: Introducing Google’s Mobile Development Platform Book


Considered as one of the top books to learn Android programming is great on explaining basic Android concepts. Hello, Android also teaches you how to create animated user interfaces, add music and sound effects, build location-based services and more. You’ll be introduced to the Google Play Store as well.




6. Head First Android Development: A Brain-Friendly Guide


A visually-approaching book, perfect for those who are more likely to learn with images and memory tricks. This book teaches you about structure, design or database using cognitive science. Knowledge of Java is required, due they have another guide called Head First Java.




7. The Big Nerd Ranch Guide



We asked Adrián Catalán, GDE and Instructor of the Android App Development for beginners course, for one of his recommendations and he mentioned this one. This is considered by many developers as one of the best introductory books you can find about Android Programming, although you need to be familiar with Java.
This guide is based on an Android bootcamp course taught by experts developers from the Big Nerd Ranch, and it . will provide you good techniques for app development and it will clarify you key concepts and API´s on android.

8. The Busy Coder’s Guide to Android Development

This book covers the latest version of Android Studio and the latest version of Android Nougat. With more than 200 chapters, it will guide you from your beginnings to an advanced level, learning about techniques, development tools, user interface, database and more.




9. Android Programming: Pushing the Limits


If you are an advanced developer and wish to know what you are really capable of, this option is for you. Android Programming: Pushing the Limits will teach you about best practices and how to create more intuitive and innovate apps. This is a great choice if you want to push the boundaries of Android programming, be more efficient and a better developer.


10. Professional Android


Another book recommended by Catalán was the newest edition of Professional Android which is expected to be released next june. This book will show you how to take the most out of the latest features of Android to create robust and compelling apps.

Through a series of projects, you’ll be introduced to new features of Android platform, gradually learning how to build real-world applications.

Certainly, reading a book is a great way to learn since many of them provide structure and a step-by-step guide on how to program for Android. However, it is true that books are more likely to become outdated according to the way technology advances today.




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