[SGVLUG] This is the droid you've been writing for...

[Rae Yip]

Actually, Matt has done most of the groundwork for this first talk,
and will walk us through a "getting started" guide. I'm preparing some
other Android material in case we have some time left over.

-Rae.

On Sun, Jan 9, 2011 at 9:54 PM, Tom Emerson <starman9x at gmail.com> wrote:
> Well, the holidays are over, lights taken down, and lives slowly
> getting back to normal - time to start considering the next SGVLUG
> meeting!
>
> This month, Rae will give a tutorial on Android (phone) programming -
> if you're frustrated about apps that "don't do quite what you want"
> (or charge more than you think it is worth), here is a chance to learn
> how to "roll your own" program and live the high life.
>
> This may be a good topic to bring a laptop and "follow along" as he
> talks about different techniques -- you will want to install the
> "SDK", or "software development kit", beforehand so you can run the
> examples yourself.  Rae and Matt just sent me instructions which I've
> just posted on our site [you can also head on over to
> http://developer.android.com/sdk/installing.html and follow through
> the installation steps (and do the "hello world" application if you
> can)]  Although Rae will talk about installing the android platform
> SDK, he won't go into too much specific detail (otherwise we'll spend
> the entire evening talking about installing the SDK and not actually
> talking about programming!)
>
> Note that if you run OpenSuSE like I do, there is an extra step you'll
> need to perform to get the SDK to work - I don't remember the
> specifics of it, but it is covered in the associated forum on the
> developer.android site.  (basically, do a forum search for the error
> message you get when trying to install the SDK - it complains of some
> missing dependencies - and you should find the thread that specifies
> how and where to get the "correct" package to provide those
> dependencies)
>
> Installing the SDK and doing the tutorial should not take more than a
> couple hours - if you get stuck, first check the forums on the
> developer site (chances are your problem has been covered before) or
> post to this list (well, consider this the second line of defense -
> the people who reply in the forums do this every day...)  If you're
> really stuck, and the forum answers are not helping, be ready with
> your question at the start of the meeting - Rae or I or someone may be
> able to provide some insight right off, but we don't want to get
> sidetracked into what may be a one-off problem.
>