Thanks so much for your input! I've just had my final exam today, so I'm back into it. It's my final year in medicine actually, the only programming experience I have is in VB6 from a few years back (I loved it!). I'm familiar with the concept of OOP but haven't used it much. I think I'll take your advise and look for some online tutorials on java first, then look at android.
To answer your questions, I was thinking of having an sqlite table (FTS) with the URL, title, and body of the html files (on sd card) (made on the device using Jericho HTML parser). I took the Searchabledictionary example app (in android SDK) for the top level part, and intend to change it so that when you search it shows the title in the listview and you click and it opens a web browser in the corresponding URL. It's pretty simple in theory, harder to actually start! Thanks again for all your help. It looks like there's a lot to learn. Richard On May 4, 9:57 am, Kristopher Micinski <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, May 3, 2011 at 7:50 PM, Miguel Morales <[email protected]>wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > So, what, you wouldn't learn it by practicing? You can only learn it by > > reading the spec? Of course not that's silly. > > Furthermore, he is taking final exams so I assume he is familiar with the > > concept of programming. > > > Also, while Java is in many forms the primary Android development language, > > in many cases it isn't. > > If your objective is to make apps for Android learning things like thread > > locks, blocking queues, etc while it's ok will be superseded when you learn > > that Android has a bunch of nice helper classes (handler, looper, etc) to > > integrate better with its lifecycle methodology. > > > Obviously the best would be to learn the spec AS you work on a project. > > Time spent learning or memorizing some silly spec is better spent making an > > app that follows to Android standards and practices. > > Sounds good to me. But note, I never said "spec" anywhere, (really, you can > check), I simply said to *learn* Java. If you don't know OOP, then jumping > into Android will be difficult, but I'll agree, it's best to learn as you > go. (And yes, unless his tests aren't in programming, I suppose he already > does.) > > Kris -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
