Please I have been looking for android apps developers thread, but found non. So please anyone with interest can hop in here lets see what can be done with a proudly Nigerian attached to its head. Because it is about that time we get things done too.

me too, i ve been reading android devpt ebook but am yet to setup the android sdk in my netbeans. I need to download the sdk. How far have u gone with android devpt.

Not much yet just a couple of ideas I am creating and hoping to deploy on the android platform. Your tutorials might not be a bad idea, because I have some good basics. I have my SDK all running up on netbeans too, and a few more stuffs done. The usual text displays, "Hello android its me!", and the rest of em beginnings. working up to better apps soon though.

please can you show me the steps you took to setup the android sdk on netbeans. I installed the nbandroid plugin successful. What is left for me is to download android sdk, which due to internet speed is a problem.

http://wiki.netbeans.org/IntroAndroidDevNetBeans#Introducing_Android_Development_with_NetBeans

that is a step by step guide to installation and configuration of android SDK on netbeans, using Linux operating system. There is not much difference with installing on windows platform. and installation of the SDK requires alot of internet speed if you can handle that.

@megaplaza still no news from you any new developments from your end?. and still no nairaland pips into android development?

I don't know the business model of Google for selling android apps, but I know that of Apple. I'll be glad if more light is shed on the Android market payment.

If Android payment requires a paypal account like blackberry then, you'll have a problem cos Nigerians aren't welcome on paypal. However, there are ways around paypal but its illegal and wouldn't encourage it.

am fine, i have found a way of installing the sdk offline. Though i still need to download the sdk abt 80 mb. So am yet to get fast speed internet that can support that.

http://market.android.com/support/bin/topic.py?hl=en&topic=15867
that is the site that handles the sells of android sales.

just search for 'android ebooks' on www.4shared.com thats where i got mine from

Seeing as Android is the future, I'm madly interested. Already learning some shit. Waiting for my Desire HD to land

@Mobinga nice one bruv.

Yeah thanks. Meanwhile I have netbeans ready, jre, jdk. Give me steps to make it android dev ready. Thanks, Im a NOOB

Seems you have gotten the basics done to the end. I am guessing you have your sdk installed for you to have reached that point in the captured screen you uploaded. Create an project as usual, but this time it should be an android project when that is done run the the project as usual if it does work then we have a starting point.

Look up xda developers.

Got a budding android section

They might be able to help you with your enquiry

xda developers, has its own we are nairaladers lets have our own tab on android.
mobinga, whats new?

Nice thread, I regret buying Samsung Wave II, after finding out no skype on that Bada OS, now highly interested with the appz in Android.

lets keep the thread on,

I'm down with android as well. Thinking of doing something small but problem is how many of us in Naija use an android enabled device anyway. If they do then they are not the ordinary/casual users I'm targeting. Anyway with academic wahala for the next six months, I might not be able to concentrate.

Device: Desire HD

Hey guys, Im actually trying to build an Android app for Nairaland. So watch out for it in the Market soon.

@roomtek. Nice

@roomtek,

Hey guys, Im actually trying to build an Android app for Nairaland. So watch out for it in the Market soon.

You probably should get permission from Nairaland administrators before you begin on the app development.

hi,peeps! how relievn,to see ds thread,am also learnin android,and hv my sdkc already runin,we can grow 2gda,

contact the administrators of Nairaland?
that is if they ever get to reply to your post for them to get in touch right?
we had an evaluation team from a Microsoft team back here at my school and I presented Nairaland as truly Nigerian and asked for an admin to contact me and all i got was a blank answer and no one even stepped up. truly Nigerian as i presumed never ready to back a brother up.

If i can find an admin ill get permission. I am not using their API's. If i can get it it will only make my work much easier.

I f anyone is interested in giving me ideas for my android apps, please tell me.

ive got a blog of em.

http://odesanmi..com/

I took a look at android and glanced a few books and I must say it seems interesting. Reminds me of Java.
The only problem I see is having to create apps that will run on all devices irrespective of screen size or memory capacity. I say this because different companies are embracing it and they all have different device profiles.
Definitely worth looking at.

where do i sign up? as long as money making is involved, count me in!

@Number_One: there are scripts (PHP, ASP, Javascript, whichever you're comfortable with) that can determine if a user is browsing your site with PC or Mobile, why not make use of one those?! it makes your site (www.greenspek.com) seem smart or intelligent.

@ kheme, Thanks for the tip. I've put the redirect, and I must say it does look smarter. I left it that way initially so that Google and other web crawlers could record it.
I think crawlers may not bother saving a redirect page (I haven't verified if its true). This will be bad especially if its the index page of the site.

that's won't hinder crawlers. also, on the index page (both mobile and PC) place a link to a site map page with links to all pages you want indexed so that way, the crawlers can index your site. once the site map is setup, you can submit it to search engines and leave the rest of the crawling to them (i won't matter much if the home page redirects after this).

Hi peeps, Finally found an Android thread, Though seems im kinda late!
Looks like most of ya r using Netbeans. I Downloaded Eclipse. Which is better? And does the android app market require a PayPal account too?

ceejayluv:

Hi peeps, Finally found an Android thread, Though seems im kinda late!
Looks like most of ya r using Netbeans. I Downloaded Eclipse. Which is better? And does the android app market require a PayPal account too?

Don't use Netbeans for Android development. It's seemingly impossible and a waste of time.

Android devs specifically provided an Android plugin for eclipse, is ideal and its dope as Bleep.

The market requires a google checkout account and $25 lifetime payment, that's about N4,000.