Hi emg. I did start to get into Android like everyone else via Java & Eclipse but I found it to be slow and cumbersome.
I had a look around and found this guy called Erel who is creating something called basic for android or B4a as we call it.
This is the only language that I know of specifically created for Android and its starting to show.
It keeps getting better & better as Erel continues development on it.
Think Visual Basic for Android.
www.basic4ppc.com
Very nice, thanks!
About a year ago, I used eclipse and Java to write a simple Android application. I didn't like Java and the calls at all.
I like basic4ppc. It's similar to .NET and VB.NET and VB6. So, no huge learning curve if I want to do a simple program.
BTW, I found this video and it's a good example of how to use basic4ppc.
Android Programming using Basic4Android - Tutorial 1
https://www.youtube....h?v=QWyrCab7ANA
Also, in the description, there's a link to get 30% off the price. Yea, free would have been much nicer!
So, it's ~$35 for the program. IMHO, for me, that's worth it so that I don't need to learn/remember another language and calls, that I would very rarely use.
Interesting tidbit, I never liked JAVA. I never liked programming it.
But, I *love* C#.
And, I used to be a huge Sun Microsystems fan, and hate anything/everything relating to MicroSucks. Now, I'm a semi-leg humper of MicroSucks. Feel like I sold my sole to the devil.