Learning Java by Building Android Games - Second Edition

The games you will build

Let's look at some of the screen-shots and get a little bit more detail about each of the games from the book. We will go in to further detail and explanation as we start each project.

Sub' Hunter

The first game we build will allow us to introduce some key Java beginner's topics. Code comments, variables, operators, methods, loops, generating random numbers, if, else, switch and a brief introduction to object-oriented programming. We will also see how to communicate with the Android OS, detect screen touches, draw simple graphics, detect the screen resolution and handle different screen sizes. All this will be used to build a simpler variation of the classic Minesweeper type game. Here is one of the screens from that game. ...