Chapter 2
Building for Android
In This Chapter
• Getting to know Eclipse
• Creating projects in Eclipse
• Running apps in the Android emulator
• Starting your first project
If you have not developed an app for another flavor of mobile phone, you have probably installed enough apps on your existing mobile devices to know the potential that mobile development offers. From card games to jogging assistants and from news readers to real-time astronomy guides, every type of mobile app imaginable is either waiting for you to download or create it.
Finding and using apps is usually straightforward and intuitive, but how do you translate your app ideas into reality? Most of your life as a mobile app creator is spent developing your application, from inception ...
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