Programming an Android App

[LadyDi]

I was just curious if anyone here has ever tried to program an app for an Android phone. I have recently found out that I will need to do this and am having a lot of trouble with it. I downloaded the eclipse software and the SDK available from Android. I have also tried to follow the instructions they provide on how to program with this software. Unfortunately, I can't get their instructions to work.

I've also found something called Basic4Android that, if I understand correctly, takes a program created using Visual Basic and converts it to the language that Android uses. The only problem is that it is expensive to get and I'm not sure I can convince my manager to get it. Have any of you used this software? If so, is it worth the price?

I also found something called the Simple Compiler that Google put out for free. If I understand this correctly, it is supposed to make programming an Android App much easier. However, I can't find instructions on how to install it. The download file that I found doesn't have an exe file. It only contains bat and jar files. Has anyone used this? If so, can you tell me how to get it set up and use it?

Any suggestions you have would be greatly appreciated.

 

[plog]

What couldn't you get to work? I was able to walk through the android tutorial (http://developer.android.com/training/basics/firstapp/creating-project.html) using Eclipse.

It took a few times through it, but I did get it to compile. Honestly, I wouldn't invest anything (time or money) into anything else until you can get a simple Hello World to compile.

I'm sure there are android specific forums you can turn to for help.

 

[LadyDi]

That is the tutorial that I've been trying to get through all week. I can get it to work, up to the "Starting Another Activity". However, when I try to get the Send button to work, my "virtual machine" keeps telling me that my app has closed. I don't know what I'm doing wrong. I've done what the tutorial said, at least I think I have.