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As a C# developer, would you learn Java to develop for Android or use MonoDroid instead?
I'd consider myself pretty well versed in C#. It's my language of choice at the moment, and it's where basically all my professional experience lies.
Still, I'm puzzled by the existence of the ...
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Android vs iPhone development [closed]
Which is a better career Android vs iPhone app development. Android has the advantage of beingopen source while iPad/iPhone is one of the best product in the market and Apple is leading the mobile ...
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Is Model-View-Presenter (MVP) scheme useful for Android?
How to separate View and Presenter in Android, while the reactions on the user actions (Presenter part of MVP) are set into the same activities that shows GUI elements (View part of MVP).
"In model ...
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How do I choose an Android phone for testing my application? [duplicate]
I'm starting to develop for Android. Do I need to buy a certain Android phone to test my application, or does any android phone work?
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what should a developer know/address to build commercial Android Apps?
Android and mobile development is an exciting area of development. As it is a new discipline, what would be expected of an android developer to build commercially robust applications in terms of ...
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What are the ways to Promote android App [closed]
This is not kinda Tech question,
But can anyone tell me what are good ways to Promote app other than Market.
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Do I need an IDE to develop Android apps?
After reading some articles on Google, I decided to start working on Android apps since it's an open source platform from Google.
So I wanted to create some apps.I have Android 2.2 Os So I just ...
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Should I still consider using Appcelerator Titanium for building mobile apps if I don't have any web dev skills?
I'm an experienced desktop developer who's recently begun writing iOS apps and would like to venture into Android development as well. I've been hearing a lot of talk surrounding the Appcelerator ...
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Any hard evidence on how much smart phone app developers have actually earned?
I am considering making a smart phone app. Before I start, I want to see whether it is worthwhile at all. Unfortunatelly, I find it very hard to find any hard evidence on how much the developers of ...
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Why was Java chosen for Android?
Why was Java chosen for Android, instead of something like C++? While I certainly am no expert, I have heard that Java uses quite a lot of memory and I would presume that low memory usage would be ...
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Are ads within average Android applications profitable?
I presume this question is acceptable here-- because it's a part of software development but not specific to programming. If it's better suited for another area, could someone kindly help move me?
I ...
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What is the architecture model of an Android application?
I finished my app in Android and now I have to write about the architecture model in Android.
Does the Android architecture resemble or fit with any of the well known architectures such as like MVC ...
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Is it possible to earn a living from Android application development? [closed]
Is it possible to earn a living from Android application development, for a freelance programmer?
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Does learning to develop for iOS create a lock-in? [closed]
If I begin my career (first job) with developing on the iOS platform, does that lock me in into iOS and Mac OS X development only? By locking me in I mean will that create barriers for me to switch ...
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How should I choose the right Android phone for testing my app?
I am looking to buy an Android phone to test my first Android app on.
What things should I pay attention to to make sure I pick the most suitable device?
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Is Android a language or a framework/platform?
I know that Android uses the Java language with a limited Java SDK and that Google claims it isn't Java. But is it right to say that Android is a Programming language?
Or is it more right to say that ...
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Does mobile based (Android) development, benefit from Object Oriented Programming?
My development on Android is based on scientific programs and while I'm building these most of the code is in one or two long classes. When I come to deploy these programs I try to decouple everything ...
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Saving mobile application data when no service?
Say I have a mobile application that allows users to enter information which is then uploaded to a central location. I had planned on building this using only HTML5 and javascript (non-native app), ...
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Do you think is good to start developing Android Applications even though I'm a beginner? [closed]
Do you think is good to start developing Android Applications even though I'm a beginner? So should I just concentrate on learning java, c++, html, css, javascript, php, msql, c#, c, objective-c, etc? ...
