This tutorial teaches you how to build your first Android
app. You'll learn how to create an Android project and run a debuggable
version of the app. You'll also learn some fundamentals of Android app
design, including how to build a simple user interface and handle user
input.
A very short beginner introduction tutorial, this shows you
how to create a mobile app for Android. The tutorial is based on API
Level 17 and Android 4.2. Starting from scratch, you should have a mp/h
to km/h converter at the end.
This tutorial gets you started with Android development
without requiring you to wade through pages of technical documentation.
At the end, you'll have written a simple Android app and you will be
able to deploy the application onto an emulator or a real Android
device.
There are two techniques that you can use to produce Android
applications with a PC. The first uses the Android Software Development
Kit (SDK). This lets you write raw code and helps you get it working in
the Android environment. The second uses App Inventor, a Google Labs
tool that's still in beta. This tutorial demonstrates how to go about
doing both.
In this four-part tutorial, you'll learn the basics of
developing an app for Android. A perfect starting point for any
beginner, the series will explain the programming terminology used as
well as any strange acronyms.
Google recently announced a new IDE for Android called
Android Studio. This tutorial explains how to install Android Studio on
your Windows 7 machine and create a new HelloWorld application.
This article explains what you need to do to build a
scalable app that looks and feels right at home on Android, how to test
it and your options for distributing it.After reading this article, you should have a good understanding of what kinds of decisions andchallenges you will face when creating an Android app.
Around 480 million people currently use Android devices, and
one million new devices are activated daily. Learn your market with
this introduction to a maturing Andriod app audience.
Android apps can be just as beautiful as their iOS
counterparts. Richard Leggett, co-director of Bitmode Ltd, digs deep
into the styling and theming and explains how to use just XML and image
files to add a fresh look and feel to your app.
Don't trust humans to do all of your testing - not even
experts. John Senner, Koa Metter, and Emory Myers of MokaSocial reveal
how to delegate the dirty work.
In this step by step tutorial you'll build SnapStack, a
photo sharing application, from start to finish. Building SnapStack on
StackMob you'll build a feature-filled app that includes User
Authentication, S3 integration and more.
This series of app tutorials teaches people how to build
iPhone and iPad applications who have no programming experience. The
focus is on explaining things in simple, plain English and get people
started making their own apps, slowly introducing concepts as you need
them.
Got an idea for a killer app but don't know where to begin?
Daniel Bramhall of Visioa explains everything you need to know to start
programming for Apple devices.
If you're new to iOS development then this easy to follow
tutorial may be just what you need. Ray Wenderlich explains how to
create an entire functional app from scratch for beginners.
How to create a simple iPhone app
An excerpt of a lynda.com course, this simple tutorial
allows you to get started with creating an iPhone app. It won't show you
how to do absolutely everything but it will most certainly help you to
get started and learn the basics. You'll be on your way to iPhone app
stardom in no time after learning these crucial ground rules.
In this app tutorial, Jake Rocheleau, a user experience
designer for both web and mobile platforms, provides a thorough and
practical explanation of all the different stages of creating an app for
the iPhone, from sketching your UI to developing your code.
Anyone can make an iPhone app, it's just a matter of knowing
the process required to make it happen. Here, web and mobile UI
designer Jen Gordon explains exactly what you need to do to create your
first iPhone app.
Aimed at those who are new to Xcode and Objective-C, this
app tutorial explains how to make an app that changes the background
picture of the app by dragging a selector on the thumb of the image.
This tutorial will help you to get to know the iOS
development tools a little better. Be warned though, this isn't one for
absolute beginners - you must have some knowledge of Objective-C and
computer science to get to grips with it.
Designing for iOS devices is totally different from
designing for the web. Sarah Parmenter explains how to create the
perfect user interface for your app.
In this Adobe episode, you'll learn how to create iPad Apps
using Adobe InDesign CS6. Build your Folio in InDesign CS6, add
interactivity, use Alternate Layouts, build your App and load it on your
iPad or submit it to the App Store.
Building on Apple's platform has traditionally required
experience in a niche programming language, Objective-C. However, with
the release of RubyMotion, anyone can make a completely native iOS app
using the power of Ruby.
Zack Grossbart made a new iPhone game based on a famous math
problem called The Seven Bridges of Königsberg. He's selling it in the
App Store, but I also want to share it with everyone, so he made it open
source. This tutorial walks you through how he made it.
Explore the location-based services provided by the iOS Core
Location framework in Kevin McMahon's guide to building and testing a
geofencing-enabled application.
This isn't a traditional tutorial. Instead, it's a
play-by-play walkthrough of how the app was coded within one hour,
including the usual dumb mistakes and wrong turns.
In this excerpt from the PhoneGap Beginner's Guide,
Nitobi/Adobe's Andrew Lunny goes over the biggest roadblock developers
find with the mobile development framework: getting started and building
simple apps for iOS, Android, and BlackBerry.
We present an exclusive excerpt from jQuery Mobile Web
Development Essentials, on the basics of theming and building and using a
custom theme for your app.
In this exclusive excerpt from their book on the Sencha
Touch mobile JavaScript framework, John Clark and Bryan Johnson explain
how to customise your app and use the Sencha theme engine with SASS and
Compass.
