Category Archives: Android

Writing the first Android App: Guess-the-Number Game

Having installed the Android SDK and getting to work the Hello-World-Sample, it’s time to write the first app that isn’t just written down from some tutorial website.

I chose a simple number guessing game, as it was the first piece of code I can remember to have written ever. It was part of the users manual of the Commodore 64 my brother bought back in the time when 8 bits ruled the world 🙂

Screenshot of the finished number guessing game

The reader of this mini tutorial should be familiar with Java and at least the “Hello, World” tutorial I refered to in an earlier post.

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Installing the Android SDK on Windows and saying Hello to the Android world

Having owned an Android device for more than a year I never found the time (and motivation) to start developing for the Android plattform. With holidays ahead I thought I finally might find the time and with some ideas in the head motivation wasn’t far. So here are my experiences of installing the Android SDK and getting to run the traditional “Hello World” application:
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