Want to be a dev

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The only other threads about people wanting to be devs have 0 programing experience. I have 2 years of JAVA, one year of binary (LC-3) and Assembly (LC-3). I'm an EE major at UT. Some said to start app deving and learn the Android application. Must I learn the ARMv7 ISA? And I know C ++ as well.

Originally Posted by G.Newton

The only other threads about people wanting to be devs have 0 programing experience. I have 2 years of JAVA, one year of binary (LC-3) and Assembly (LC-3). I'm an EE major at UT. Some said to start app deving and learn the Android application. Must I learn the ARMv7 ISA? And I know C ++ as well.

What are you interested in developing? If you're only interesting in developing Android applications, Java is going to be the main language. I haven't seen much on ARMv7 ISA. I don't think it is very common for Android application development...but there are always ways to expand the project outside of merely using Java...

If you're interested in working lower level, such as kernel, libraries, etc in Android, C/C++ is probably going to be the best route.

A great place to start for Android app development is going to be with the source, Google's Android development site. As with many new adventures a great starting point is the Android app Hello world: http://developer.android.com/resourc...llo-world.html .

Hope that helps a bit!

Originally Posted by joeykrim

What are you interested in developing? If you're only interesting in developing Android applications, Java is going to be the main language. Don't think ARMv7 ISA will be very common for Android application development.

If you're interested in working lower level, such as kernel, libraries, etc in Android, C/C++ is probably going to be the best route.

A great place to start for Android app development is going to be with the source, Google's Android development site. As with many new adventures a great starting point is the Android app Hello world: http://developer.android.com/resourc...llo-world.html .

Hope that helps a bit!

I probably want to be working lower level. And C++ is a pretty easy language. Any specific tips for kernel/library/rom, etc deving?

Originally Posted by G.Newton

I probably want to be working lower level. And C++ is a pretty easy language. Any specific tips for kernel/library/rom, etc deving?

The kernel is a great place to start and due to GPLv2 is all open source. Grab the latest kernel source, I don't think 2.17 is released yet, probably 2.08 from htc's dev site and get it compiling.
For EVO 3D work, toastcfh is a great kernel dev to follow. His github has all his work: http://www.github.com/toastcfh.
Once you have a compiled kernel booting, adding in tweaks, modifying code, etc are logical next steps.

If you're interested in learning about ROMs, many ROM devs who theme, simply reverse Android apk files and modify values. I would recommend starting with either AOSP or CM7/9. Those are the best conceptually to learn full complete front to back and top to bottom how Android is compiled/built. Understanding the linkages, plus seeing all the code is sometimes the easiest and best way to learn. Plus, in the end, you'll have compiled your own complete version of Android.

Hope that helps!

Originally Posted by G.Newton

The only other threads about people wanting to be devs have 0 programing experience. I have 2 years of JAVA, one year of binary (LC-3) and Assembly (LC-3). I'm an EE major at UT. Some said to start app deving and learn the Android application. Must I learn the ARMv7 ISA? And I know C ++ as well.

I admire you people who learn lower level languages. I'm a dev too but for Oracle PL/SQL. If you ever need some Oracle help in your school work, hit me up.