how to android app?

how would i go about making an android app via windows, and using the api? i'm new to coding and still trying to learn what i can

Eclipse would be your best choice of program using windows to code a android application

alright aaw :) i'm guessing the next step after that would be to view some tutorials? lol

A great book on Android development I am just reading is called Android Programming: The Big Nerd Ranch Guide - 2nd Edition. For someone new to coding I feel this book might have some bits and pieces you can use for some Torn app. Chapter 23 has some information on how to fetch JSON from Flickr just like you would need with the Torn API.

This book uses Android Studio which I also recommend over Eclipse, since Android Developer Tools for Eclipse are no longer maintained by Google.

can i get android studio on windows? also i can't afford to buy a book (pretty sad i know) but thanks :)

Yes, take a look here: http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html#downloads
You should be able to find the book online if you look hard enough. :P Otherwise I am sure you could also just go for any book/website/tutorials on android, but it might be hard to search for things related to coding if you have no experience and don't know What to search for.

i have very little experience, and yeah i got the program last night, messing around with it today after i look up some things and follow some guides on that website too, thanks a lot Xiphias!!

Eclipse or Android Studio should get you there. And there is this website called IT Ebooks. I can't link it for legal reasons but Google will get you there ;)

{EDIT} What I can link is this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBD4xhH5vIE&list=PLGLfVvz_LVvSPjWpLPFEfOCbezi6vATIh

thanks 0day :) yes i'm still trying this, so far got no where xD

you dont

Goto Udacity and get android beginner and advanced courses(from Google).These resources are freely provided. It will start you up on Android development.(Link)

And use the android studio for development, it is also free.

Use materials from Android developer site (Click here)

Also, read this tutorial

Best of luck in your endeavors

Thanks tempest I'll check the stuff out when Im on PC :)

You should definitely use Android Studio for this (most intuitive for beginners, and still great for advanced developers).

This is a good place to start
http://developer.android.com/training/index.html


^ just realised that this is exactly what Tempest said... great minds think alike blah blah

Hey. Yeah I did some android dev work in the past and for a school project. Best thing to do is to learn Java first. If you don't understand Java you will not get very far. Android is based on Java so if you learn java you will understand something about android. After getting pretty comfortable with Java start with Udacity Android beginner course as the other guys have said. If you want to pay a little bit of money I would recommend Treehouse. The courses on there are pretty good too. I am gonna start doing android development again during the summer after my university exams. So if you wanna work with me or just talk about android just give me a message.

Programming is not something you will learn overnight. I've written my first lines of code when I was 9 years old and I know enough to conclude I'm still a rookie. I started by reverse engineering software out of curiosity and ended up building my own things.

The main advantage of Android Studio is that it has plenty of pre-built activities that allow you to make your app look decent with little of no programming experience. On top of that there are plenty of tutorials and code examples.
If you are pressed for time and need a working prototype, you can copy-paste your way there, but in the end you'll need to learn to write your own software. If you release an app to the public and you do not know what every single line of code is for, you're asking for trouble.

My advice is to start by copying some stuff, editing it to see what it does. After that start from scratch and use what you have learned. Good luck!

PS. Resources you'll learn to love:

• Google
• YouTube
• Stack Overflow
• Android Documentation

Thanks all for the help :) really appreciate this all!!!! i've tried learning java in the past ( to make minecraft mods :P) and it's a tad confusing but will do again, in the middle of making a web game (wont say what or anything just to respect rules)but i might use torns api and make a seperate page just to get used to it more before i actually move to android

Unless you use React Native but yeah setting that up is probably more complicated than learning the Java method.