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Making your own app...

  • 22-12-2011 1:45am
    #1
    jayteecork
    Site Banned Posts: 5,676 ✭✭✭


    Hey guys,
    Just wondering has anyone here had success in getting an app onto the marketplace?

    If so, what sort of programming skills do you need?

    Also, would it be possible for someone to post what's considered the best beginner's guide to it?


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  • #2
    seanybiker
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,898 ✭✭✭✭seanybiker


    Costs ya a few euros just to get it on market. It depends on what ya wanna make to be honest.


  • #3
    28064212
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,912 ✭✭✭✭28064212


    For a total beginner with no programming experience, you might as well give the Google App Inventor a try.

    If you actually want to learn to program from the ground up, start with basic Java (there's hundreds of books and tutorials out there). Once you've at least got something of a handle on that and understand the main concepts, download Eclipse and the ADT plugin as detailed here, and read the Dev Guide. Note that this is the LONG way, getting a basic grounding in Java will take a few months

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  • #4
    conolan
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 586 ✭✭✭conolan


    28064212 wrote: »
    For a total beginner with no programming experience, you might as well give the Google App Inventor a try.

    App Inventor is good for newbies. However, Google are dropping it Dec 31st and it's migrating to MIT. Won't be available until sometime in first quarter 2012. So you'll have to hold your whist. You could of course play with it on google when you're bored on crimbo day, just to get a feel for it.

    There is a method of getting the app from there to the Android market, but it requires using Apptomarket. See http://amerkashi.wordpress.com/


  • #5
    conolan
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 586 ✭✭✭conolan


    seanybiker wrote: »
    Costs ya a few euros just to get it on market. It depends on what ya wanna make to be honest.

    Android developer fee is $25 per annum. Regardless of number of apps. Apple IOS is $100.


  • #6
    Ian Beale
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 768 ✭✭✭Ian Beale


    conolan wrote: »
    Android developer fee is $25 per annum. Regardless of number of apps. Apple IOS is $100.

    Actually it's $25 for life :D


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  • #7
    MoodeRator
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,745 ✭✭✭MoodeRator


    Does anyone know of a way to convert a .SWF or .FLA file to APK please? Other than using the Adobe Air (which doesn't work for me)?


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