Ben's Macroblog: Developing Android apps: it's really not so bad!

Ben's Macroblog: Developing Android apps: it's really not so bad!

There's been some talk recently about how Android development can be difficult for newcomers to jump into (for one, this rant on Hacker News, claiming that you'll need "months researching Android design patterns"; the top rated response is mine.) I thought I'd elaborate and show my roughly two week journey from deciding "hey, I'd like to try building an app some time" to releasing a full blown, (IMHO) polished Android app to the market. I plan on following up with more stats in a week's time to show how I'm doing with revenues, downloads, etc.