[Tfug] tfug Digest, Vol 109, Issue 5

[shanna leonard]

I have only done Android development, and I would say, yes, an emulator 
is the way to go to start. Much easier, and no worry about messing up a 
phone you use daily.

Ironically, I did Android development  on my Macbook Pro. I say 
ironically, since I *think* iphone development requires you to use a Mac 
for the IDE.

Also, I believe you have to pay for the developer's key if you want to 
publish your iphone app.

Also Liz, if you end up getting interested in Android dev,  I have an 
extra inexpensive Android phone you could probably buy off me. (Its a 
Virgin Mobile Optimus V)  It has the advantage that you don't need to 
have a service plan.  And if you want to try it out as a phone, you can 
turn on a cheap plan for only one month.

I got it because my Mobile dev class required some programming for 
sensors which is hard w/o a real phone. Some things, eg. proximity 
sensor, etc are hard to test w/o real phone.


On 8/8/12 12:00 PM, tfug-request at tfug.org wrote:
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> Date: Wed, 8 Aug 2012 14:52:56 +0000
> From: Liz Ravenwood <Liz_Ravenwood at beaerospace.com>
> To: 'Tucson Free Unix Group' <tfug at tfug.org>
> Subject: Re: [Tfug] want to try doing a mobile app
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> Glen,
>
> Wow.  That is a perfect answer.
>
> I'll also welcome the arguments pro/con for specific phones and dev software.
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> Liz Ravenwood
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: tfug-bounces at tfug.org [mailto:tfug-bounces at tfug.org] On Behalf Of Glen Pfeiffer
> Sent: Wednesday, August 08, 2012 7:50 AM
> To: tfug at tfug.org
> Subject: Re: [Tfug] want to try doing a mobile app
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> On 08 Aug 2012, Liz Ravenwood wrote:
>> Greetings,  I'd like to try a hand at building a mobile app,
>> and need to buy a new phone anyway.
>>
>> Anyone have any recommendations?
>>
>> A friend of mine keeps pushing a certain type of phone on me,
>> but I want to get one that I can actually learn to program...
>> without messing it up though...
>>
> Hi Liz,
>
> You're going to get a lot of polarized responses to that question
> on this list.
>
> You can run your mobile apps inside a "mobile device emulator"
> directly on your computer. This means you don't need to have the
> device to get started.
>
> So my recommendation is to download the software development kits
> for the phones you are considering, and play around with them,
> maybe make a super simple app, and see which one you like better.
>
> Hope that helps!
>
> --
> Glen
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