KCLUG Digest, Vol 87, Issue 4

[Andrew Beals]

The SDK for Android is free.  It runs under Eclipse, which is also free.
Ease-of-use by platform, in descending order: Mac, Linux, Winderz.

Macs automagically find all Android devices connected via USB.
Linux may need a wee bit of tweaking in /etc one-time in order to get a
device set right and recognized as an Android device.
Winderz devices require a driver from the device manufacturer.
(Probability of being able to use a cheap generic Chinese tablet: epsilon)

All you need is root access (I believe) and a USB connection in order to
install new apps from your computer.

The Amazon Android App Store is $99/year, which they're waiving for the
first year.

https://developer.amazon.com/help/faq.html


Claimer:
I've written Android apps and deployed them to a cheap Chinese tablet from
my Hackintosh.  I've watched the SDK fail to find it from Winderz.  I
haven't tried it on Linux, although I installed the dev tools without
problem on Ubuntu 10.4 LTS.




On Thu, Nov 17, 2011 at 7:53 AM, Kelsay, Brian - OCIO-ITS, Kansas City, MO <
brian.kelsay at kcc.usda.gov> wrote:

>  Well, you will always have the expense of a computer to develop on and
> usually for the tools, but I believe there is a free dev kit SDK for
> Android that is multi-platform.  As far as the cost to post to the App
> Store or Android Market, $100 for an acct is a pretty low barrier to entry
> and it is a barrier to spammer scum.   Albeit a low barrier, but a barrier
> non-the-less and I believe that a person has to prove who they are
> somehow.  I find that the cost, the proving who you are and the rating
> system keeps most of the troll jackasses out of the game.****
>
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> If we just had a SEAL team to hunt down virus and malware programmers…
> Hey, I can dream, can’t I?****
>
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> Brian Kelsay ****
>
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> *From:* *On Behalf Of *Jack
> *Sent:* Thursday, November 17, 2011 12:20 AM
> *To:* Richard Allen; kclug at kclug.org
>
> *Subject:* Re: KCLUG Digest, Vol 87, Issue 4****
>
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> Yes, that was my original feeling, when doing my own searching.****
>
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> Well, I guess our final project will be an Android game App. Seems to be a
> bit more open and Free as in freedom and beer, although I'm sure there's a
> cost there to deploy also.****
>
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> Can't say, I'm not surprised that an Apple solution would be excruciating
> from the outside. ****
>
> releasing an app could always be done the Hackintosh way, but there's
> still all that pain just getting there.****
>
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> With Android and my "course", he'll learn a little: Linux, HTML5, CSS,
> javascript, Java, and some Android development. Along with math and physics
> and such.****
>
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> A bit better rounded. Still, there's that huge closed, pay to play,
> market. Who knows, Android may be the shot in the arm FOSS needs to build a
> really huge base.****
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> Thanks everyone, your comments, as always are enlightening and useful.****
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> Jack****
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