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memyselfandus · Post by **memyselfandus** » Thu Apr 18, 2013 3:27 pm

What do you need to get started making your own apps for the Android?

Meffy · Post by **Meffy** » Thu Apr 18, 2013 3:42 pm

The Android SDK (or ADT bundle, which includes the SDK) and Java skills.

http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html

For utility apps and games I usually take the easy way out and use Flash, targeting Adobe's AIR runtime. That's probably inadequate for music software.

memyselfandus · Post by **memyselfandus** » Thu Apr 18, 2013 3:45 pm

Nice! thanks Meffy. this will get me started. will have to explore Flash also.

Meffy · Post by **Meffy** » Thu Apr 18, 2013 3:59 pm

Be forewarned that Flash is a bit of a cop-out. I use it 'cos I already own the software and can make comparatively simple apps very quickly that way.

Using Java is the way to get the most out of an Android device.

memyselfandus · Post by **memyselfandus** » Thu Apr 18, 2013 4:11 pm

ok thanks for the heads up!

musical android · Post by **musical android** » Fri Apr 19, 2013 7:33 am

Hi there-
I am in a little bit of the same situation, want to learn to make my own applications. What I am doing is learning Pure Data, which you can use as a platform for Android apps and many other Operating systems.
It is worth to look into there is already made ways to make Pure Data work in Android almost right of the bat.
There is also already a lot of music making apps written in Pure Data on the Play store, the most famous one being Nodebeat...

Good luck and happy app making!

psionic · Post by **psionic** » Wed May 01, 2013 8:44 pm

Besides getting the Java SDK, you'll want a coding environment. Try Eclipse IDE. Here's some good youtube videos to get you started: