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Android Development Resources

Resources from a variety of sources providing starting points and more specific examples and use-cases.

Android Official Resources

• development page: http://developer.android.com/index.html
• reference guide: http://developer.android.com/reference/packages.html
• tools: http://developer.android.com/tools/index.html
• Custom Eclipse IDE download: http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html
• wonderful guide: https://github.com/commonsguy/cw-advandroid

Starting Points

• Official Training resources: http://developer.android.com/training/index.html
• Application fundamentals: http://developer.android.com/guide/components/fundamentals.html
• Building your first app: http://developer.android.com/training/basics/firstapp/index.html
• Android Development: http://www.objc.io/issue-11/
• provides a variety of useful resources, notable SQLite tutorial, similar to core data

Application Specific

• SQLite tutorial: http://www.objc.io/issue-11/sqlite-database-support-in-android.html
• Network interaction: http://developer.android.com/training/basics/network-ops/index.html
• Volley examples: https://github.com/ogrebgr/android_volley_examples

Device statistics

• Official Android: http://developer.android.com/about/dashboards/index.html
• AppBrain: http://www.appbrain.com/stats/top-android-phones
• Handset Detection Aggregation: http://www.androidpit.com/10-most-popular-android-devices-in-the-u-s

General resources

• QA Testing: http://techcrunch.com/2012/06/02/android-qa-testing-quality-assurance/
• unused resource remover: https://github.com/KeepSafe/android-resource-remover