Android Question How can i start learning ?

Devv

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Hi all
i'm new here
i know nothing about b4a or vb
how i must start ?
is their is any video tuts for b4a ?
 

NJDude

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Welcome to B4A!!

If you take a look at the top of the screen you will see a DOCUMENTATION link, there you will have access to manuals and other useful information, I would recommend you start by reading the Basic4android Beginner's Guide and Basic4android User's Guide, that will get you started.
 
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eps

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Also a little "learn by doing"

I used to download the examples, get them working and then go through the source code to work out how they did things. This is what got me in to programming - when they used to publish code in magazines and books. You'd enter it all in and get it working and then try to make changes to the end result and learn by cause and effect.

I would also try tinkering with them and seeing how you can change things and what impact changing elements have on the code and the output. At the very worst you can just download the examples again - or start to think about keeping a backup of the source code before embarking on big changes to code, so that you don't lose the working code before you start to change things a lot.

Stepping through the code can also be useful.
 
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Douglas Farias

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I'm learning.
Here in Brazil is very difficult to pay for studies so I'm teaching myself.
the best way is trying.

and also asking forum, people always help you =)
sometimes you get angry by asking several questions xD most always end up helping.

be welcome

if it helps you I'm doing tutorials for beginners en
videos

http://likeapps.net/tutoriais.html
 
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DonManfred

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nikolaus

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I started a few months ago myself reading the mentioned guides ( I had them printed). I tried a little simple trial and error for a week or two and then I set up my first project.

Nothing great, a search string generator for Google Advanced Search. But I planned a little project with defined features, behaviour and all that. Then I implemented it. Whenever I had a problem I searched the forum, sometimes asked a question. And finally after two month had a working little app on Google Play. A routined programmer would probably do that job in a couple of hours. But I went through all steps from planning to coding, debugging, and publishing the apk.

It is not important what kind of project it is. It may be a very simple app, but do a complete project!

I think this is a straight forward approach and better than just playing and tweaking around with existing code (which is prone to cheating yourself). You definitely have to get your project done and reach a previously defined milestone as a control. Then do your next and maybe higher level project - and bring it to an end even if it takes a lot of time.
 
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Dman

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The hardest thing that I have encountered since I started teaching myself a couple of years ago is when I got what I wanted in my mind, I didn't know exactly what to search for to figure out how to implement it. Not coming from a programming background, I didn't know the technical names of what I wanted to do. I still have that issue sometimes but after a lot of searching and trial and error and a lot of help from a couple of great guys here (thanks again NJDude and Sorex) I can get around B4A pretty well. There are many others that have helped me out also but these two really hooked me up. Don't be afraid to ask questions, even if they seem pretty dumb. Going through many of the sample codes here and trying to figure out why they work like they do really helps tremendously. Like mentioned before, change stuff in the code to see how it affects the final outcome really helps you figure out what that particular code does.
 
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