I admit it, I am a "babe in the woods" as far as B4A is concerned.
As to my programming history, I have been programming in various BASIC dialects since 1982. Through the years, I achieved proficiency in Commodore BASIC v2 (Commodore 64) and v7 (Commodore 128), AmigaBASIC, AMOS, Microsoft's QBasic/QuickBASIC/Visual Basic and, since 1998, REALBasic (now called "XOJO"). I have had several articles published in COMPUTE!s Gazette magazine and in one of their books.
I need to create fairly simple apps* for Android (and, maybe, iOS). I'm too old to learn a new programming language (C, C++, Java, etc.). I just want to capitalize my almost 40 years experience with BASIC dialects.
I have downloaded and installed the demo version. Before I purchase the full version, I would like to know:
Is B4A the way to go? Is there any caveats or "gotchas" that I need to know about? I just want to build apps for the Google Play Store.
Any advice, insights, suggestions, hints, tips, or other words of wisdom will be greatly appreciated!
*just standard BASIC code with http (not https) hooks to my database, or direct MySQL access to my database.
Many, many thanks for your advice and recommendations.