[ale] Beginning Android Coding

[Phil Turmel]

On 12/07/2015 08:15 AM, DJ-Pfulio wrote:
> Beginning Android Coding
> https://github.com/scruffyfox/AndroidCourse
> 
> It has links to videos, slides, speaker notes and important links for 6 lessons.
> Should be enough to create a simple Android app. Fun for everyone!

Looks interesting.

> I figured a few people might like to learn Android development instead of C or
> Linux administration over the holidays. ;)  The only warning is that Android
> development is usually performed in Eclipse, which is a fairly heavy Java-based
> IDE.   8+G of RAM is about the min for Eclipse, 16G would be nominal, IMHO.

That might be a bit of an exaggeration, unless the android SDK is a
contributing factor.  My instance of eclipse with several non-android
projects open is using 380M.  Not that that isn't heavy, but it
certainly isn't 8G heavy.