XML for Android Programming

Question

I just picked up the Android Apps for Absolute Beginners and I read the introduction, it turns out you have to know Java.... so I read Sam's Teach Yourself Java And 24 Hours and I thought I was ready to dive into Android programming. When I began reading the book I noticed there was a lot of XML stuff and I don't know XML.. my question is, how much XML do you have to know in order to write Android apps. Can someone recommend a book or resource that has information about XML and Android? I have about three years of Objective-C experience and a couple days of Java experience.

Thanks!

Answer 1

You don't need to know much about XML. Most of what you need can be absorbed by imitation. You don't need to know much more than the basics of XML syntax. (An easy XML tutorial can be found at W3Schools. An even briefer tutorial, as well as links to the W3Schools tutorial and other learning resources can be found at the XML Introduction page at the Mozilla Developer Network site.) As to concepts of how XML and Java work together in Android, I'd strongly recommend that you go through the training material on XML at the Android web site.