The roadmap to an Android development expert [closed]

Question

I just started to learn Android development.

My previous experience is majorly .NET framework in C#. I have some experience with Linux and basically no idea about Java.

So, which is the good way to be an Android development expert? Books? Study roadmap? Anything would be appreciated. I am all ears to your advises.

Thanks.

(Apologies if this is not the right place to post such a question.)

Answer 1

The first thing you must do is learn Java. Head First Java would be a nice introduction. Android applications commonly use complex Java concepts, such as inner classes, anonymous classes, generics, etc. You should become a Java expert before becoming an Android expert. It will make your life alot easier.

After this I would recommend learning Android by reading an intro book such as Beginning Android 2.

After this -- or as a supplement to the book -- go check out the android developer's guide, where you will get tons of great tips and sample code. Make sure you understand all of this sample code.

Somewhere along the way, you should check out this wonderful tutorial on creating a "real-life" application. It goes step-by-step and helped me alot.