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Design Tutorials « Tapptics. How To Create Your First iPhone Application - Smashing Magazine. Update: 01/10/2012: The original version of this article by Jen Gordon was published in August 2009. It was thoroughly revised and updated by the author and published in September 2012. Update: 01/10/2012: The original version of this article by Jen Gordon was published in August 2009.

It was thoroughly revised and updated by the author in September 2012. — Editorial Team Since the iTunes App Store launched in 2008, over 500,000 apps have been approved by Apple, and thousands more app ideas are scrawled on napkins across the world every day. But question remains, how can a person with limited technical skills create an iPhone app? Be sure to check out our previous articles: The good news is anyone can make an iPhone app, it’s just a matter of knowing the series of actions you need to take to make it happen. More after jump! What Is Your Goal? The first thing to look at when embarking on any product development or entrepreneurial venture is your goals for the project.

Where Do I Begin? Design. Mount olympus - Google Images. Setting Up An Android App Build Environment With Eclipse, Android SDK, PhoneGap (Ubuntu 11.04. Version 1.0 Author: Falko Timme <ft [at] falkotimme [dot] com> Follow me on Twitter Last edited 06/22/2011 This tutorial describes how you can set up an development environment for building Android apps on an Ubuntu 11.04 desktop using Eclipse, the Android SDK, and PhoneGap. I will describe how to build Android apps from the command line with PhoneGap and from the GUI with Eclipse and PhoneGap and how to test them in an Android emulator and on a real Android device. PhoneGap allows you to develop your Android applications using web technologies such as HTML, CSS, and JavaScript (e.g. with JavaScript libraries such as jQuery/jQTouch), and it will turn these web apps into native Android apps (in fact, PhoneGap supports multiple platforms such as Android, iPhone, Palm, Windows Mobile, Symbian, so you can use the same sources to create apps for multiple platforms).

I do not issue any guarantee that this will work for you! 1 Preliminary Note Tutorial: A simple Twitter client with JQTouch android. Game development - Scroll Speed Disparity Android 2D Graphics. I/O 2010. How do you make a 2D scroller game for Android. How to Make Your Own Android Apps. Getting Started in Android Game Development | Robert Green's DIY. If you're interested in developing a game for the Android platform, there is a lot you need to know. I'm the developer of Light Racer, Light Racer 3D, Antigen, Deadly Chambers and Wixel, which are currently available on the Android Market. I've also been involved with the development of about 5 other games for Android and iOS and am co-author of Beginning Android Games 2nd Edition. I've developed games before but the original Light Racer was my first Android application and I learned quite a bit about writing Android games that I'd like to share with everyone. I even wrote an online book detailing the development of Light Racer 3D, which is full of how-tos and useful code snippets.

If you have previous experience with game development, moving over to the mobile platform won't be all that difficult. Android is a Java-based environment. Get the SDK The first step in getting started with the Android platform is to get the Android SDK (Software Development Kit). Learn the activity lifecycle.