Android

So it took me 2 hours (downloads on 2mbps included) to create an Android app in Eclipse.

Wonder is that something I should be proud of given I’ve been in software for nearly 15 years now... 2 hours for a hello world...

Listening to .NET Rocks and Xamarin podcast got me thinking, I really should see what’s involved in creating an Android app, after all I’m a registered Microsoft and Apple developer, I can create WP7 apps in my sleep, I’ve even flirted with iOS, why not give Google and Android a shot.

I was going to install MonoDroid for VS2010, but hey I’m doing a hello world, no need for all this cross platformability. I’ve been doing a fair bit of Java lately and Eclipse doesn’t frighten me anymore so I just downloaded and installed the tools, and created the above app... baby steps...

Any downsides? Yes, now I wanna buy an Android tablet.