First Android app

That square gibberish thing on the right is a QR code for my first Android app. Point your phone's barcode scanner at it and it should pop right up. Or go check this excellent site: http://www.androidpit.com/en/android/market/apps/app/com.ejelta.whereami/Where-Am-I

I treated myself to a Moto Droid about three weeks ago, and here is the result. In a way, it's a slightly expanded version of a Hello World, but it did let me try practically everything in the phone except for sensors information -- maps, preferences, layouts, threads, data retrieval/parsing, activities switching, etc. Not to mention a crash course in Java which I knew absolutely nothing about up until the Droid.


Overall I like the phone a lot. And I like the development environment even more. Libs and documentation are pretty good. Frustrating at times, for a lack of examples in some key areas, but very good nonetheless.

Eclipse is a pretty solid product too. Although it would have been much nicer if the editor was Vim-based in it :)


Andrew.

p.s. Always wanted to share with the world the true location of Yellow Brick Road -- this was my chance.