Java and Android App's.

[bjornlindekens]

hi evryone,

i was wondering if someone could give me a hint regarding android apps.

my goal in trying to understand java was to make smartphone apps.

now ive bin into the book for about a week but i get the feeling that java coding /structure
is completely different then making an app.

im pretty much 50% into the book itself and i still cant seem to understand on how to start an app even tough eclips does start a hellow world app on its own with no effort on my end.

i was actually hoping i'de be able to understand how to expand etc in some degree by now.

on the other hand in the java application/project i seem to find my way around alot easyer.

even build my own java assistent (fast browsing all methodes etc + info wich ive learned so far)

so my question is am i doing something wrong/missing something?
why so many changes to get the same result like the following.

why does my android app have Xml (views)
and a page where i can make/edit strings?
why is the coding so different.

for example
( public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.main);)

while in the book i get fed the following in all examples.

"public static void main(String args[])"

how is it that i can manually place objects in the android app and let it auto code and not it java app.

im terribly sorry for the rambling but i am confused.(very!)

[DarrylBurke]

Moved from New to Java

db

[Tolls]

Android apps are structured quite differently to a normal desktop Java app.
So if you want to learn Java for Java's sake, rather than Android, then I'd not use Android.