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Software => Computer programming => Topic started by: EricA. on January 27, 2017, 05:49:23 PM

Title: Quick Question that came up Naturally.
Post by: EricA. on January 27, 2017, 05:49:23 PM

http://imgur.com/a/2usa4 (http://imgur.com/a/2usa4) Or if there is one and I don't know it can you please share!!

Title: Re: Quick Question that came up Naturally.
Post by: Allan on January 28, 2017, 06:29:53 AM

Instead of asking people to click on a link, what is it you want to know?

Title: Re: Quick Question that came up Naturally.
Post by: DaveLembke on January 28, 2017, 06:52:41 AM

I clicked on link and tried to make sense of this yesterday. I see chat and with them and quantos and didnt understand what the question was although the bloody brick was an interesting visual, and so I just left without saying anything.  ::)

Title: Re: Quick Question that came up Naturally.
Post by: Salmon Trout on January 29, 2017, 05:00:05 AM

Wants a 3rd party FB messenger app for some unspecified portable platform? Not very clear.

Title: Re: Quick Question that came up Naturally.
Post by: EricA. on January 31, 2017, 12:42:46 PM

Yea sorry for not bieng very clear on my question. Im just trying to get some advice on what the best language would be to learn if i wanted to make a 3rd party facebook and messenger application for android. And maybe just some general tips while trying to learn. Also if you guys know of any that i can use while learning to reference that would be awesome.

Title: Re: Quick Question that came up Naturally.
Post by: camerongray on February 01, 2017, 03:10:40 AM

For Android apps, you would need to learn Java as this is the language that all Android apps are built in.  You can technically do them using web technologies such as Javascript, HTML and CSS and then use various systems such as PhoneGap to build an app around them but these never perform as well as one built natively in Java.  That said, I'm not sure how open Facebook's platform is in terms of allowing developers enough access to build a full messenger alternative.

Title: Re: Quick Question that came up Naturally.
Post by: DaveLembke on February 01, 2017, 08:23:20 AM

Is this Android Studio a good IDE for them and others wanting to develop for android, or is there a better IDE?

https://developer.android.com/studio/index.html

Title: Re: Quick Question that came up Naturally.
Post by: Geek-9pm on February 01, 2017, 09:38:34 AM

There is not a shortage of Java tutorials,
- - nor are they hidden under rocks.  :D
Just search for Java
http://www.itpro.co.uk/desktop-software/27961/is-the-sun-setting-on-java

Title: Re: Quick Question that came up Naturally.
Post by: camerongray on February 01, 2017, 09:47:27 AM

Yeah, Android studio is probably the best option unless you already have a preferred Java development environment.  Certainly saves a huge amount of hassle configuring something different to handle all the Android build stuff.

Title: Re: Quick Question that came up Naturally.
Post by: EricA. on February 01, 2017, 01:10:05 PM

Wonderful thanks a ton guys i definatly will look into that as soon as possible! Hope you guys have a wonderful week.