There are the following layout options to create interfaces for android.
AbsoluteLayout
FrameLayout
LinearLayout
TableLayout
RelativeLayout (and some more)
Which of the following is most suitable for designing simple games? Guessing that the absoluteLayout is easiest, but will it be problems with different screen sizes? What do you recommend?
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I'm new to game programming. But I've got an ide for what I think would be a fun game for the Android platform.
My question is, where do I start? Anyone got some good sites to recommend or perhaps a book or two. I've got medium skills when it come to programming but iv got a masters of science degree in computer engineering so I'm not totally unfamiliar with algorithms and stuff.
I am new to android .i want to develop 2d games in android.i searched for that i am not finding good tutorial on that please help with books and good tutorials.
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I'm making a simple 2d game for the android platform, which works perfectly from version 2.0 and above, but when testing it on a 1.6 device, it crashes immediately. On running the debugger, it seems that I'm getting a null pointer exception in the thread class. I was just wondering if anybody has any ideas as to where the problem might be.
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I want to make simple game on Android. But i don't know the approach to start. So any 1 can help me from where i should start and which particular API (package).
I don't know nothing. So start with first step.
This to all those who are into game development. i want to start on the game development in android, and just as a starter, can anyone suggest me an ebook or a simple procedure oriented blog or some link that'll help me to get things started.
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