SomeQuickQuest

Hello people, I'm really newbie to this programming thing, and I was just trying to do a really simple platforming game. I got to make a really nice menu, with all buttons working...but when I got to the part of creating a character and making it move, I just couldn't find info anywhere.
Could someone explain me (or just post a bunch of code) about how to create a character, and to make it move left/right when I press some kind of button? ( and how to make that special button too) Thanks to whoever answers.

jonathanrz

Google releases a lot of tutorials, I think you should read them first.

If you want to build a game, is better using OpenGL, Google releases two tutorials of OpenGL.

Have fun: Technical Resources | Android Developers

SomeQuickQuest

Maybe, but as I said, I just can't find them tutorials. Could you post a link to some that might help me with this? (Not OpenGL ones, at least for now) Thanks

jonathanrz

In the link I posted have some tutorials, I'm a beginner too, so I have a lot of things that I favorited, here are some of the links:

Mark Vasconcelos Creative Solutions
Android – iMasters
https://developer.android.com/training/index.html

I didn't read yet, so I don't know what those links have, I just know that are about android dev.

jonbonazza

It is not a good idea to make real time games with the Android Canvas framework. the canvas framework is event-driven and is simply not fast enough to be of use in real time games.

OpenGL is the route you should go, however keep in mind that OpenGL methods in java are access through JNI and JNI calls are not cheap. Even with OpenGL, a lot of optimization is needed.

SomeQuickQuest

Thanks, jonathanrz, I'll check that out. And jonbonazza, maybe I should use OpenGL, but anyway, I asked for some tutorials/coding help. Would be nice if you could give me links to some tutorials or something? Thanks!

jonbonazza

There are tons of tutorials on blogs around the web. What you need to do is think of exact topics you want to start learning and Google them. For example, if you want to develop games not using OpenGL, then start by looking at how to work with the Android Canvas API.

jonathanrz

I agree with JonBonazza, I'm also learning Android and thought the same as you, I will search for tutorials and do them all before start making my own aplications.

I spend two days lost in so much information, so I understood that I just need to make the Notepad tutorial, with this tutorial, you will learn everything you need to walk in android world, then, as JonBonazza talked, search for exactly what you need.