| THE ROAD TO CODE | Week  8:  Android Studio | CodeClan Edinburgh |
Channel: THE ROAD TO CODE
Date: 02/02/2018

This week in Week 8 of The Road To Code, I got to grips with Android Studio.

From getting the whole program set up with the right settings, installing the latest API and even fiddling about with what emulator to run with, the whole program seemed really problematic but once we got past these slight hiccups, it was time for some learning!

As android runs Java, we started by recreating some previous java labs that we had done and instead of them just printing out in a runner or using TDD to test our code, we was actually able to get some functioning code running in our android emulators.

The week progressed onto more and more advanced Android functionality and by Friday, we had already covered multiple activities, shared preferences, persistence, the difference between GSON & JSON, TokenTypes, When to use toasts and what the hell serializable actually means!

The week finished up with us getting given the briefs for our 2nd project that incorporates both Java & Android.  I chose to build a card game and the game of "Snap!" in particular.

I will be continuing to get all the basic fundamentals, classes & methods in place over the weekend and be looking to hit that MVP maybe by next Tuesday so tune in next week, week 9 to see how I am getting on and to see if I get a working app done in time for the presentation.

Thanks again for following me on The Road To Code, see ya next week!

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