Going from Java desktop programming to Android Application Developement

I know similar questions have been asked before but i think this is slightly different. for about a year Ive been learning Java. I have been building a few applications on the desktop using my-eclipse and swing GUI. Now i want to start programming for the android. I understand how to do what i want in Java but it all seems very different on android. Does anyone know of any good tu开发者_运维百科torials or videos out there with step by step instructions showing examples of android applications so that i can learn and build off of them? Most of my programs are simple and for the most part i just need to understand how to interact with the interface (IE the buttons, label or text views i think they call them and so on). I've searched all day and I cant find anything good.

I found this quite use full apart from the tutorials from the developers site. If you are looking for advanced tutorials , you can try here. for the most part , once you are trying a specific application , a google search could get you a relevant tutorial. goodluck.

ps. It helps to read dev guide before you begin to write programs for android.

You should have a look at the Android API demos. They include a lot of simple examples which access special problems/tasks.

A more complex 'productive' application is the Android app for the I/O conference. It's Open Source - so you can have a look 'inside'.

the Android developers site has a great dev guide and tutorials to try out. the dev guide can be found here. The tutorials can be found here.

I highly recommend "Android Programming Tutorials" by Mark Murphy - http://commonsware.com/AndTutorials/. I found the step-by-step tutorials to be very helpful, and it does focus on teaching Android development rather than Java.