If you don't already have it then you'll need the Android SDK to start any development. Here is an easy to follow tutorial on setting it up.
After that look on developer.android for some resources on getting started. After you become familiar with creating Android applications there are a few game sources available on there.
Alright. I wasn't sure so I figured I'd post that. If you learn better by looking at source code have you looked at the Code Resources? It's got some sample sources. Among them Lunar Lander and Snake. Here is an android Space Invaders.
As far as books go I'm really not sure.
Are you going to be using a library to make them? Which one? I'm sure the library's site would have resources to help you out too. Sorry I couldn't be more help.
It all depends. First you need to figure out your baseline device ( List of devices by spec here, a few months out of date now ) that you are targeting and the type of game you want to create. When chosing your baseline device you need to consider both OS level and physical specs. Then you need to consider the type of game you are creating. If you go high performance or cross platform, you will probably want to look into using C++ and the NDK ( one of the few edge cases I recommend using C++ ). If you are looking into doing a simple 2d games, the standard opengl bindings will probably be sufficient.
You may also consider looking into Unity and jMonkeyEngine. I believe jMonkeyEngine has been ported to Android but I may be wrong on that.
The OS level is very important though, as pre-2.2, it supported an earlier version of OpenGL ES, which massively effects the libraries available.
Myself, I'd just use Unity.
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It all depends. First you need to figure out your baseline device ( List of devices by spec here, a few months out of date now ) that you are targeting and the type of game you want to create. When chosing your baseline device you need to consider both OS level and physical specs. Then you need to consider the type of game you are creating. If you go high performance or cross platform, you will probably want to look into using C++ and the NDK ( one of the few edge cases I recommend using C++ ). If you are looking into doing a simple 2d games, the standard opengl bindings will probably be sufficient.
You may also consider looking into Unity and jMonkeyEngine. I believe jMonkeyEngine has been ported to Android but I may be wrong on that.
The OS level is very important though, as pre-2.2, it supported an earlier version of OpenGL ES, which massively effects the libraries available.
Myself, I'd just use Unity.
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[quote name='Serapth' timestamp='1316362233' post='4863066']
It all depends. First you need to figure out your baseline device ( List of devices by spec here, a few months out of date now ) that you are targeting and the type of game you want to create. When chosing your baseline device you need to consider both OS level and physical specs. Then you need to consider the type of game you are creating. If you go high performance or cross platform, you will probably want to look into using C++ and the NDK ( one of the few edge cases I recommend using C++ ). If you are looking into doing a simple 2d games, the standard opengl bindings will probably be sufficient.
You may also consider looking into Unity and jMonkeyEngine. I believe jMonkeyEngine has been ported to Android but I may be wrong on that.
The OS level is very important though, as pre-2.2, it supported an earlier version of OpenGL ES, which massively effects the libraries available.
Myself, I'd just use Unity.
