Starting developing for Android

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Hello everyone on gamedev! I'd like to know where and how to start developing for Android. And can anyone suggest me good Android game engines or frameworks? Can somebody tell me what game engines are big companies like Gameloft or EA using?
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Below is a list of Android game engines, taken from: https://www.xing.com/net/androids/android-game-engines-engines-list-553242/android-game-engines-engines-list-29951892/32732345/[/font]
3D Android Game Engines
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• Untity3D 3.0 http://unity3d.com/ (Early build)[/font][color=#000000][font=Arial,]
• Airplay SDK 4.2 http://www.airplaysdk.com/index.php[/font][color=#000000][font=Arial,]
• ShiVa3D (Beta Version) http://www.stonetrip.com/mobile-publishing.html[/font][color=#000000][font=Arial,]
• DX Studio http://www.dxstudio.com/news.aspx?newsid=12fd905c-36d7-4823-... (under development)[/font][color=#000000][font=Arial,]
• Announced: Unreal Development Kit (Unreal Engine 3) http://udk.com/[/font][color=#000000][font=Arial,]
• Papaya http://papayamobile.com/developer/engine[/font]
2D Android Game Engines
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• Cuttlefish Engine http://www.cuttlefishengine.com/ (under development)[/font][color=#000000][font=Arial,]
• Rokon 2D Game Engine http://rokonandroid.com/ (discontinued as of 2011-10-17)[/font][color=#000000][font=Arial,]
• Corona Game Edition http://anscamobile.com/corona/games/index.html[/font][color=#000000][font=Arial,]
• AndEngine http://www.andengine.org/[/font][color=#000000][font=Arial,]
• candroidengine http://code.google.com/p/candroidengine/[/font][color=#000000][font=Arial,]
• Google App Inventor http://appinventor.googlelabs.com/about/[/font][color=#000000][font=Arial,]
• Mages Engine (reported errors) http://code.google.com/p/mages/[/font]
Web based Game Engines & Specials
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• Flash 10.1/Air http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/air2/android/#examples (needs >= Android 2.2)[/font][color=#000000][font=Arial,]
• Aves Engine http://www.dextrose.com/projekte/aves-engine/index.html[/font][color=#000000][font=Arial,]
• jMonkeyEngine http://www.jmonkeyengine.com/[/font]

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I do believe a company like EA uses a custom engine they create.[/font]

Hello everyone on gamedev! I'd like to know where and how to start developing for Android. And can anyone suggest me good Android game engines or frameworks? Can somebody tell me what game engines are big companies like Gameloft or EA using?


First things first man, learn Java, after doing that, you can choose from the list that other members provided.

Shouldn't be complicated, give it your best
If you have any programming experience it shouldn't be difficult at all. When I started I had never coded in Java before, but I had experience in C++ and Pascal. Learning a new programming language is pretty easy when you already have some experience.

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