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Found 3 comments on Programming Android:

u/[deleted] · 10 pointsr/programming

Programming Android http://amzn.com/1449389694 has been a top 5 Java book for a few weeks now, and it is competitive with books covering iOS and JavaScript programming.

Java is popular, and is getting a lot more popular due to Android. It is more than good enough to create really nice interactive applications, especially using the Fragment UI components in 3.X, which you can back-port using the Android Compatibility Library.

I have to agree that Eclipse is idiosyncratic. For example, adding libraries to an Android project is "attached" to the Eclipse framework in a seemingly arbitrary way because the toolsmiths needed some pre-processing that could, apparently, only be invoked as part of an import operation. But these quirks are encountered less often, while Eclipse's power in refactoring and code completion are easy enough to use that even beginners can take good advantage of them.

u/InnocentLurker · 4 pointsr/androiddev

You have a long road ahead, but it's going to be fun. For learning Android, I recommend "Programming Android" by Zigurd Mednieks. It goes from an introduction to Java to an introduction to Android and then forward.

You can get it on Amazon or O'Reilly. You may want to check this Google+ post by the author for a 50% coupon.

u/sl0thish · 1 pointr/apps

It may be easier for your to start with developing Android applications since a Mac OS isn't required and it's cheaper to publish your app (when you get that far).