The SDK for Android is free. It runs under Eclipse, which is also free. Ease-of-use by platform, in descending order: Mac, Linux, Winderz.<br><br>Macs automagically find all Android devices connected via USB.<br>Linux may need a wee bit of tweaking in /etc one-time in order to get a device set right and recognized as an Android device.<br>
Winderz devices require a driver from the device manufacturer. (Probability of being able to use a cheap generic Chinese tablet: epsilon)<br><br>All you need is root access (I believe) and a USB connection in order to install new apps from your computer.<br>
<br>The Amazon Android App Store is $99/year, which they're waiving for the first year. <br><br><a href="https://developer.amazon.com/help/faq.html">https://developer.amazon.com/help/faq.html</a><br><br><br>Claimer:<br>
I've written Android apps and deployed them to a cheap Chinese tablet from my Hackintosh. I've watched the SDK fail to find it from Winderz. I haven't tried it on Linux, although I installed the dev tools without problem on Ubuntu 10.4 LTS.<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">Well, you will always have the expense of a computer to develop on and usually for the tools, but I believe there is a free dev kit SDK for Android that is
multi-platform. As far as the cost to post to the App Store or Android Market, $100 for an acct is a pretty low barrier to entry and it is a barrier to spammer scum. Albeit a low barrier, but a barrier non-the-less and I believe that a person has to prove
who they are somehow. I find that the cost, the proving who you are and the rating system keeps most of the troll jackasses out of the game.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">If we just had a SEAL team to hunt down virus and malware programmers… Hey, I can dream, can’t I?<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, November 17, 2011 12:20 AM<br>
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<b>Subject:</b> Re: KCLUG Digest, Vol 87, Issue 4<u></u><u></u></div><p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">Well, I guess our final project will be an Android game App. Seems to be a bit more open and Free as in freedom and beer, although I'm sure there's a cost there to deploy also.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">With Android and my "course", he'll learn a little: Linux, HTML5, CSS, javascript, Java, and some Android development. Along with math and physics and such.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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