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Android

Posted by Raymond Kiguru
Raymond Kiguru
395 Points

What relevant skills do I need to create a user based android app?

So, let's say that I want to make an app that will let people login with unique Email / username and password, upload photos, follow and be followed, and see a list of the latest posts of people that they are following. What skills do I need to do this? I think it has to do with SQLite for storing user credentials on the phone so that they don't have to log in the second time, and I think that it has to do with PHP / database stuff... But I don't know what exactly I should know / what tracks to follow. Advice?

aakarshrestha
aakarshrestha
6,509 Points
aakarshrestha
aakarshrestha
6,509 Points

You can do all of the things you mentioned but then if you don't know how to program, it's gonna be very difficult to create the product like facebook, twitter and else.

Right now focus on learning how to program. Once you start learning more on programming, you will answer your own question later.

If i were you, right now i would focus on learning one programming language and understand OOP concept.

Hope it helps!

Happy coding!

1 Answer

Mikel Iromaka
Mikel Iromaka
7,482 Points
Mikel Iromaka
Mikel Iromaka
7,482 Points

Java programming is preferred. This is because a lot of the programming done with android's official IDE for making apps, Android Studio, is primarily Java based.