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What are the best learning resources for Android game development?

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Best learning resources for Android game development	Price	Last Updated
-- The Beginner's Guide to Android Game Development	-	Nov 19, 2015
-- KiloBolt	-	Oct 28, 2014
-- Android Developer Training	-	Aug 18, 2014
-- Android Game Tutorials (Java Code Geeks)	-	Aug 18, 2014
-- 7 Key Ingredients For Designing Addictive Games	-	Oct 28, 2014

The Beginner's Guide to Android Game Development

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Continuation of KiloBolt's game development tutorials

"The Beginner's Guide to Android Game Development" was written by the author of KiloBolt's game development tutorials: James S Cho. The book is simply a more comprehensive and up-to-date version of the online tutorials. See More

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Price

"The Beginner's Guide to Android Game Development" is around $32 on Amazon. See More

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In depth and effective explanations

The author of "The Beginner's Guide to Android Game Development" has experience in the world of tutorials and his explanations in his book really prove that. Cho's tutorials are clear and up to date with the book's recent release date. See More

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Recently released

Cho's book was recently released on July 28, 2014. As a result his explanations and tutorials are some of the most up to date and reliable. See More

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Perfect for beginners

Like KiloBolt's online tutorials also written by James S Cho, "The Beginner's Guide to Android Game Development" starts from the very basics of Android game development. The book makes it easy for anyone to start even without any programming experience. See More

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Book is printed in full color

Very easy to follow source code, visually pleasing to read. Perhaps this explains the slightly higher cost. See More

KiloBolt

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Starts from the basics

The KiloBolt Android game development course starts from the very beginning; explaining what Java is and how to set up your own "development machine.". This makes KiloBolt perfect for any beginner. If you aren't a beginner then you can easily skip ahead with the table of contents. See More

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No longer supported

The KiloBolt game development tutorial is over two years old and as a result is no longer supported or updated by KiloBolt. If you run into some issues with the tutorials, KiloBolt forum members may help you but only on their own. See More

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Free

All tutorials from KiloBolt are free. KiloBolt supports the site with advertisements and donations from users. See More

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Divided into days

The KiloBolt game development tutorial is divided into three units with 36 manageable days total. See More

Android Developer Training

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Up-to-date and official information

The information on Google's Android Developer Training is always up-to-date and reliable. See More

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Limited game specific help

The Android Developer Training is more focused on providing help and information to Android application developers than Android game developers. Of course there are still some shared issues between applications and games such as device support that are discussed on Google's Android Developer Training. See More

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Free without advertisements

As Android Developer Training was created by Google, it is completely free without advertisements. See More

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Lessons for specific parts of Android

Google offers lessons for Android developers such as supporting different devices with different screen sizes, languages, or different platform versions. See More

Android Game Tutorials (Java Code Geeks)

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Plenty of visuals

The Tutorials from Java Code Geeks include plenty of pictures and diagrams to further explain the concepts. See More

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Skips the basics

The tutorials from Java Code Geeks skip the basics and heads straight to the details. If you are a true beginner then this may not be the best place to start but for some this may not be a problem at all. See More

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Comments from other readers

The format of the tutorials on Java Code Geeks' website allows for comments from other readers. This is a substantial advantage compared to books or other websites because users can respond with issues, better solutions, and improved explanations to make a better overall tutorial. See More

Beginning Android Games

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Starts off readers learning Android 1.5

One of the problems with this book is that not only is it two years old but it teaches its readers to code for the oldest and rarest versions of Android first when it may be simpler to learn the updated and improved more recent versions of Android. See More

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Plenty of game specific information

"Beginning Android Games" by Mario Zechner is not perfect for developers more interested in Android applications but for developers interested in Android game development it is perfect. The information is specific and detailed. See More

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Some programming knowledge needed before reading

"Beginning Android Games" skips the basics of programming that some may want if they have limited programming experience. See More

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