I have published a beta version of the “Predator Clock Widget” to the Android Market. The app started out as a simple app request on the Android Forums, but it quickly turned into something real. Though it is just a beta version, I wanted to get something out there early on. I have plans to add color customization (the code is already there; I just need to create the UI) and support for a 24-hour clock. The biggest thing after that is being able to switch between the Predator font and regular Arabic numerals.
I have to say that, as a whole, I am very happy with Android development. Though I didn’t have any real experience in Java before I started playing with Android, I found it very easy to pick up the basics. The syntax makes sense, even if it is a bit verbose at times. The Android SDK is pretty straight forward. Originally I was sticking to Vim, as it’s my editor of choice for pretty much everything, but I started to use Eclipse with the ADT plugin, which helped with all the necessary imports and catching some syntax typos. I think with a Vim interface Eclipse could be pretty cool, haha.
