No, I'm not entering the competition. I am learning Java at the moment and the only useful thing I've written in Java is the Best Value application I've already advertised on here. I will post the source code and xml's as soon as my own forum can support code properly (it barfs at less than and greater than signs).
If I had much more experience I might have considered it.
At this stage I will post Best Value. Next I am considering writing a bit of a tutorial on steps to writing a game.
My idea is to learn and share my knowledge as I gain it so others may see how I went about learning Dalvik Java programming.
I do have another idea for an application but I've already seen someone else has written it, so I may or may not do that one after all.
As for 'shame'.. it is a bit annoying at the different types of Java to know which one to program for: Android Java, J2ME, PC/Website applets, etc. It took me a long time to settle on Android as I have faith in it taking over. I still don't want to split my time making more than one version of an application, even if it seems really simple to convert the Dalvik to a Web Applet.

A check for $25,000 is worth cashing
I dont think i have a chance at winning the contest but im trying anyways. If i do get some cash, i'll buy everyone here a round of drinks.

In the Android Developer Challenge I, the 50 most promising entries received by April 14 will each receive a $25,000 award to fund further development.

Keep that in mind

Jesmiatka wrote:

In the Android Developer Challenge I, the 50 most promising entries received by April 14 will each receive a $25,000 award to fund further development.

Keep that in mind

you are sure it is a must ...?

Thought I read sth. somewhere

I reckon it is but I am not sure, you might as well check out the ADC site yourself since I am not participating..

http://code.google.com/android/adc.html

Google has launched the Android Developer Challenge, which will provide $10 million in awards -- no strings attached -- for great mobile apps built on the Android platform.

I think that further development is a suggestion.
Besides, who says beer isnt a way to further development?

bluefloyd8 wrote:

Google has launched the Android Developer Challenge, which will provide $10 million in awards -- no strings attached -- for great mobile apps built on the Android platform.

I think that further development is a suggestion.
Besides, who says beer isnt a way to further development?

With 25000$ I could hire an appartment with 3 colleagues and live from Pizza and Beer for two years ^^
Of course coding day and night

That is a programmers dream

I'm Shawn from Virginia, USA. I do web and desktop software design. I also do a lot of GFX, especially for my software. I occasionally like to draw up conceptual hardware designs for embedded applications, computers, etc.

Before android my main focus was on Multitouch Interfaces over at nuigroup.org.

Don't forget you may need to pay taxes on any prize money depending on your location.

Hi,

my name is benny! I registered here already last year.
Unfortunately I couldnt seriously test Android so far -
that's why I just visited the forum rarely in the last weeks.

But now I have more time and like to start a little pro-
ject. For some freeware/non-commercial software you
can visit my blog. I used more Cpp instead of Java in
my last projects though - but in the end - the idea of OO
is everywhere the same (more or less)

So far - this forum seems to be a really cool place !!!
(thanks @plusminus).

Greetings,
benny!

Howdy,

Just wanted to introduce myself, I have been hacking around with android since it came out and thought it was about time to start contributing what I have learned to the community. I will probably mostly post tutorials on my blog, but I will try to help out a little here!

I started with Android to learn the mobile programming technique. I work in software and am rather comfortable with Java but more in back-end telecom kind of products I wanted to do something more customer oriented and more on the front end.

I found this site really useful. Thanks a lot everyone.

hi everyone.
my name is Maxim and I'm and Android addict.

My team is submitting a project to ADC and I would like to announce it here, but I need to have at least one post to post with links, so basically this is it. (of course, if it is off-topic, I will go there :))

I find Android platform really interesting and hope to continue working with it.
Since the market for Android software is going to only grow :)

I would like to thank everyone from forum staff for sharing their knowledge and maintaining this resource.
TY.

Hi all!

My name's Max.
I from Poland - Poznań
... and most of days I spend of making gfx and programming ( in dev c++).
When I heared about Android I download this and started learn programming in java
I hope to develope my knowlage about this SDK.


PS
Sry for my english ... I keep learning