Anyone experienced with java or android development?

[junglesteve]

Hello! I was hoping to find someone who is familiar with java and developing for the android or just java in general hehe. I have a few questions regarding some probably very simple issues.


I want to know how feasible it would be for a beginner to build an app that is really just a featureless browser. No tabs or any real navigation bar; I just want to display my website.

The big reason for this is a buddy and myself are working on an awesome program for larpers / zombie club / arg'ers. BUT my friend is the more experienced designer (although his discipline has primarily been in web design) unfortunately he wants to use HTML5 and not java. For right now I am going with it but obviously I want it to be on the android market for that ease of use. People are lazy and would rather just click an icon and not fiddle with favorites.


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Just an edit

Im not looking to create my own browser but more looking to make use of whatever browser the device is using and kind of... window it sort of and strip away its navigation.

[Prime32]

Try this (http://www.feedhenry.com/).

[TSGames]

Shouldn't you just make an app that opens the page in a browser? Wouldn't this be easier (http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3004515/android-sending-an-intent-to-browser-to-open-specific-url)?

[Tyndmyr]

Shouldn't you just make an app that opens the page in a browser? Wouldn't this be easier (http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3004515/android-sending-an-intent-to-browser-to-open-specific-url)?

This. That said, if all your app does is open a browser page...it's barely an app.

Sort out what you want the app to do first with your buds, then determine language, etc as a result of that. There's nothing wrong with either webapps or client side java apps...it all just depends on what the goal is.

[Flickerdart]

You can use PhoneGap to wrap HTML/CSS/JS code for platform-specific publishing.

[Neftren]

Yeah I think what you're looking for is to make a WebApp. I don't really do much of anything related to Android, but for iDevices at least, you can insert special syntax to start with the UI hidden, prevent scrolling in certain directions, and so on.