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I'm about to dive into another worm hole and I really need to be talked out of it. I write programs for my own use using a modified GWBasic format that recodes it in C++ and compiles it to a windows compatible EXE. I use it because I have many old programs that I wrote 25 and 30 years ago in basic that I wanted to resurect but Msoft has stopped supporting Basic and Quickbasic long ago and I hate dosbox. Anyway, I thought that I could somehow convert these EXE's to phone apps but apparently not. So I downloaded Android Studio thinking the process cant be that hard but after going over the process my head was spinning.
I'm sure I could eventually get there but I'm wondering if the learning curve makes the endeavor a negative payback for 1 stupid app that I get for free. It's just a speeds and feeds calculator but I want it a certain way.
Does anybody here have any experience with creating apps and specifically Android? Am I going to go through way too much shit just to create 1 app? I have no interest in publishing this or any other app.
I'm sure I could eventually get there but I'm wondering if the learning curve makes the endeavor a negative payback for 1 stupid app that I get for free. It's just a speeds and feeds calculator but I want it a certain way.
Does anybody here have any experience with creating apps and specifically Android? Am I going to go through way too much shit just to create 1 app? I have no interest in publishing this or any other app.
You might take a look at Flutter by Google it uses Dart and should be easier to create a simple app.
There are a few others maybe Xamarin it uses C# by Microsoft, but I think you have to pay for it.
Also there is React Native by Facebook but I've used this for Enterprise cross platform Apps, If your doing web stuff and JavaScript its a option otherwise pass on it.
You can't go wrong with Android Studio and Kotlin and for IOS Swift and X-code its still helpful to know how to create mobile app native.
I started Doom mapping when I was laid up and totally went into the weeds for 3 months. That was fun though and I still do it. But that's what I do. All in or not at all. Best I stay away from phone apps.
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