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Would porting a Windows application to Android be a good way to get started learning again? (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
submitted 2 years ago by LeylaaLovee@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/android_dev@programming.dev
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I'm a very results oriented person. Doing shit for arbitrary numbers in class? Doesn't do anything for me, they're just numbers. However making something that I actually find useful will get me going. I used to take comp sci classes and know Java, even made a few shitty apps for class back in the day. However, I had a hard time sticking with it because we weren't really learning anything to make it immediately valuable. Could dick around in Php for weeks trying to build a website, but cannot focus for classes.

Anyways, my idea is to port PKHex, a popular open source Pokemon save editor. Someone made a port a few years ago, but it doesn't work with anything past Android 11, hasn't been updated in 2 years, and the dev expects you to build the app yourself. So making a new version for Android seems very interesting to me. Is it a good idea for a first 'big' project?

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[–] hdsrob@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (5 children)

I've always found building complete things to be the best way to learn (since you have to solve all of the problems for the entire app to finish), so IMO this would be a good project to learn on.

[–] balder1993@programming.dev 3 points 2 years ago

Yeah, this is called “project-based learning” in the literature and there’s an active effort to switch schools to use it instead of the traditional “sit in class and watch your teacher talk” approach.

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