The Final Challenge

We have one last challenge for you: Become a good Android developer. Good developers are each good in their own way, so you must find your own path from here on out.

Where might you start? Here are some places we recommend:

Write code. Now. You will quickly forget what you have learned here if you do not apply it. Contribute to a project or write a simple application of your own. Whatever you do, waste no time: Write code.

Learn. You have learned a little bit about a lot of things in this book. Did any of them spark your imagination? Write some code to play around with your favorite thing. Find and read more documentation about it – or an entire book, if there is one. Also, check out the Android Developers YouTube channel (youtube.com/​user/​androiddevelopers) and listen to the Android Developers Backstage podcast (androidbackstage.blogspot.com) for Android updates from Google.

Meet people. Local meetups are a good place to meet like-minded developers. Lots of top-notch Android developers are active on Twitter. Attend Android conferences to meet other Android developers (like us!).

Explore the open-source community. Android development is exploding on github.com. When you find a cool library, see what other projects its contributors are committing to. Share your own code, too – you never know who will find it useful or interesting. We find the Android Weekly mailing list (androidweekly.net) to be a great way to see what is happening in the Android community.

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