Reddit reviews Hello, Android Publisher: Pragmatic Bookshelf 3th (third) edition Text Only (Pragmatic Programmers)

Burnette, Ed. "Exploring 2D Graphics." Hello, Android: Introducing Google's Mobile Development Platform. Raleigh, NC: Pragmatic Bookshelf, 2010. 61. Print.

I highly recommend Hello, Android 3rd edition by the Pragmatic Programmers. It gives a good introduction with very few assumptions, lets you program something cool right away, and has the perfect pace. It's what I used to learn less than a year ago, and now I'm a mobile software dev at a great company.

The one most recognized IMO is Hello, Android. It's got the most/best reviews and of the dozen Android books I have, it's the best-written.

Easiest

Easy.

For iOS devices, you're going to want to start here, this will get you familiarized with the NeXtStep family of jive turkeys, followed up with a more formal introduction to Objective-C. I'll be honest, having some working knowledge of C will never hurt you, so after you're done with that, take a peek at K&R.

If you're aiming for Android, you have a bit of a different education outlook, I'd recommend brushing up with Head First Java. When I started poking around with Android, I read Hello, Android most of it should be still pretty relevant. I'm not entirely sure if it has been updated as of late, I outgrew it rather quickly, and if you do too; pretty much anything and everything by Mark Murphy is relevant. Best of luck!

Try Head First Java or Hello Android.

Head-first Java is really easy to run through. Hello, Android is a good primer, though I kinda skimmed a lot of it. After that, maybe Java in a Nutshell and Android in Action to supplement the Cookbook?

http://www.amazon.com/Hello-Android-Introducing-Development-Programmers/dp/1934356565/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1290108239&sr=8-3-fkmr0

I liked this one.

I found Hello Android to be a decent introduction to Android development.

http://www.amazon.com/Hello-Android-Introducing-Development-Programmers/dp/1934356565/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1319650728&sr=8-3

Is a wonderful read, very easy to follow along. And as the code was tested within the community before publishing, it's way more accurate than i'm used to in dev books. Sometimes hard to justify development books for something that is such a fast moving target, but this is definitely worth looking at.