Is the book 'Sams Teach Yourself Android Application Development in 24 Hours' worthwhile to a beginner

Question

Hello,

I am currently interested in learning more about developing android applications. I've made hello world for android but that is pretty much it.

Has anyone read 'Sams Teach Yourself Android Application Development in 24 Hours'? If so would you recommend it? If not, could you point me towards some other resources?

Thanks a lot!

Answer 1

I prefer some other books than "Teach yourself.....24 hours" type of books.

The Busy Coder’s Guide to Android Development 
The Busy Coder’s Guide to Advanced Android Development
Android Programming Tutorials

All are by Commonsware, http://commonsware.com/

EDIT: Looks like , Professional Android Application Development by Reto Meier is for beginners.

Answer 2

I don't know about that book but I know that this book took me from absolutely clueless to very comfortable in about 20 hours of work.

http://www.amazon.com/Professional-Android-Application-Development-Programmer/dp/0470565527