Does anyone know about this? I joined way back when I first found out about it in like February or something, and at that time it was nice and happy and open and free. I got the SDK, set up the entire environment, got ready and happy to code. Then, once the update actually came along that allowed application development to take off, they dropped an iron curtain and closed it up tight, locked every part of the development forum, closed all contacts with their administrators, and have now changed the program, requiring you to be a major app developing corporation to gain access to developer assets such as debug firmwares and what not. This is quite troubling. Does anyone know if this is a permanent fuck you to anyone who believed in their developer program or if they just locked it up to have some early quality control and they're gonna open back up soon.
Android 2.2 right now. I have what little bit of development stuff they did push out in it's early stages, plus you can code with the standard 2.2 SDK, but any new tools, updates, etc... are reserved for big corporations or whatever they're tailoring to now instead of their developer network. The most upsetting thing of all is not that they're locking down updates, but that they never did get an effective testing solution out for developers before they locked it down. They've since made a debug firmware for these new developers so they don't have to rely on the god-awful emulator for Eclipse. http://connect.nookdeveloper.com/t5/General-Discussion/App-Developer-Candidates/m-p/2121#M969 That post there sums up my disappointment in Barnes and Noble in this move.
Yeah, I'm probably going to do that seeing as B&N screwed us over. I tried to stay with their program, thought it could be fun, but nope. Oh well (I submitted an application anyway, what's the worst they can do, turn me down?)
I definitely think theres money to be made, most buyers are idiots and will spend 2 bucks on something stupid (fart button app, flashlight apps, etc)
I make my entire yearly income from some truly truly shocking applications (for iOS). It is amazing what idiots will buy. I'm now focusing on some more unique(ish) and heartfelt apps (see my profile pic) and yet I know they're probably not going to make a penny, I just can't bring myself to churn out any more tripe. Anyhoo Segaloco. Check out this for a half decent development environment for Android. It's pretty good for quick prototyping and increases the number of languages and libraries you can use whilst maintaining native building. http://www.appcelerator.com/
Yeah, I've heard about that. I'm trying to learn the base API first, get familiar with the lowest level of code (well, barring the C/C++ native SDK, I don't feel like setting that up now...) and then, once I understand the lowest stuff, then I'll work with higher libraries
The nookColor development situation is really quite depressing. The NC could be an awesome tablet device, and B&N so far as made a lot of empty promises. As it stands, it really is depressing because I think B&N could easily get a fairly decent sized developer community given the hardware is fairly well spec, and the ease of adapting existing Android apps to run on nook.
The Cyanogenmod guys have CM7 available for it: http://forum.cyanogenmod.com/forum/222-barnes-noble-nook-color/ I use CM7 on my Samsung Captivate and while there are still bugs to be worked out is is NICE to have 2.3 on a phone where 2.2 has only been official for a few weeks at best.
I've been reading on the forum for the development program and at least I'm not the only one that sees serious problems. Sucky apps are making it into the market place but good devs aren't being let in unless they are part of a corporation. They're vetting developers instead of applications, which is a pretty stupid idea. Others have already brought that to their attention and we just keep getting cookie cutter replies from the development team. Hopefully this goes somewhere.
