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Recommended language/framework for a first time android project? (programming.dev)

submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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cross-posted from: https://programming.dev/post/11357795

I've been thinking about writing my own workout logger that better fits my use and I'd like to hear some recommendations on what language or framework to use.

I don't have any prior experience with mobile development nor with Java or Kotlin, and C++ I suspect would be needlessly low level for the features I'd like to include.

Features is like to include in the app is capability of recording video, playing video/audio, creating graphs and opening up in-app tabs. Fancy ui and animations is not of much importance.

Any recommendations on what languages to use and what libraries might be of interest to get going?

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Have you considered starting small with a PWA? It will help you get an understanding of the front end design, then you can grown from there.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I've thought about it, but I'm personally not a fan of javascript. My last side project included some JS and it was the aspect I enjoyed the least of it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

The interesting thing about the web is the push to WASM. You don’t need to use JavaScript anymore. You can prep normal Java/Python/Rust to run on the WASM base with no JS.

Look into Rust if you haven’t. A lot of focus is pushing it for web apps. If you use it like a dumb Java at first it’s not difficult to start up. It’s also very marketable due to the security and concurrency problems rust gets closer to solving.