Callan Carr (Mentor)
Student at university of reading and computer programming enthusiast
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It should be okay on the emulator, alternatively see if any of your friends could lend you an android phone to borrow
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This error is a result of the incorrect JDK version being installed. Make sure you have selected the correct JDK (JDK 7 is required for android studio!)
For more information please refer to our FAQ
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You can do so by going to -> Run -> Run App
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You should be able to using your mouse, simple click and drag to unlock
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You should be able to do this using your mouse, simply drag the lock and swipe to unlock, this should work if not, please post back and we'll see what can be done
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Leaving the emulator in the background will help tremendously because it will save you waiting for the emulator to boot up every time you debug
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This is definitely some kind of error
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Indeed !
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No installation necessary, for now simply extract your zipped folders into a location you want to be working in, this will be your workspace throughout the course, for example -> Documents -> Java Game course -> Workspace
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There are some issues with the server currently, please try again soon
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Well done! :)
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I can confirm there have been multiple issues with the webpage being unavailable, it is possible the server was down for a while, please try again soon and it should work.
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There seems to have been an internet issue, it is now resolved
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Extract the files into a folder of your choosing, this will be your workspace for your game. you will reference it later in the coming lessons.
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You should save it in a location you can use to organize your files for the course, for example. Documents -> Java Course -> Game framework. This will be your workspace and will be referenced soon in the coming lessons
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Callan Carr (Mentor) replied to H D
Seems like a small server hiccup, good to hear it's working now!
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There has been numerous reports of people unable to load the page, it's possible a server error has occurred, please try again soon; hopefully it'll be up by the time you attempt
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Remember to download JDK 7, not JDK 8 or any other,
make sure to have sufficient disk space (at least 10GB available)
You should if you follow the instructions have successfully installed the software.
If you have any queries you can message me
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Yes the youtube vid will be helpful for this
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Hello,
You will not be able to use JDK 8 for this course on Android Studio, you must use only JDK 7!
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Thanks for sharing Tony
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This is correct, good luck with your work!
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I can confirm you will be required to install JDK 7,
any other JDK, 6,8 etc will not work make sure to install JDK 7!
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Android studio is very resource greedy. I recommend trying to install anyway, The RAM will mostly be used for your testing if you don't have an android device. The android emulator is quite resource intensive which is why RAM requirements are so high. If you do have a device to test it on however, you should be fine.
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Callan Carr (Mentor) replied to Emma Stevens
A syntax error is an error in the program language, e.g; breaking the grammatical rules of the language, or "code spelling mistakes".
These confuse the compiler, the compiler is like a translator, it translates our code into code the machine can understand; recall machines can only understand binary (0's and 1's). When we write code in Java, our compiler...
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Python itself isn't similar to Java in terms of it's syntax (the language itself) however the fundamental concepts you would have learnt in python, e.g: if statements, for loops, arrays, datatypes etc etc, all of these things will be similar to Java, and across all languages for that matter.
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Visual BASIC is used quite a lot but it's in my opinion not really anywhere near as versatile as say, Java.
Pascal is quite a difficult language to start with, it's what is called a procedural language and isn't really used in modern applications programming. It is quite old
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I would recommend having the IDE installed on each device and keeping an organised folder on the cloud, for instance; using google drive, dropbox, whichever you prefer. But using the cloud to store your project files, this way you can access all your data on all your devices at home or at work. I hope this answers your question
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You can download android studio from the following webpage: http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html
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Android studio is the development environment for this course, we would ask that you please install Android studio as opposed to any other IDE as this is the software which we will use throughout the series.
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Hello, I can confirm Java will be used in this course
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Yes make sure you get the 7 JDK, the 8 wont work
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Callan Carr (Mentor) replied to Matt Turner
Very good question Matt, well I would say that there are many general purpose languages that can be used in many different scenarios, for example; Java is for all intents and purposes a great general language. The great thing about learning Java is it will open doors to other languages.
Java is very similar to the C-family of languages, so once you learn...
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Callan Carr (Mentor) replied to Owen Goode
Android studio is also available on MAC OSX if you would prefer to use that.
