Human Beings are blessed with 5 basic senses. They are - Sight , Hearing, Smell, Touch and Taste. It is through these senses that we make sense of the world around us. Sometimes it is difficult but we adapt using our intelligence. We call people who dont have any one of these senses as handicaps. Ironically, the truth is that we are ALL handicapped. Are these FIVE senses enough to understand this world!

Ofcourse not. The Sight that we have cant perceive dimensions other than 3D and cant see long distances. Compare our-self with a Dog, and we will realize instantly that we are handicapped. We cant see as it sees. We cant hear as it hears and We cant smell as it smells. Yet we unconditionally call others who lack these senses as handicapped when we are all handicapped!

But why these 5 senses. because we have something call a BRAIN. Brain is so fantastic that you take away any one sense and it will use the other senses to compensate for it. Its a mercy from your God. If we dont have a screw driver to remove a screw, we can use a knife for it. Its going to be difficult and might not be efficient, but it will work. That is how the world works. Masha Allah.

A lot of times we use our sixth sense of feeling. We get a feeling that he is not a good person or something is not right. I usually get this feeling to put of things till tomorrow and finally it never gets done. Its an internal voice that tells us opinions or suggestions and we tend to trust that more than the other senses. Its what we might call our heart. Poems have been written about it , essays are required to explain it, what is it exactly!

Here is what Allah says about it in Surah Al Sad - http://quran.com/38/24

[We said], "O David, indeed We have made you a successor upon the earth, so judge between the people in truth and do not follow [your own] desire, as it will lead you astray from the way of Allah ." Indeed, those who go astray from the way of Allah will have a severe punishment for having forgotten the Day of Account.

Allah advises David ( Prophet Daud ), to not follow his own desire or what he feels in the heart but do what is Right.

Its the 5 senses that we must use and must rely on. The 6th sense of feeling, though good and mysterious and fantastic, should not be relied on. That could be because it could be influenced by external forces that we are not aware of ( allahu aalam - God knows Best ).

So lets try to get back to our senses and use them Best. As the internet age progresses, we tend to sit in front of our computer a lot . This again, decays our other senses and sharpens our 6th sense of feeling. We are no more present in this world. We live in a virtual world. We are following our heart. We follow our desires!

Oh Lord, save us from following our own heart and include us among those who understand the truth.

Google just released a site for learning how to develop beautiful android apps. Just what we were looking for after our first set of tutorials. Check it out :- http://developer.android.com/design/index.html

More tutorial videos on the introduction to android have been added to the video section.

The part 2 of the android application development tutorial has been released. This tutorial covers the analysis of the calculator application with introductions to components like EditText, buttons, notification, and menu options.

The first video tutorial - Android Introduction is ready and available on youtube. Sorry for my bad english. But hope you get the message. The intent was to give you an idea of how an android phone looks and feels like. Also, introduce some basic terminologies used in the android world.

Also, try to feel the applications as you use it on your phone. Admire it like a painter. Focus on minute details of the UI and animations and behavior. If you find something that you like, take a note of it, and think why you liked it. Was it the color? Was it the text size or button size? Was it an image? Was it the animation? Was it because of something that happened close to it?

Close your mind and open your heart and feel the app. Don't see but feel it. Only when you feel it can you appreciate it. An app then becomes an art that is admired. The monalisa of the Android Market museum.

Insha allah, we will try to develop this skill and analyze few more apps before we actually start developing apps.

There is a lot to learn here. In a nutshell, you will learn how to develop applications on android platform. You will learn how to write applications that run on android tablets and mobile phones.

You will learn how to bring your ideas into life. How to convert your ideas into concepts, from concepts to design and finally into a working application. You will understand and appreciate the importance of the Software development life cycle and learn how to maintain software quality.

Finally, you will learn how to make a living with your applications.You will learn that life can be beautiful even without a Job. You will learn how to monetize your applications and ideas.

The course can help you if you :-
1) are eager to learn android application so that you can get a better job
2) want to be independent and make money with android applications on your own.

The answer to this ultimate question of Why I am trying to provide training will be two words - 'Righteous Actions'. Now that might not mean a lot in english but it does when translated to arabic. Its called ammalul saleeh over there and that means a lot.Actions are part of life. We perform actions even before birth. As a baby, in our mothers tummy, we move about, kick and also get fed. After birth, we cry and try to get fed. We sleep. Then we grow up and there are more actions. Then one day, finally we die and we are not able to perform any more actions.

God says in the Quran, surah al khaf , 18:110

Say: "I am but a man like yourselves, (but) the inspiration has come to me, that your Allah is one Allah: whoever expects to meet his Lord, let him work righteousness, and, in the worship of his Lord, admit no one as partner.

'let him work righteousness' - now what could that be? Is brushing our teeth a righteous action ? Is praying a righteous action? What is a righteous action? Is it an action which is not a bad action, for what is not bad should be good?

To understand its meaning, we move back into the chapter and try to understand its content. The chapter contains stories of 7 sleepers who slept for centuries, it contains stories of two friends , story of moses and then the story of dhul al qarnayn. Now these stories explain the answer.

The meaning of righteous actions could be in itself a research topic, but to summarize, the most import attribute of a righteous action is that the action benefits others and not just me. When we do things for others. Now the reason is important. When we do things for others expecting nothing in return other than the blessing of Allah. Now that makes is BEAUTIFUL.

So i am planning to train others on android. It has helped me lots. I love it. I make a living with it. Why not guide others and help them make a living with it. I am not sure how to do this though. Most of the registrations are from abroad. Anyway, there should be a way. Insha allah.

For those who are new to programming, here are some tips

1) Learn HTML and basic website design
        There are lots of tutorials online that teaches how to program in HTML and design basic websites. You can develop android apps using HTML too. Its very easy to learn and get started.

You can use HTML, CSS and Javascript to create/develop android applications. That way, you dont have to learn eclipse or programming languages like JAVA.

HTML is easy.

Open a notepad or any text editor and type this :-

<HTML>
<HEAD>
    <TITLE> Welcome </TITLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY>
    <H1> EUREKHA </H1>
</BODY>
</HTML>

save this as hello.html. Now open this file in any internet browser like IE, or firefox or safari or opera.

Congratulations, you have just written your first program that runs on internet web browsers.

Once you have understood the basics of HTML - the HTML tags and basics, we can start developing android applications with it.

Will be blogging about it next...so till then take care.

A FREE android application development eBook can be downloaded from here :-

Some good links for getting started on android application development :-

http://developer.android.com/guide/index.html
https://developer.android.com/training/index.html
http://android-developers.blogspot.com/
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1114287/good-book-for-beginning-android-development