I’ve been having loads of problems getting the Android Emulator that comes with the SDK to load anything. After successfully running it when i made the Hello World App I could never get it running again. Googled the problem and tried everything i read to no avail. However last night I got it running again after I’d had to do a reboot, not something that happens often with a Linux machine.

With the emulator running I managed to get through some of the chapters in Pro Android by Apress , I now have a better understanding of the android architecture and the development environment and I’m now starting to get my head around Resources, content providers and Intents and how they tie together.