# \[OT\] Android programming

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ot-android-programming/120489>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [November 17, 2007, 3:02pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ot-android-programming/120489 "2007-11-17T15:02:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![fxn](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/77aa72/32.png) [@fxn](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/fxn)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2007, 3:02pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ot-android-programming/120489/1 "2007-11-17T15:02:10Z")

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Have you seen the kind of calls you do for this hello world program in  
Android?

A first hand look at building an Android application  
[A first hand look at building an Android application - YouTube](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6ObTqIiYfE)

Look at those

getContentResolver()  
startManagingCursor()  
SimpleCursorAdapter()  
setListAdapter()  
…

My goodness, I just one to show a list of contacts in the screen to  
dial the one clicked by the user!!!

Life is hard.

– fxn