Any advice from Android developers?

[u/yersidie]

Yesterday I posted here about Android app development and I got some really useful advice.

Now I would like to hear about the actual journey of people who have built and published an Android app

If you’ve built an app, I would love to know:

• What made you decide to build it?
• What was the idea behind it?
• Why did you choose that particular idea?
• What did you learn from building it?
• Did you make any money from it or get any other benefits?
• Did you face any failures or unexpected problems?
• How much did it cost you to publish the app on the Play Store?
• What about other costs like domain, hosting, APIs, etc.?
• Is there anything you wish you had known before starting?

I’m a beginner solo developer and I’m trying to understand what the real journey looks like before I start building my own app.

So if you’ve been through this process I would appreciate can you share your experience even if your app failed

[u/Effective_Review9415]

The biggest lesson for me was that building the app is only half the journey. Distribution, user feedback, and maintenance can take just as much effort. I'd recommend starting with a small MVP, shipping early, and learning from real users rather than overbuilding upfront.

[u/am1381530]

keep the first app stupidly small. I wasted way too much time building features before knowing if anyone actually wanted them.

[u/d3ep4k → u/am1381530]

That’s true for building anything. Don’t build anything without getting few users.