JulesRosser

I'm afraid that it's a bit more complex than I first thought. Someone else has already done this though, take a look: https://github.com/tomthecarrot/arcore-for-all

Emulated devices won't work I'm afraid. I've just checked, and the SDK checks against a list of device fingerprints: i.e. return Build.fingerprint.contains(sailfish || marlin || walleye...)

However, this check is made from the HelloArActivity and could be bypassed. It may still fail, but I'd be happy to build an APK with the supported devices check commented out if you'd like.

As a side note, I've been playing with the sample SDK, but it's a slow process due to the lack of documentation. Does anyone know of any communities for sharing info on ArCore?

Thanks in advance

Sure, sorry for the delay. I built an extremely basic portfolio website to show all the apps and describe them, however it's no longer online and I've lost the assets unfortunately.

Projects Listed: Birthday Reminder App (https://github.com/Julesssss/BirthdayReminder) & Podcast Player (https://github.com/Julesssss/PodcastPlayer)

Followed by all the apps I created as part of the courses below. They were all basic apps, I just listed what I learnt and added a few screenshots. At the end of the courses you'll have a nice amount of projects to show off.

Courses: https://www.mooc-list.com/course/creative-serious-and-playfu... (No longer available), https://www.coursera.org/learn/android-programming, https://www.coursera.org/learn/android-programming-2, Followed by a couple of these beginner courses: https://www.udacity.com/courses/android

I completed a couple of courses offered by Coursera and Udacity on Android development and managed to get a great role in a decent company a few months later with no previous professional experience. The courses are mostly entry level, but they gave me just enough motivation and knowledge to create my own apps, which I feel is the real reason I was hired.

The difficulty come from having no prior professional experience, so showing that you can design, build and ship a project in your own time really helps you to stand out.

The only thing about the course that you linked is that its not specific to a certain field. I would suggest that you try a couple of different courses and find a subject / stack which really interests you, then build small but increasingly more complex projects using what you've learnt.

I list the courses I've completed along with links to any verified certificates on my resume, but not once have they been referenced in interviews.. It's always the projects that make me stand out.

I'd be happy to answer any other questions you have! Also, the forums are also great place to meet like minded people!