[spapas82]

I may have felt like this when I started playing with android (4-5 years ago), but not anymore. It definitely gets better. Notice that I am not a full-time android developer however I have developed a bunch of part-time projects for Android.

The API is not really complex if you know a few basics (services/ activities/ broadcastasts/ lifecycle/ intents/ handlers/ ui/ ui thread/data storage) and then just know where to look for the answers(the android docs and tutorials are good and there's an answer to everything in SO).

Also you need to have a solid understanding of Java or you'll definitely have problems. So my proposal is to grok the (few) needed basics and the just go all-in and try to implement a full application so that you'll get the needed friction with the android environment.