Software needed to develop on Android

jsmoke · 5 Mar 2017 at 15:54

Is Android studio still the most popular choice to develop, I know there is Eclipse, but bit more disjointed compared to all-in-one, AS. Thought may have pop at an app.

Punt · 5 Mar 2017 at 18:05

I used to use Eclipse then moved to Android Studio. Eclipse stopped supporting something or the other a couple of years ago, can't remember what though

unwashed potato! · 5 Mar 2017 at 19:02

Android Studio looks great. What do you need to know to use it and develop something say that reads a database, and creates quotes based on a few mutli choice options?

jsmoke · 5 Mar 2017 at 19:24

The default language is Java, can also use, HTML, CSS and JS. A couple of other languages, Python, C++ also.

ZombieFan · 5 Mar 2017 at 19:30

You can also use Visual Studio 2015 community edition if you fancy writing them in c# (via Xamarin)

Punt · 5 Mar 2017 at 19:49

Fairly sure the answer is no said:
Android Studio looks great. What do you need to know to use it and develop something say that reads a database, and creates quotes based on a few mutli choice options?

Sorry, I only ever accessed the built in Sqlite database, no idea how I'd connect to an external DB.

ZombieFan said:
You can also use Visual Studio 2015 community edition if you fancy writing them in c# (via Xamarin)

My android development ended before I tried xamarin. If I were to dev for android again this is what I'd at least try. Use c# every day do dev time should/would be shorter. Might try it for my next ios app since I HATE xcode

Scotty123 · 5 Mar 2017 at 22:13

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Fairly sure the answer is no said:
Android Studio looks great. What do you need to know to use it and develop something say that reads a database, and creates quotes based on a few mutli choice options?

I'd have the app read the Json result from the server (makes the required request to the web server which in turn does the appropriate query in the backend). The mobile app parses the resultant Json appropriately to construct what it needs.

planty · 5 Mar 2017 at 22:43

Fairly sure the answer is no said:
Android Studio looks great. What do you need to know to use it and develop something say that reads a database, and creates quotes based on a few mutli choice options?

Not wishing to derail the thread, but I don't see why anyone would want to download an app for obtaining a cleaning quote. Just keep improving your website and forget about apps.

unwashed potato! · 5 Mar 2017 at 23:43

would be for staff, and the quote is where it'd start. there's many uses an app would be great for amongst being something i'd love to learn and having a real life reason for something i've always found the best way to learn a skill like this.

jsmoke · 6 Mar 2017 at 00:30

Go for it, download AS & the JAVA SDK, Google, 'Java JDK' and pick the right one for your system.

I'll try and help out with any questions as am learning myself.

Cromulent · 6 Mar 2017 at 04:53

ZombieFan said:
You can also use Visual Studio 2015 community edition if you fancy writing them in c# (via Xamarin)

Visual Studio 2017 Community Edition comes on the 7th of March so I would wait for that.

planty · 6 Mar 2017 at 06:22

Fairly sure the answer is no said:
would be for staff, and the quote is where it'd start. there's many uses an app would be great for amongst being something i'd love to learn and having a real life reason for something i've always found the best way to learn a skill like this.

Fair enough. I can see it being useful for staff, just not for customers. Good luck

Scotty123 · 6 Mar 2017 at 09:48

Cromulent said:
Visual Studio 2017 Community Edition comes on the 7th of March so I would wait for that.

Yep. I'm excited about it

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jsmoke · 6 Mar 2017 at 16:52

Got AS up and running, looks like gradle is going to cause a lot of headaches, very slow and throwing up plenty errors.