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I am a curmudgeon developer from the former unix world who was raised on the vi editor. I can see how useful an IDE is for development (e.g. the Windows Visual platform or Eclipse) but I have always preferred to stay with the command line for my development platform because I am very proficient with vi.
I am now trying to learn the android development ecosystem with its IDE Android Studio. I must admit that I am slowly becoming a convert to using an IDE. However, the editor is still a source of frustration for me. It takes me forever just to navigate the source file much less do any complex refactoring. The genius of vi is that you never have to take your hands off the keyboard for both navigating the edit cursor and for entering code--so you become very efficient and fast. But with the Android Studio editor, I have to use the mouse to navigate to the edit position first, then return my hand back to the keyboard to entering code.
So, is there a vi editor plugin for Android Studio?
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Yes there is, IdeaVim. Go to Settings (Ctrl + Alt + S) -> Plugins -> Browse Repositories and search for IdeaVim. Works pretty well. I would also recommend getting familiar with the Android Studio IDE shortcuts which are also handy.
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I am not familiar with android development. But just want to use python script to do something on my android device/emulator.
For example:
change system settings.
set a proxy.
open app A, click some place, do something else...
then open app B, tap up down, do something else...
and so on.
I have tried
monkeyrunner, which actually is not by python(it's by Jython), and usually I don't know why the example code can't work(lack of debugging methods in this way.I can use ipython or pycharm if one support python),
appium, which introduce a very good framework, completely support python.But the tutorial always says about testing only one app, seems it can not change system settings or something like press HOME or BACK button.
I have never do such things before, are there any tools or tutorials could cover my case?
You can try AndroidViewClient/culebra which provides also a UI (see Culebra GUI) which allows you to do what you describe as your needs.
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I have an apk file and I want to develop and run some tests on it (I just have the apk file, I don't have access to source code).
I found a tutorial about this here and I found a video here but both are for Eclipse and I can't make this work with Android Studio.
There is any way to do it with Android Studio with any Framework? (Robotium, Espresso, Appium, Calabash, etc...) .
Anyone know more about this and can give me some explanation or some examples to follow through?
The tool I use for automation is called Calabash. The only thing you need is an apk. No source code/building your own version of the app. Its a tool that is very powerful and quite simple to use. I have begun making a video tutorial series for it here https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLInoIpH9dfLyvdaOjozON9QnQP1pK30y-
You can use any editor you want - eclipse, android studio, even a basic notepad. The calabash tools run completely independent of an editor. All you need is the android sdk which comes with android studio. You can use tools in the android sdk to help like running emulators, and visually finding ids.
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I am coming from the iOS background so I miss my interface builder in Android. I am not sure if there is a good and trustworthy LayoutPreview tool (could be free or paid) that can help us to open the xml file to preview it when we are working. The current process is to finish the xml file, compile the code and run it on the real Android device.
The Android Studio Layout tools is not always accurate and I am looking for a better tool
This is just taking much time for some simple change.
Android Studio, software based off of IntelliJ, will show you a preview of any XML file you make it it, like shown below.
In addition to being able to preview XML files, Android Studio is also a full-functioned IDE customized for developing Android applications. It is a step up from Eclipse, in my opinion, and so is IntelliJ in general
There is a layout editor built into both of the standard Android IDEs (Android Studio, and Eclipse). You can access it from any XML layout file via a tab on the bottom of the file (you can switch between visual editor, and the raw XML)
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I'm looking for a functional GUI testing tool for Android without the base of source code. Most things I found are JUnit testing frameworks that extend the ActivityInstrumentationTestCase2<Activity> from Android SDK.
But I look for a tool that provides f. exe. button clicks, enter String to txt fields and so on without knowing the Activity class name, package or further information.
Perfect would be something that finds Widgets on a already started Android app, can interact with it from an other application without the information I told above.
I was having a look at Robotium RC, but found no information, tutorials etc. just the JavaDoc and the .jar file.
edit: It should be open source
I think you should look at the standard monkeyrunner android tool. With the help of this tool you can start your application, emulate drag gestures, press on buttons, tap on the screen. To automate the process of creation of these scripts you can use monkeyrecorder.py script.
You can try bot-bot. Following is the link:
http://imaginea.github.com/bot-bot/
It can integrate itself with an apk. It works best if you have the source code of the app under test.
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Anything to help design GUI like a paint program? (Delphi, VB, MSVC, QtBuilder, etc)
And anything to help build packages, set permissions, etc?
What is there out there to take the drudge work out of Android app creation and leave me free to concentrate on design and development?
Basic4Android, www.basic4ppc.com check it out, it compiles directly to native java (dex) with a visual designer.
DroidDraw, already mentioned, can help for the GUI. It now supports a few more root layouts, including ScrollView and TableLayout. It doesn't do much that can't be done in Eclipse, though.
Google is doing some research on a wysiwyg editor called App Inventor but if it does come out it's unlikely to be soon.
Edit: Spoke too soon, App Inventor's already out here
Try to take the time to get used to the tool (Android Eclipse plugin), it already takes care of a lot for you.
For GUI, you can try Droiddraw but I wouldn't recommend it. Last time I checked it only support AbsoluteLayout.
For the others, I found its a breeze using Eclipse, so I don't really know if there's any.
The official Android plugin for Eclipse contains everything you want.
Delphi for Android sneak preview: http://www.lenniedevilliers.net/preview/DAndroid_01.avi