I'm very new to eclipse, and for a first project I want to make an android app. The problem is that every time I try to create the project, I get all these errors about 'Theme.AppCompact.something". I know many people have asked this question, but either I can't get it to work or I don't understand. If you could answer like I'm 5 or use screenshots that would be great (since I have been trying to fix this forever now).
I'm very interested about java and eclipse (coming from C# unity) and I want to start this android project but I cannot with this error.
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I am new in developing apps for Android with Java Eclipse.
I get a simple problem: after following the procedure explained here:
http://www.tutorialspoint.com/android/android_hello_world_example.htm
I tried to push the "Finish" button to create my first app, but it doesn't work: the wizard remains open and nothing happens.
Also, I have several problems in the Demo apps, errors like:
'<>' source operator is not allowed for source level
and many more.
I guess I created problems with the configurations.
Thanks if you can help me to create my first app for Android and to load
the demos.
It is really had to tell what is the problem, but as Abdullah advised to use android studio because it is well designed to develop android applications. and most of the company's now days use android studio as there IDE preference, but still its developer's choice. Eclipse ADT plugin is buggy
OK, I have been wanting to try the new ActionBarCompat, however, I am not able to run my programs in the emulator.
I have been trying to implement the following: http://antonioleiva.com/actionbarcompat-how-to-use.
and have been stuck on basically the first part. However, working with the author of that content, I was able to get further as I was not adding the project under sdk\extras\android\support\v7\appcompat folder like stated. However, I still think that might be the reason I cannot do this...
More detail can be found here: http://antonioleiva.com/actionbarcompat-how-to-use/#comment-43
Basically, on my first attempt, I just created an Android project, and changed the source code as indicated. Code would not run on the emulator. So I went back to the original code, and that ran on the emulator.
Checked online, found out I might need to add the \extras\android\support\v7\appcompat folder as a library to the project I am building. So I added that and a new android project was created. There were build errors from the start, but I failed at trying to add it as a library to my project, and deleted it....thinking this was way overboard.
After back and forth chats with author of linked website, I found out I had to do that overboard thing.
So I tried the following link to the T: (I cannot post more than 2 links due to low repuation...I will add this link as a comment below)
However, Eclipse would not allow me to add the appcompat Existing Android Project...but it did allow me to add the appcompat Existing (General) Project. I think this may be some of the problems??
Right now, I cannot run the project at all. Eclipse is showing a red exclamation mark on the project folder, but all the code seems to be fine. So I don't know what to do now...I recreated this project several times over, and this one was the one where I knew what to do...and I am still getting problems
So...
I decided to move to Android Studio...updated the IDE, updated the SDK manager to include the new support library, and other things. Created a new project, added to the build.gradle file as shown in the link provided below in the comment. I ran the ant build, and then built the project...tried to import the right things to allow ActionBarActivity, but I could not get that far.
I can import
"android.support.v7.*"
"android.support.vy.R" // and all folders within
but nothing allows me to add ActionBarActivity, and I don't know why.
FYI, I guess I would prefer a solution to Ecplise, as it seems like I actually got somewhere with it.
The best example to use is from here, and I would follow it closely. I had similiar issues when I first came across this. Problem was I misunderstood what I needed to do
http://developer.android.com/tools/support-library/setup.html#libs-with-res
I'm trying to start out with Android programming (I'm running Mac OS X Lion). I had an old version of Eclipse and installed ADT version 20 in it, and code didn't compile properly. Fine; I hadn't done much in there, and after reading some stuff here it sounded like the easiest thing for the long run would be to put together a completely new installation.
So I downloaded the latest version of Android, with the SDK, from the Android developer Getting Started site, and ran it (in its own directory). I loaded one of my previous workspaces and it said that one wouldn't work because the ADT was version 20 and it needs 21. I figured fine, there wasn't much in there and I'd just start a new workspace.
So I started a new workspace, and here's where the real trouble came: It gives me the start screen with newbie welcome instructions but won't go any further than that. When I try to create a new Android Application Project, it goes through the menus but as soon as I click Finish I get a please-wait circular icon, and little happens. There's a line at the bottom that says "66M of 142M" - it increases slowly into the 80s and then drops back down into the 60s, endlessly. And the links provided on the welcome page (Building Your First App, etc.) don't work - I click on them and nothing happens.
Any idea what's going wrong here? Is there some cruft left over in my system from older versions, which I should delete? If so, how should I go about doing that? If not, what else might I try to get it working?
I can't comment beneath yours because of my level, but you can help Eclipse run faster by giving it more memory. Doing this speeds things up quite a bit.
As far as installations go, maybe try Google's packaged version of Eclipse + Android SDK. The whole package is available here. It's already preconfigured to work and provides eclipse with ADT installed by default. Of course, if you already have an existing Eclipse you want to modify this won't help you too much. But if you're new to Eclipse it's a good way to get started with Android development.