What is the best tool for generating UML diagrams from Java source files in Android Studio? Are there any plugins similar to ObjectAid in Android Studio.
There is no Visual Paradigm EE shown as described http://www.visual-paradigm.com/support/documents/vpuserguide/2381/2385/66578_creatingauml.html
Try Code Iris. You can install it in Android Studio as a plugin.
Open Android Studio Settings: File -> Settings. Look for Plugins, then hit "Browse repositories..." and type "Code Iris". Install and restart your IDE.
There is another plugin that could be interesting too, which is PlantUML. You may need to install Graphviz in order to make it work.
Code Iris allows to export your diagram into a json file.
PlantUML allows to save your diagram as a PNG file.
Hope it helps.
Two things you need to understand.
You need to first install VP and then the plugin, for this to work.
VP is tricking you to think it's available in the CE edition, when in
fact it is not. They state at some point that this feature is
only available for the Standard Edition and above. So the name of
the plugin is tricking you into this. Thus you're limited to a 30
day trial.
They say:
...Visual Paradigm Community Edition supports running inside Eclipse, NetBeans, IntelliJ and Visual Studio. Without leaving your IDE, you can review your software design described in UML.
To install the plug-in:
The proper path to go is from the File item, go to Settings. Then in the new settings window, scroll down (left side) to Plugins. Click on it and the Plugins menu (sub-window) will open. At the bottom of that there is a button called Browse repositories.... Click on it, and there will be yet another window (phuh!) with a very long list of plugins. There are hundreds, so use the search bar in that window and type "Visual Paradigm", this will give you only one choice, the "Visual Paradigm SDE for IntelliJ IDEA (Community Edition)". Click on it and then again on the right side, on the green button that says Install plugin. Accept the install and then restart AS.
To use the native windows app:
To create an UML from reversing the Java code in VP, look at this post.
For creating UML class diagram in android studio use the following steps :
Press Ctrl+Alt+S (or go to Settings), then go to the Plugins tab, press "Browse repositories" button then search "Visual Paradigm SDE for intelliJ" install this plugin into Android Studio and restart the IDE.
After successfully install the above plugin follow the step which are listed on following URL:
http://www.visual-paradigm.com/support/documents/vpuserguide/2381/2385/66578_creatingauml.html
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I have created sample android project. Now i have to create sequence diagram for that. Is there any way to automatically generate sequence diagram for android project from android studio.
Finally I got the solution.
I have installed a plugin, previously called SequencePluginReload from Android Studio, now called SequenceDiagram
It is very easy to use and works like charm.
I have downloaded SequenceDiagram suggested by #venkatesh in above answer, but didn't understand how to use it. After searching I found how to use it.
Download the zip file in the above link.
Go to Android Studio>Preferences in Mac. For Windows File>Settings.
Search for Plugins in search box. Then in right click on 'install plugin
from disk'. Browse for the downloaded zip and select it, then Apply and
it will show icon to restart android studio. Do it.
Now go to any method in your java file and right click on it and click on 'Sequence Diagram'. And you will find your diagram in a tab besides Debug,Terminal, version control etc.
I think it's hard to get a sequence diagram. But we can generate a class diagram from Android Studio. We need to install an external plug-in.
Following this references below:
How to generate Class Diagram (UML) on Android Studio
I've try to search and found this link, but Ctrl+Alt+Shift+D doesn't work.
I also use find Action Ctrl+Shift+A to find action about diagram and uml but found nothing.
I also search for the uml plugin,
but most of them didn't work with new version of intelliJ (I didn't try it I just read the comment).
I found a free plugin that can generate class diagrams with android studio.
It's called SimpleUML.
Update Android Studio 2.2+:
To install the plugin, follow steps in this answer: https://stackoverflow.com/a/36823007/1245894
Older version of Android Studio
On Mac: go to Android Studio -> Preferences -> Plugins
On Windows: go to Android Studio -> File -> Settings -> Plugins
Click on Browse repositories... and search for SimpleUMLCE
(CE means Community Edition, this is what android studio is based on).
Install it, restart, then you can do a right click on the folder containing the classes you want to visualize, and select Add to simpleUML Diagram.
That's it; you have you fancy class diagram generated from your code!
For those who want to use simpleUML in Android Studio and having issues in running SimpleUML.
First download simpleUML jar from here https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/4946-simpleumlce
Now follow the below steps.
Step 1:
Click on File and go to Settings (File → Settings)
Step 2
Select Plugins from Left Panel and click Install plugin from disk
Step 3:
Locate the SimpleUML jar file and select it.
Step 4:
Now Restart Android Studio (File → Invalidate Caches/Restart → Just Restart)
Step 5:
After you restart Right Click the Package name and Select New Diagram or Add to simpleUML Diagram → New Diagram.
Step 6:
Set a file name and create UML file. I created with name NewDiagram
Step 7:
Now Right Click the Package name and Select the file you created. In my case it was NewDiagram
Step 8:
All files are stacked on top of one another. You can just drag and drop them and set a hierarchy.
Like this below, you can drag these classes
I have managed to to do it in a way. Perform all the steps as referenced by Michal Rowicki above.
Open Visual Paradigm software.
Create a new Project
There would be an option on the Tools bar above that states Code
and select Instant Reverse... from the drop down menu with Java
language(or other)
Select your application folder where your project is located and
add it to the project(i have selected the complete folder
application)
The application should now appear on the left pane in Class
Repository
Then all you do is right click the project that you have added and
select Reverse to new class diagram
Select either you wish to have the packages included in the class
diagram or just the class diagram of the project
Then it should appear on your screen and customize it as you wish
However i do not know if the plugin in Android Studio was necessary nevertheless it has worked in a way for me.
type Ctrl+Alt+S (or go to Preferences)
go to the Plugins tab, press "Browse repositories" button
search: Visual Paradigm SDE for IntellIJ (Community edition) Modelling Case Tool
install it.
You need to install proper software. Now it should works well.
I guess that UML Class Diagram is only available on Ultimate Edition.
To show UML diagram click right mouse button on specific class -> Diagrams -> Show diagram...
Or you can in editor click Ctrl+Alt+Shift+U.
You could append new classes to diagram by drag and drop. On the top of window you could choose more options. To save UML you should just click on save icon.
There is Code Iris which you can install by going to File -> Settings -> Plugins -> Browse Repositories, then find and choose Code Iris.
Restart then you will have a new Code Iris tab.
Update 24.3.2016
I have found this guide from VP https://knowhow.visual-paradigm.com/technical-support/running-vp-in-android-studio/ created on September 8, 2015.
Good to know - it is possible to integrate VP into Android studio (in my case 1.5.1) now. Do not forget to backup your Android Studio settings (you can find them in Users%userName/.AndroidStudioX.X on Windows) ahead of installation.
I was trying to make it work, but created vp project did not contain any diagrams. Maybe someone else will have more luck.
I was using this manual http://www.visual-paradigm.com/support/documents/vpuserguide/2381/2385/66578_creatingauml.html to make Visual Paradigm working in Android studio, but action in 2. did not invoke dialogue in 3. So I Have asked Visual Paradigm support for help and they replied that Android Studio integration is not supported right now.
Reply from Visual paradigm reply from Apr 17 2015:
Thank you for your inquiry and I'm very sorry that at the moment we
only support integrate with the standard IntelliJ IDEA, but
not integrate with the Android Studio. We may consider to support it in our future release, and I'll keep you post once there
any update on this topics. Feel free to contact me for any questions
and wish you have a good day!
This post was deleted, so I will try to make it more clear.
As such I am considering previous answers as misleading and not useful. Therefore I thing that it is important for others to know that, before they lose their time trying to make it working.
Solution:
Run Visual Paradigm
Do as below, pointing to Android Atudio
directory on step 4
Open Android Studio and right click on project
This Kotlin state machine library has PlantUML export feature, it is not integrated with Android Studio but it is easy to visualize state machine structure on PlantUML web site.
https://github.com/nsk90/kstatemachine
I'm developing with android studio 2+.
to create class diagrams I did the following:
- install "ObjectAid UML Explorer" as plugin for eclipse(in my case luna with android sdk but works with younger versions as well)
... go to eclipse marketplace and search for "ObjectAid UML Explorer".
it's further down in the search results.
after installation and restart of eclipse ...
open an empty android or what-ever-java-project in eclipse.
then right click on the empty eclipse project in the project explorer
-> select 'build path'
then I link my ANDROID STUDIO SRC PATH into my eclipse android project.
doesn't matter if there are errors.
again right click on the eclipse-android project and select: New
in the filter type 'class'
then you should see among others an option 'class diagram'
... select it and confgure it ... png stuff, visibility, etc.
drag/drop your ANDROID STUDIO project classes into the open diagram -> voila :)
hth
I open eclipse(luna, but that doesn't matter).
I got the "ObjectAid UML Explorer"
that installed I open an empty android project oin eclipse, right
You can use the simple program StarUML. The trial version is unlimited and can do almost anything.
Onced installed you can use it to generate great number of uml digrams just by pasting the source code. Class diagram is just one type of it. (It understands not only Java language but C#, C++ and other)
P.S. The program is great for drawing architectural diagrams before you start to code the program.
How do I set up IntelliJ IDEA for Android applications?
I've spent a day on trying to put all the pieces together, been in hundreds of sites and tutorials, but they all skip trivial steps.
So here's the full guide:
Download and install Java JDK (Choose the Java platform)
Download and install Android SDK (Installer is recommended)
After android SD finishes installing, open SDK Manager under Android SDK Tools (sometimes needs to be opened under admin's privileges)
Choose everything and mark Accept All and install.
Download and install IntelliJ IDEA (The community edition is free)
Wait for all downloads and installations and stuff to finish.
New Project:
Run IntelliJ
Create a new project (there's a tutorial here)
Enter the name, choose Android type.
There's a step missing in the tutorial, when you are asked to choose the JDK (before choosing the SDK) you need to choose the Java JDK you've installed earlier. Should be under C:\Program Files\Java\jdk{version}
Choose a New platform ( if there's not one selected ) , the SDK platform is the android platform at C:\Program Files\Android\android-sdk-windows.
Choose the android version.
Now you can write your program.
Compiling:
Near the Run button you need to select the drop-down-list, choose Edit Configurations
In the Prefer Android Virtual device select the ... button
Click on create, give it a name, press OK.
Double click the new device to choose it.
Press OK.
You're ready to run the program.
The 5th step in "New Project' has apparently changed slightly since.
Where it says android sdk then has the drop down menu that says none, there is no longer a 'new' button.
5.)
a.)click the ... to the right of none.
b.)click the + in the top left of new window dialog. (Add new
Sdk)
c.)click android sdk from drop down menu
d.)select home directory for your android sdk
e.)select java sdk version you want to use
f.)select android build target.
g.)hit ok!
Once I have followed all these steps, I start to receive error messages in all android classes calls like:
I revolved that including android.jar in the SDKs Platform Settings:
I had some issues that this didn't address in getting this environment set up on OSX. It had to do with the solution that I was maintaining having additional dependencies on some of the Google APIs. It wasn't enough to just download and install the items listed in the first response.
You have to download these.
Run Terminal
Navigate to the android/sdk directory
Type "android" You will get a gui. Check the "Tools" directory and the latest Android API (at this time, it's 4.3 (API 18)).
Click "Install xx packages" and go watch an episode of Breaking Bad or something. It'll take a while.
Go back to IntelliJ and open the "Project Structure..." dialog (Cmd+;).
In the left panel of the dialog, under "Project Settings," select Project. In the right panel, under "Project SDK," click "New..." > Android SDK and navigate to your android/sdk directory. Choose this and you will be presented with a dialog with which you can add the "Google APIs" build target. This is what I needed. You may need to do this more than once if you have multiple version targets.
Now, under the left pane "Modules," with your project selected in the center pane, select the appropriate module under the "Dependencies" tab in the right pane.
Just in case someone is lost. For both new application or existing ones go to File->Project Structure. Then in Project settings on the left pane select Project for the Java SDK and select Modules for Android SDK.
Another way to identify the correct SDK is to install Android Studio, create a new project, go to project structure, SDK Location and find where the SDK was installed.
I found using the default installation process on a mac that the SDK home folder was in the /Users/'yourUser'/Library/Android/sdk folder. Make sure you have enabled your Mac to view the Library folder.
You just need to install Android development kit from http://developer.android.com/sdk/installing/studio.html#Updating
and also Download and install Java JDK (Choose the Java platform)
define the environment variable in windows System setting https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Setting+the+JAVA_HOME+Variable+in+Windows
Voila ! You are Donezo !
I am a beginner to android development,I have downloaded adt-bundle-windows-x86_64 with android 4.2 and started the eclipse version(Android developer tools) provided with it.But when I click finish after filling all the details in new android application dialog box,the finish button doesn't seem to respond at all.At the first click on finish button an application is created but no java files in it and the dialog box stays still.At least the android 4.2 library is not in the application.src is also empty.
I'm working with Windows 7 64bit and JDK 1.6 64bit.
Any idea on solving this?
http://developer.android.com/training/basics/firstapp/creating-project.html
http://developer.android.com/tools/help/adt.html
http://www.chhitizbuchasia.com/articles/chhitiz/2011/02/Setup%20Android%20SDK%20With%20Eclipse.html
http://developer.android.com/sdk/installing/installing-adt.html
Cannot create a new Android Project using Eclipse
install android sdk manager
step1
step2
step3
install the following sdk to perform the application
Download ADT plugin
http://developer.android.com/sdk/installing/installing-adt.html#Download
BASIC STEPS
http://blog.teamtreehouse.com/the-one-stop-android-sdk-installer-you-always-wanted
Best Jvm setting
Eclipse is not that much robust IDE.If nothing can solve your issue.try to restart Eclipse and your Computer.
and yes,before restarting just update the packages.
Go to SDK Manager, and install available updates for following packages.
Android SDK Tools
Android SDK Platform-tools
After updating,it will be look like this,
I just got mine past this bug; hopefully yours will fix too?
On the screens with menus to select from, where one item is greyed (selected?) as default:
Deliberately click the item, to ACTUALLY select it (it turns dark blue or something).
Mine apparently got caught up on the "Make activity" (or whatever) page, and until I went back and assumed that the default had failed to select it, I was unable to choose finish (even though it clicked, looked as though it was going to do something, and then didn't go).
When I create an android project in Eclipse (Helios) and open for example main.xml and click on layout view - program closes. If I start eclipse over again and try click in project view on main.xml it happens again.
In the official installation instructions for Android, they tell you not to use Eclipse 3.6 (Helios). Not that many people notice, three lines above that, they still tell you to use "Eclipse 3.4 and above", plus the link they still have there (http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/) points to the latest Eclipse, which is currently 3.6!
The real link is http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/packages/release/galileo/sr2
I urge you to do things correctly and reinstall Eclipse. You may have other problems if you keep 3.6. For instance, on some (but not all) computers, Eclipse 3.6 (Helios) may hang (or gets really slow) when doing auto-complete (it's looking for a non-existent folder).
Also, you won't be able to find Eclipse 3.5 Classic as the documentation still says, Eclipse Classic Galileo is no longer available on Eclipse.org, instead you should install Eclipse Galileo RCP 32-bit (Galileo doesn't have a good 64-bit version).
Just be sure to do a check for all updates, then install the ADT update site, restart eclipse, close all perspectives, reopen the Java perspective, and go to Windows > Preferences and click on 'android' on the left and make sure it found the old location of your android sdks.
Turned out that I had 2 virtual machine- 1.5 and 1.6, in Java Settings tab of project settings I set the path to the new version and UI view has become operational.
Try to right click on the main.xml document in the project navigator and select open with a different method. Can you get Eclipse to open it any of the other built-in ditors?