I'm new to Android Studio and unfamiliar with JavaDoc. Does android studio have a way to a quick easily accessable way to keep a simple status or note about the most recent changes to the app? or am I better off creating a text file and keeping it in there or just leaving it in comments?
I'm using Git so I could just check commit messages but I was looking for something quicker.
I was just wondering if there was a built in mechanism.
Thanks in advance.
There's View|Tool Windows|Changes if that's what you're looking for.
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I am very new to android development. I need a way to do version control on a few JSON files the user will edit using an app. So far, I could not find any good way to do so. Any suggestions are appreciated :)
One of my friends suggested to use c++ support in Android studio in order to hide passwords. I have found tons of tutorials how to get started with ndk in android. But they are all outdated(2015) and everytime I try to use c++ in any way, Android studio crashes. Is there any way to do it in a simpler way now?
P.S./ I want to get rid of experimental plugin that every one uses.
Little off the question, storing passwords in the native layer does not ensure complete safety. A good hacker can get that as well. It is just that you add another additional layer so one has to dig deeper
I'm using Code::Blocks as my IDE and is programming in C++/SDL and was wondering about if the Code::Blocks IDE really can create more advanced stuff like a mobile app?
Or if I need another more advanced IDE like Eclipse to install to create a mobile app.
It would be great if it was possible to actually create a mobile app with Code::Blocks. I mean Code::Blocks is really easy to use and setup without getting any errors.
So I thought you guys who knows this very well could tell me that. Thanks for replies :)
Eclipse has seperate work environmnet for android development.
http://developer.android.com/sdk/installing/installing-adt.html
Also there is one for both ios and Android
https://blogs.oracle.com/fusionmiddleware/entry/eclipse_android_ios_oracle_enterprise
I am taking care of an open source project: mixare. It's an augmented reality browser released under the GPLv3.
The source code of the project is on github and I would like to hook the localization part to some web-service a-la pootle. If necessary I can install my own instance of a translation service on our server, but also an hosted solution would be fine. So I would like to know:
Is there a preferred translation web service that syncs using github's service hooks? Any best practice to share?
Thanks a lot!
Git integration is one of major reasons why I started to write Weblate. It also supports remote trigger for git pull using URL, so it nicely integrates with Github (you just need to put the URL there).
PS: I've just noticed that Android string resources are not supported by backend I use for loading translations (translate toolkit), so it probably won't work for you...
While I appreciate your wish for git support, shouldn't you primarily be looking for a solution that will give you many and good translations?
To get many translations I'd recommend Translatewiki, unfortunately their manual setup takes some time though.
Apart from Translatewiki, transifex seems to be one of the better and not least bigger (counting translators) services. They've made their own client that take care of importing and merging translations. For gettext translations it can also pull in updated template (pot) files automatically from github, I don't know if that's also possible with Android style translations.
Both Translatewiki and Transifex are 100% free and open source software.
I've been through the same "nothing good out there" phase, so I've started writing my own, as a symfony2 bundle. Maybe it's of use to you: https://github.com/tvogt/translator-bundle
Why? Because I couldn't get weblate or pootle to work, you probably have to be familiar with all the pip and python and ve and whatever stuff. Translatewiki is only for free software. Transifix is commercial.
In 2020, with GitHub Actions (hooks executed on GitHub side), you now have GitLocalize
GitLocalize is a continuous localization tool built for communities and teams that want to simplify their workflow when translating their content.
GitLocalize automatically keeps translations up to date by syncing with your repository.
That won't apply to the OP's project github.com/mixare/mixare, which was moved to GitLab in 2018.
But it can help other projects with a similar need.
You can have a look at Amanuens - it's able to sync with any Git repository, including Github. It's totally free for open-source projects (contact support for details). Disclaimer: it is my company's service.
I am planning to develop an Android based mobile for my Human Computer Interaction based project. I am looking for a UI designing application for Android platform. Can it be achieved with Eclipse or is there a better way of developing UI for Android applications that could be used directly with coding ?
Thanks,
Manoj
You can directly code your UI too if you want to. It just takes long, and you open a window for errors.
Developing UI with eclipse using XML is great and easy, why don't you want to use it?
If by UI you mean "not-the-basic-UI", then it's possible too with eclipse - if you want a customized view then you code it, and if you want the normal UI views to look differently, theres a way to do that too (I'm pretty sure you can set your own pictures for button-state-pressed, button-state-selected and so on...)
You need to be more specific with what you want to do.
Use java EE eclipse with (Android Development Tools) plug-in. Upgrade the android SDK in eclipse.
Eclipse has an extension called ADT (Android Development Tools).
Hope you have installed it. Here is the link for installing Android in Eclipse.
Eclipse provides the help for design the UI for android. It is just drag and drop.
Hope this helps
Eclipse has a builtin GUI builder that is fairly good, there is also DroidDraw, which may be slightly easier to use. I would recommend using Eclipse's builder myself, both are somewhat limited without hand-coding XML really.
Quick side note: Be sure NOT to use AbsoluteLayout, as I have seen a few people starting out with Android programming fall into the pitfall of thinking it will make GUI design easier. Issues will arise very quickly.