I'm thinking to begin Android app development. What's the better IDE?
Now I'm using Xcode for objective-C language, but I don't know if use it also for Java development.
I would like to use Eclipse for Mac.
Eclipse is the best. It's supported by android team and they have an ADT plugin for eclipse
ADT plugin
Another alternative is the IntelliJ Idea IDE from jetbrains. If you like this IDE better you can use it, but the tools for developing Android apps are better in Eclipse, because they are more up to date.
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I wanna know which ADT bundle and IDE is preferly use by developers and why?
So i can deside which one is suitable for me to be update.
Android Studio is the official IDE for Android Development. It is the only tool into which Google will be putting development resources.
The Eclipse ADT plugin is effectively now deprecated and will no longer receive development effort from Google.
Android Studio is best all the developers moving on android studio and also use the gradle build system because gradle is a advance building tools and also android studio provide a very good environment for development. Please let me know if you have any doubt.
I am migrating to android Studio from eclipseADT, Can I use the same android sdk's from eclipse?
I used the following links to migrate:
Exporting from eclipse.
Importing to Android studio.
You could also look over this link: http://developer.android.com/sdk/installing/migrate.html
And yes of course you can use the same android SDK.
SDK stands for Software Development Kit and has nothing to do with the different IDEs(Eclipse, Android Studio) really. The IDE will use the SDK of course but the SDK is unaware of which IDE is using it. You should have no problems with using the same SDK, you just have to set some paths in Android studio.
Just wondering what is the difference between Eclipse JUNO, and ADT from Android developers site. Which is better to use on Ubuntu 12.04?
To develop android application you should use Eclipse and ADT. Eclipse is a development environment for multiple programming languages. For example, with the Java Development Tools (JDT) it support Java development. ADT (Android Development Tools) is an another extension of Eclipse to support Android development. It adds a lot of functionality to Eclipse e.g. debuging tools which help you while coding and running android applications. However, to run Eclipse with ADT you still need the Android SDK.
The android developers site is always a good start to develop android applications. You will find there everything you need.
Does anybody have a single Eclipse installation for both Blackberry and Android development?
I have the BB Plugin working fine. I am wondering if I can just follow the Android installation steps without it affecting the BB setup.
I dont want to experiment, so I am asking.
I have seen this thread - Android and Blackberry project in eclipse
Yes, I have a working Eclipse installation for both BlackBerry and Android development.
You must install the 'BlackBerry Plugin for Eclipse' from RIM first (which you've already done). Essentially it's the Eclipse IDE (currently Helios 3.6) with the BlackBerry plugin hardcoded into it.
Apart from the BlackBerry stuff, there are no other differences between the vanilla Helios 3.6 and the RIM 'BlackBerry Plugin for Eclipse', this means you can install the Android development tools into your IDE with no problems.
Works like a charm if you follow the guide here: http://developer.android.com/sdk/installing.html
How to use single eclipse for Android and Blackberry ..?
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There was no any single setup available which work for both android and blackberry.
but in a simple thing the eclipse version 3.6 is work for blackberry plugin and as well as work with Android ADT-12 plugin so first of all you need to configure your blackberry and than you have to install any ADT plugins (i.e. the latest adt version is ADT-12) and than config the android sdk.
now your blackberry and android are working.
when you want to use blackberry than you open perspective option and select blackberry application development perspective.
and same when you want to use android than you may select java perspective...
try it..
For programming the Android, which Eclipse do I need ? (I means Eclipse for c++ or java or ...)
The Eclipse for Java Edition would be approriate http://eclipse.org/downloads/packages/eclipse-ide-java-developers/heliosr
As the documentation says, "A Java or RCP version of Eclipse is recommended."
What really matters is that the ADT plugin works on Eclipse 3.5 at this point, 3.6 has issues. Beyond that, you can essentially install it on any of the versions of Eclipse.
Why? Because the plugin manager can download plugins and dependencies, and the difference between editions is what plugins they're shipped with...