Comments on: Getting Started with Android

By: HeavyGod

HeavyGod — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 09:25:37 +0000

Really good and really interesting post. I expect (and other readers maybe :)) new useful posts from you!
Good luck and successes in blogging!

By: Alexey Efimov

Alexey Efimov — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 10:08:06 +0000

Hi,

As you maybe already know. We just released beta version of plugin. Here is getting started tutorial:
http://code.google.com/p/idea-android/wiki/GettingStarted

Here is plugin:
http://plugins.intellij.net/plugin/?id=1792

Thanks!

By: Romain Guy

Romain Guy — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 22:45:59 +0000

Augusto, I cannot answer this question. Please ask it on code.google.com/android.

By: Augusto

Augusto — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 22:39:18 +0000

Romain;

I haven’t found any info on this, but the components, are they peer based ala AWT or all rendered in the Java layer (or a mix)?

By: Alexis Kinsella

Alexis Kinsella — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 22:00:03 +0000

Any idea of where is the bug traker for Android ?

Refactoring a package in Eclipse is not working correctly: it does not refactor the package in androidmanifest.xml.

Is there any public bug tracker?

By: Alexey Efimov

Alexey Efimov — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 07:23:10 +0000

Hi Romain,
We already started: http://code.google.com/p/idea-android/

It still in development stage (if you know what devkit is), but i guess it can be enduser downloadable soon :)

By: Simon Brocklehurst

Simon Brocklehurst — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 20:35:32 +0000

Thanks for this Romain. Just had a quick glance through the docs… looks like nice support for gradients, alpha transparency, transforms etc etc. Good news!

By: Romain Guy

Romain Guy — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 16:59:22 +0000

Simon, you should take a look at the SDK. But definitely yes.

By: Simon Brocklehurst

Simon Brocklehurst — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 09:05:16 +0000

Romain,

I wonder – is the Android UI toolkit powerful enough to write “filthy rich” style clients? Obviously, it’s not Swing… and it’s still new to everyone. Some perspective from you on the platform capability would be really valuable.

By: Augusto

Augusto — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 18:11:33 +0000

Romain;

Now that you can talk about the project (right?). Are the UI components native peers and if so, what library are they using, or are they rendered at the Java level?

How do you feel about not using Swing, is this good, or was it absolutely necessary (issues with size of toolkit)?

The emulator is an SWT app, yet it’s not easy to see why this was needed.