Hi! I wonder if there's someone interested into porting one of these alternative OS into our device
I know that in an apps point of view it's kinda pointless but i just want to see they're performances compared to Android's
I wanted to port them by myself but my PC is a piece of garbage...
I hope there's someone out there that wants to start this "magical journey"
PS: sorry for my English.
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Hello all,
This post is in regard to the Google Android Challenge put out by Google to create/develop new software for the Google Android shell. If you haven't had a chance to read about it, it's basically a new OS created by Google to run on any type of PDAesque cellular phone. The challenge issued is then to develop new software for this OS (written in Java) so that when it is released it will have software available for it.
My question to all of you is what software would you like to see developed for this new OS? The reason I am asking for ideas is because I am a CS undergraduate student working in a research group to create one of these programs. Ergo, I figured asking you guys what you'd like to see created would be the best way to get ideas that will make sense and benefit the community.
Any ideas you submit here may be used in the creation of new software--if you require idea copyrights that can be worked out.
Thank you all in advance,
Jake
Jake Lake
Undergraduate Student at LCSC Lewiston, ID
Hello Jake,
We'll I'm a Java programmer too, not thinking of entering the challenge though. Had a quick look at the SDK for Android and it does'nt seem like pure java, more like a hybrid of C and Java does'nt it?
Since I have'nt had a thorough look at it, I'd like to ask you a few questions regarding the freedom to program on the platform.
Since it does'nt use the "normal" JVM but googles Davlik where theres no byte code but script code, does it allow better interaction with the hardware, and is it faster? Also can you implement equallizers and other effects in a media based application, which of course was not possible on J2ME. I was thinking on a All-round mediaplayer for Android, something like Rockbox which maybe found at www.rockbox.org which is a linux based program used on iPods etc.. but has been ported to Linux based EZX phones.
Regards,
Akshay
Hey Folks,
I was wondering if anyone knew if it was possible to use Jython instead of plane Java for android development? I don't know much about Java development but I'm with Python. I was figuring that this might ease me into it better. Any thoughts?
Thanks,
-=GB=-
Have you had a look at the Android scripting environment?
http://code.google.com/p/android-scripting/
http://google-opensource.blogspot.com/2009/06/introducing-android-scripting.html
http://code.google.com/p/android-scripting/wiki/PythonAndroidAPI
Regards,
Akshay
Thanks aksd,
I don't know how I didn't find that before. Perhaps I should have just searched for Python and Android as opposed to just Jython and androind.
Anyway, this is very cool for prototyping and simple scripting. However, the main thing I was hoping for was writing apps in Python (via Jython) that could then be distributed on the Marketplace. It's kind of to bad. It doesn't look like anyone is really trying to port Jython to Android because ASE is sort of Google's official response to the whole thing. On the whole, a really great thing for people who just want to script Android but not really for App development.
In all of this searching I did find some interesting information about how to link in C libs so you could code some of the hardcore speed sucking elements in C (like a game engine) and then make calls into it via Java. I didn't know that was even possible so... Pretty cool stuff.
Hey ngrava,
I'm not much into scripts, so dont really follow whats happening with scripting and Android.
If you wanted a bit of a performance gain you can use the NDK and call the JNI to execute native libraries or code. been there for awhile but few use them. Java is just so much easier than C .
Theres a lot of interesting stuff going on on the Android platform, Mono being ported to Android, Scala being ported to Android, I'm actually currently working on profiling the performance of scala code on android.
Regards,
Akshay
On the Google DevFest on Argentina, Google´s ingeneers afirmed that they are working to make more languages availeable on Gingerbread, they specifically mentioned Ruby. We just have to wait to see if this is true and if we are going to be able to ship apps of other languages to the market, and I´m not sure if they will be backwards compatible with earlier versions of android as well.
PD: Oops, sorry for reviving this old post, I just realised i clicked last page instead of next
Hi, as your intro video states, "im a noob"
Well actually im a noob studying engineering (cant be very good for the industry!) and as part of my course I need to be able to program Java applications and PIC microcontrollers. Obviously android isnt suited for such things so im very interested in a dual boot with linux/ubuntu.
I'd like to ask if anyone else has used their transformer running ubuntu/linux for java programming (eclipse?) and PIC programming (MPLAB X?). And also if anybodys used a Pickit 3 with their transformer for debugging?
As far as I can tell, this should be possible since both these requirements require java and can be done on ubuntu/linux. from searching i can see people have got ubuntu natively working on the transformer, and the "Linux for Tegra" looks promising too. Anybody else with experience?
Thanks in advance
Hi there.
I don't know if I have to post it here or in the Apps section...
Is there an IDE for android that would run under Android, so I could develop when no computer is available?
Thanks
Nico
There is no IDE per-se, but you could just use a text editor to write some code and then sync it back when your development computer is available. I can't see anyone expecting to do serious full blown app development, like project management and debugging, from a tablet. But, I am an android newbie, so I may be wrong.
willyampz said:
I can't see anyone expecting to do serious full blown app development, like project management and debugging, from a tablet. But, I am an android newbie, so I may be wrong.
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Actually the fact is that my tablet is quite as powerful as my desktop computer... or even more. Then, as I can plug in a mouse and connect a keyboard by bluetooth, I do not see any reason because of what it would not be possible
Nico
You should have posted this in Q&A, no problem i'm moving it.
To acutally complie and build you need a full up linux environment, which android is not. You can edit code as text and such, but you cannot complie, link and build on android
Hello we are looking for someone that has experience with android design. We are working on a custom wrong for education we have all of our programs just about finished up now we need someone to make a standard user interface for this ROM must have the following:
Must have a unique flat UI based design.
Must not interfere with any of the code that is already been done.
Must look professional non distracting and unique at the same time.
You must have experience with the eclipse IDE.
And you must be willing to get this done in a fast pace!
Must be able to create icons and images
Please let me know if your interested
Regards
Rapsong11