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M$2 January 05, 2009 11:20 PM

What are the best tools for developing for the Android SDK and the T Mobile G1?

I'm pretty excited that the Android SDK is Java-based, as my strongest PL is Java and I'm interested in developing some Android apps.

But, as they say, a <insert profession here> is only as good as his/her tools. What are the best tools for helping me develop some sweet apps for Android?
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elbaso elbaso
 
 January 05, 2009 11:25 PM
As a general Java IDE, I like using Eclipse, as it is free/open-source, and quite extensible.
http://www.eclipse.org/

There's an Adroid SDK plugin for Eclipse at http://code.google.com/android/intro/hello-android.html

and an IBM tutorial at http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/edu/os-dw-os-eclipse-android.html.

Hope that helps!
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• Thanks, can't wait to develop some apps!


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dbspringer dbspringer
 
January 05, 2009 11:30 PM
Good ol' Eclipse, what would I do without you? Do you know if there are any other tools that are available?

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elbaso elbaso
 
January 05, 2009 11:33 PM
How about the Android Emulator?
http://code.google.com/android/reference/emulator.html

That should be pretty important.
Wish I had more time to try this stuff out.

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cmsimike cmsimike
 
January 05, 2009 11:25 PM
Eclipse. The tools are meant to be used with Eclipse and Java.
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dbspringer dbspringer
 
January 05, 2009 11:28 PM
Surely there are more tools than just an IDE--what are they!?

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cmsimike cmsimike
 
January 05, 2009 11:38 PM
Just Eclipse and Java. With the Eclipse plugin
http://code.google.com/android/intro/installing.html

I guess you can say ant is part of the toolchain. probably will need it to build your project.

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ctmiller ctmiller
 
January 06, 2009 12:48 AM
FWIW, Derek, I set these up recently, and it's very easy. I was up and running in no time.

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