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As someone who is interested in Android, but is currently being scared off by Eclipse, does anyone know any good resources for developing for Android in something that isn't $BLOATED_JAVA_IDE? I tried vim, but the command-line builds were horribly slow, and almost all documentation and tutorials I found expected me to be using Eclipse.
What's wrong with the popularity of Eclipse? Why is that bad?
As someone who is interested in Android, but is currently being scared off by Eclipse, does anyone know any good resources for developing for Android in something that isn't $BLOATED_JAVA_IDE? I tried vim, but the command-line builds were horribly slow, and almost all documentation and tutorials I found expected me to be using Eclipse.
I hadn't used a proper IDE in a decade or so and Eclipse was perfectly acceptable. I really would recommend sticking with it for a while and then moving on to vim once you've got some experience in the process.
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Yes command-line build/deploy is horrible, the way to use vim is: - Write code in VIM - Build everything on Eclipse. Basically keep eclipse open only to build, and deploy to the smartphone. Everything else, do it in vim.
Why is command line deployment horrible? Write some scripts, copy stuff with ssh, etc... I continue to be horrified at the refusal of modern app developers to write code to help them write code.
Same as div, used IntelliJ on all projects. I used to use Eclipse before, but found the most frustrating thing about Eclipse is how often you'll encounter plug-in conflicts. (One plug-in doesn't want to work with another plug-in, but you just happen to want use both tools)
After using IntelliJ for a while, there i no going back. It's more responsive all round.
As someone who is interested in Android, but is currently being scared off by Eclipse, does anyone know any good resources for developing for Android in something that isn't $BLOATED_JAVA_IDE? I tried vim, but the command-line builds were horribly slow, and almost all documentation and tutorials I found expected me to be using Eclipse.
Seriously, give IntelliJ IDEA a try. Personally I think it's a lot nicer and snappier than Eclipse. It has a free edition. You might still decide that you don't like it but I think it's definitely worth a try. Also, the last time I checked (which was years ago, admittedly) it worked with Android perfectly.
Eclipse is fine once you have the memory configured right and you turn off all the dumb validations and unnecessary checking.
ctrl+] - select to the end of line
ctrl+[ - select to beginning of line
ctrl+d - cut current line
ctrl+k - duplicate current line below
ctrl+; - jump to beginning of line
ctrl+' - jump to end of line
ctrl+tab - switch perspective between debug and editor [1]
ctrl+i - focus on console [2]
ctrl+f - toggle find/replace bar
[1] For me this is pydev, for you could be the Android SDK ide.
[2] I have a pydev python repl running in eclipse for simple checks. Using ctrl+i to focus on this console is really nice.
Bonus if you customize your theme. Mine is a white text on black.
Here's my setup: Emacs, DDMS + JSwat, and ant to build.
I have emacs and a terminal open at all times. To build I switch over to the terminal and use ant. Sometimes I'll write a shell script to build+install+run on a phone.
For directory navigation: nav - http://code.google.com/p/emacs-nav/
For code completion: http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/JavaCompletion
Building on the command line is simple. Type ant release or ant debug. Or ant install to build + install on phone.