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Poll: Android developers, what IDE do you use?

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Re: Poll: Android developers, what IDE do you use?

#41
post #40

IntelliJ IDEA. Because it is sooo much better than Eclipse.

For those of us that haven't used IntelliJ, but have used Eclipse, could you explain further how it's better?

I really don't have any issues with Eclipse, as long as I'm using a fast PC with a lot of RAM (SSD helps as well).

Re: Poll: Android developers, what IDE do you use?

#42
post #30

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

I am saying in android case. The command-line tools for android not in general. Have you developed android command line ?

Re: Poll: Android developers, what IDE do you use?

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post #8

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.

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.

I do all my Android dev in VIM, and I use ant on the command line for building... what do you find horrible about the command line build? I just use 'ant debug' for debug builds, and 'ant release' for release builds - and 'adb install -r' to install the package once it is built. Usually, it ends up being a couple of up arrows, and enter, on the command line to build / deploy.

Re: Poll: Android developers, what IDE do you use?

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

well if you had used a proper IDE in the last decade you'd realize that Eclipse is not perfectly acceptable.

As someone who uses Eclipse pretty regularly, what don't you like about it? I'd never really used big IDEs before I got into Java either, so I'm curious.

Re: Poll: Android developers, what IDE do you use?

#48
post #17

Slightly unrelated, but why does everybody insist on calling it vi(m)? I have never seen a box that used vi in lieu of vim, it seems to be a historical artifact.

A couple boxes I SSH'd into today only had vi. vim is not always included in the standard $OS install.

Re: Poll: Android developers, what IDE do you use?

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post #17

Slightly unrelated, but why does everybody insist on calling it vi(m)? I have never seen a box that used vi in lieu of vim, it seems to be a historical artifact.

If you use any Posix environment asside from Linux, you'll find Vi installed by default but not Vim. This includes the BSDs, Solaris, and AIX in my experience. So vanilla Vi still gets use.
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