Gentlemen you are amazing. Thank you. I am currently reading about and testing the Library Project approach outlined in the link. You are right, this is designed exactly for my use case.
Warren On Aug 26, 10:54 am, Juhani <[email protected]> wrote: > You will have to use Android library projects instead of simply > referring to the other project in Eclipse. That will create the R > class to both projects. > Follow instructions > here:http://developer.android.com/guide/developing/eclipse-adt.html#librar... > to get it going. > > On Aug 26, 4:39 pm, Warren <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > I have ten, possibly more, apps I'm developing that all share logic. > > 50-75% of the logic is the same - perfect for some time of library or > > code sharing. However, after reading the posts here and trying to > > share code in Eclipse, I'm not sure that's going to work. I tried > > going to project -> properties -> build path -> link source and adding > > the src and gen folders of the project with the shared code and then > > importing the classes I need. That seems to work in the IDE, but gives > > an error during runtime: class not found. This seems to be a common > > error for people attempting this. > > > I am slowly deciding that shared code is not the best approach in this > > scenario. Android doesn't seem to work well with this type of code > > sharing. For one thing resources are not packed in libraries, but > > references (R.whatever) must exist so as not to create errors. This > > can be designed around, but the effort and headache is probably worse > > than simply creating multiple copies. > > > What are you thoughts on the topic? My experience seems typical, > > based on what I've read. Is it? Have you experienced success or > > failure with sharing code and/or custom libraries? Am I off-base in > > thinking that multiple code copies will be smoother sailing than > > fighting the shared code approach? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
