There are no standard java preprocessor. There are some solutions out there but if we choose one for you, then some people will complain we chose the wrong one.
It's relatively easy to choose a solution that works for you and to add it to the Ant or Eclipse builds, so we recommend developers to go that way. Xav On Wed, Oct 19, 2011 at 10:58 AM, Kristopher Micinski <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm honestly trying to understand why you posted a rant about why you > find the Android platform incapable, when preprocessing has nothing to > do with it. From what I can tell, this doesn't have anything to do > with Android development, and I'd be interested to hear your reasoning > as to why Ice Cream Sandwich doesn't include a language feature, when > Java is decoupled from the runtime execution of Android apps. > > Why don't you try posting to the Android tools group? Maybe you could > find better assistance there? > > Kris > > On Wed, Oct 19, 2011 at 1:39 PM, sblantipodi > <[email protected]> wrote: >> hey kris relax no one would be aggressive with you but >> if you are so good in answering in this thread please post something >> useful. >> >> >> On Oct 19, 7:21 pm, Kristopher Micinski <[email protected]> >> wrote: >>> On Wed, Oct 19, 2011 at 1:06 PM, sblantipodi >>> >>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> > the eclipse plugin is written by google team, so they should implement >>> > a preprocessor instead of leaving the job to an external plugin. >>> >>> > preprocessor is necessary to big apps that needs to run on every kind >>> > of device, >>> > for every kind of market and for blackberry android. >>> > if you don't use preprocessor means that you don't need it since your >>> > apps >>> > don't run on many market and on many device :) >>> >>> I assume that your ":)"s are a passive aggressive insult about people >>> who don't use preprocessors in their apps... But I can think of a >>> number of apps that don't use a preprocessor. >>> >>> A preprocessor is a separate program, how would this fit into the >>> eclipse plugin? Along with this, the development tools are completely >>> separate from the Android platform, so why would Ice Cream Sandwich >>> have anything to do this? >>> >>> If you want to use a preprocessor, you can use a java preprocessor and >>> include it as an ant task. If you have one you would like to see in >>> the development tools, why aren't you working on integrating an open >>> source one with the Android development tools? >>> >>> Kris >> >> -- >> 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 >> > > -- > 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 > -- Xavier Ducrohet Android SDK Tech Lead Google Inc. http://developer.android.com | http://tools.android.com Please do not send me questions directly. Thanks! -- 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
