1) NetBeans has native preprocessor support with build targets like
VisualC. I really think this is a must when targeting multiple devices
and platforms. Right now I am porting a project from BlackBerry to
Android and the lack of a preprocessor is really a drag. There is
Antenna but NetBeans understands it's own preprocessor and doesn't give
false feedback.
2) Ant is really well integrated with the IDE. I am able to make my own
ant tasks that do very specific releases for me. I would agree that
production builds are not well suited with a default Eclipse project but
I think NetBeans is.
3) NetBeans handles source files much better. It doesn't force a work
flow on you. I also hate how Eclipse cache files. I need a little
monkey just to hit F5 for me from time to time.
4) Eclipse doesn't have a well defined set of files that represent a
project IMHO. Instead it has a directory littered with god knows what
from each plugin. Does anyone know which file to check in? NetBeans
has a couple of XML files in a directory.
Leigh
On 4/30/2010 4:09 PM, Bob Kerns wrote:
I debug with Eclipse. You should be able to use any Java debugger, but
there are none that come close to Eclipse, and the SDK provides all
this nice Eclipse integration you won't get anywhere else.
Why do you want to leave Eclipse behind? I mean, besides the inherent
shortcomings of using an IDE to do production builds.
On Apr 30, 6:56 am, Leigh McRae<[email protected]>
wrote:
What do you debug with? I would love to leave Eclipse behind.
Leigh
On 4/30/2010 3:37 AM, Bob Kerns wrote:
I didn't even>>mention<< Eclipse. Use the android tool to set up your
ant project -- it knows how to set up for the android Ant tasks.
They will, of course, need the SDK, but they will NOT need Eclipse. I
do not build (nor do I recommend building) my product for distribution
with Eclipse.
On Apr 25, 9:48 pm, veradis tech<[email protected]> wrote:
Thanks Bob Kerns.
My aim is to make the code available for all. I will move the source to SVN,
and anyone can download/update it and compile it using ANT. I don't want to
use eclipse for this.
Thanks
Veradis
On Sat, Apr 24, 2010 at 9:12 PM, Bob Kerns<[email protected]> wrote:
Your build.xml doesn't look anything at all like what's generated by
the 'android' tool. It looks like you've undergone a major manual
effort, instead.
Why not just use the android tool to set up your project?
http://developer.android.com/intl/de/guide/developing/other-ide.html
You can create a blank project, and edit the build.xml and such if you
want.
As far as I know, the android tool is the only thing that knows what
the requirements are for the various android ant tasks. I suspect one
requirement is that sdk.dir be set to point to the sdk.
On Apr 24, 12:57 am, veradis<[email protected]> wrote:
Hi,
I want to compile my Android APP using ANT in windows. I placed
build.xml in project root and included necessary jars in project lib
folder. I had made proper configurations for ant also, but its not
working. Please help me on this.
Error
====
C:\Documents and Settings\nav\workspace\YumFlixMobile>ant
Buildfile: C:\Documents and Settings\nav\workspace\YumFlixMobile
\build.xml
clean:
resource-src:
BUILD FAILED
C:\Documents and Settings\nav\workspace\YumFlixMobile\build.xml:33:
java.lang.Nu
llPointerException
at
com.googlecode.androidant.AndroidTools.locateTool(AndroidTools.java:8
1)
at
com.googlecode.androidant.AndroidTools.startTool(AndroidTools.java:74
)
at
com.googlecode.androidant.AndroidTools.startTool(AndroidTools.java:62
)
at
com.googlecode.androidant.WindowsAndroidTools.aapt(WindowsAndroidTool
s.java:36)
at aapt.main(aapt.java:7)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at
sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.
java:39)
at
sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAcces
sorImpl.java:25)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)
at
org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.ExecuteJava.run(ExecuteJava.java:217)
at
org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.ExecuteJava.execute(ExecuteJava.java:15
2)
at org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.Java.run(Java.java:771)
at org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.Java.executeJava(Java.java:
221)
at org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.Java.executeJava(Java.java:
135)
at org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.Java.execute(Java.java:108)
at
org.apache.tools.ant.UnknownElement.execute(UnknownElement.java:291)
at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor4.invoke(Unknown Source)
at
sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAcces
sorImpl.java:25)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)
at
org.apache.tools.ant.dispatch.DispatchUtils.execute(DispatchUtils.jav
a:106)
at org.apache.tools.ant.Task.perform(Task.java:348)
at
org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.Sequential.execute(Sequential.java:68)
at
org.apache.tools.ant.UnknownElement.execute(UnknownElement.java:291)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at
sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.
java:39)
at
sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAcces
sorImpl.java:25)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)
at
org.apache.tools.ant.dispatch.DispatchUtils.execute(DispatchUtils.jav
a:106)
at org.apache.tools.ant.Task.perform(Task.java:348)
at
org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.MacroInstance.execute(MacroInstance.jav
a:398)
at
org.apache.tools.ant.UnknownElement.execute(UnknownElement.java:291)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at
sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.
java:39)
at
sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAcces
sorImpl.java:25)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)
at
org.apache.tools.ant.dispatch.DispatchUtils.execute(DispatchUtils.jav
a:106)
at org.apache.tools.ant.Task.perform(Task.java:348)
at org.apache.tools.ant.Target.execute(Target.java:390)
at org.apache.tools.ant.Target.performTasks(Target.java:411)
at
org.apache.tools.ant.Project.executeSortedTargets(Project.java:1360)
at org.apache.tools.ant.Project.executeTarget(Project.java:
1329)
at
org.apache.tools.ant.helper.DefaultExecutor.executeTargets(DefaultExe
cutor.java:41)
at org.apache.tools.ant.Project.executeTargets(Project.java:
1212)
at org.apache.tools.ant.Main.runBuild(Main.java:801)
at org.apache.tools.ant.Main.startAnt(Main.java:218)
at org.apache.tools.ant.launch.Launcher.run(Launcher.java:280)
at org.apache.tools.ant.launch.Launcher.main(Launcher.java:
109)
Total time: 1 second
=====================================================================
build.xml
=======
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<project name="YumFlixMobile" default="precommit"
xmlns:android="antlib:com.googlecode.androidant">
<!-- Requires ant 1.7 or better -->
<property environment="env"/>
<condition property="android-home" value="$
{env.ANDROID_HOME}">
<isset property="env.ANDROID_HOME"/>
</condition>
<property name="android-ant.jar" location="lib/android-
ant.jar"/>
<taskdef uri="antlib:com.googlecode.androidant"
resource="com/googlecode/androidant/antlib.xml"
classpath="${android-ant.jar}"/>
<!-- Dependencies -->
<fileset dir="lib" id="main.jars">
<include name="positron.jar"/>
</fileset>
<fileset dir="lib" id="test.jars">
<include name="positron.jar"/>
<include name="junit.jar"/>
</fileset>
<!-- Rules -->
<target name="clean" description="Delete the output
directories.">
<delete dir="target"/>
</target>
<target name="resource-src" description="Generate the R.java
file for this project's resources.">
<android:aapt>
<arg value="package"/>
<arg value="-m"/>
<arg value="-J"/>
<arg file="src"/> <!-- Create R.java in the
source directory -->
<arg value="-M"/>
<arg file="AndroidManifest.xml"/>
<arg value="-S"/>
<arg file="res"/>
<arg value="-I"/>
<arg file="${android-home}/android.jar"/>
</android:aapt>
</target>
<target name="compile-main" depends="resource-src"
description="Compile the java source.">
<mkdir dir="target/main-classes"/>
<javac encoding="ascii" target="1.5" debug="true"
extdirs=""
srcdir="."
destdir="target/main-classes"
bootclasspath="${android-home}/
android.jar">
<classpath>
<fileset refid="main.jars"/>
</classpath>
</javac>
</target>
<target name="dex" depends="compile-main" description="Convert
the .class files into .dex files.">
<property name="classes.dex"...
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