Develop Android apps on an Android
Posted: Sat May 18, 2013 11:47 am
NOTE: If you don't have an Android you can get Windroy and run Android alongside your Windows kernel without a virtual machine. This takes advantage of the hardware on your computer for a better android experience, but note Windroy does not come with the Android App store. If you want that in order to get AIDE you can download and install Bluestacks on your comp (Available for Win/Mac). Now if you wanna jump right in the tutorial click here, but at least check the suggested apps.
About a week ago I acquired a cheap 7" iRulu Android tablet from eBay for about $72. Not a bad deal! The first day I spent installing apps, and just getting it ready for use as it is my main computer until I can acquire a new laptop. One thing I realized when searching through the app store was I couldn't find a relatively close free alternative to photoshop, inkscape, blender, or even a mobile website prototyping application like Codiqa. Which I use to increase development productivity and efficiency. Not to mention all of them (aside from Codiqa) have everything I need to use while designing a website.
Back before my laptop got fried I used to use Eclipse and PhoneGap to make HTML5 and JQuery Mobile web applications for experimental purposes. Once I got my tablet I came to realize no wonder why people don't develop many apps on an Android for an Android. It takes to damn long. So I decided to make some that will make it faster, easier, and funner to use. I then came to realize. How the hell am I going to do this without a desktop? I needed to find an app for Android that was like Eclipse and supported PhoneGap so I could make HTML5 and JQuery Mobile applications, and a user on StackOverflow mentioned an app called AIDE (Android IDE) can be used to develop java applications. With further research I found out that this is compatible with Eclipse and PhoneGap works on it as well therefore I can develop Android applications on my Android. How sick is that?
Now before we proceed here's some suggested apps. (links/urls will be added soon)
AIDE (Android IDE)
DroidEdit free
FtpCafe
HTML OnLive Debugger
Now here is where I can across some demo projects for what I wanted to do - https://github.com/OwenBrotherwood/aidePhoneGap
A tutorial is merely a guide, and I am guiding you into a direction for development. If you have no prior knowledge of HTML and or CSS for that matter you best start practicing and learning/researching. Developing software is not for everyone. When I first started it wasn't fun at all, just nothing but headache after headache, but I was determined and still am to make my computing experience easier. When I first started web design it was the same thing, but I really wanted to make a nice good looking, and interactive website and when I achieve that (even with the apps) it's one of my favorite feelings in the world. Knowing that that's what I achieved. Best of all it's there to use, see, and open source for experimentation. Sure the first time I got a switch double heelflip skateboarding made me real happy, but what's the joy in that if no one else can have the same joy? Now that's the fun I get in web development and design. So learn, experiment, and have fun. The sky's the limit...
About a week ago I acquired a cheap 7" iRulu Android tablet from eBay for about $72. Not a bad deal! The first day I spent installing apps, and just getting it ready for use as it is my main computer until I can acquire a new laptop. One thing I realized when searching through the app store was I couldn't find a relatively close free alternative to photoshop, inkscape, blender, or even a mobile website prototyping application like Codiqa. Which I use to increase development productivity and efficiency. Not to mention all of them (aside from Codiqa) have everything I need to use while designing a website.
Back before my laptop got fried I used to use Eclipse and PhoneGap to make HTML5 and JQuery Mobile web applications for experimental purposes. Once I got my tablet I came to realize no wonder why people don't develop many apps on an Android for an Android. It takes to damn long. So I decided to make some that will make it faster, easier, and funner to use. I then came to realize. How the hell am I going to do this without a desktop? I needed to find an app for Android that was like Eclipse and supported PhoneGap so I could make HTML5 and JQuery Mobile applications, and a user on StackOverflow mentioned an app called AIDE (Android IDE) can be used to develop java applications. With further research I found out that this is compatible with Eclipse and PhoneGap works on it as well therefore I can develop Android applications on my Android. How sick is that?
Now before we proceed here's some suggested apps. (links/urls will be added soon)
AIDE (Android IDE)
DroidEdit free
FtpCafe
HTML OnLive Debugger
Now here is where I can across some demo projects for what I wanted to do - https://github.com/OwenBrotherwood/aidePhoneGap
A tutorial is merely a guide, and I am guiding you into a direction for development. If you have no prior knowledge of HTML and or CSS for that matter you best start practicing and learning/researching. Developing software is not for everyone. When I first started it wasn't fun at all, just nothing but headache after headache, but I was determined and still am to make my computing experience easier. When I first started web design it was the same thing, but I really wanted to make a nice good looking, and interactive website and when I achieve that (even with the apps) it's one of my favorite feelings in the world. Knowing that that's what I achieved. Best of all it's there to use, see, and open source for experimentation. Sure the first time I got a switch double heelflip skateboarding made me real happy, but what's the joy in that if no one else can have the same joy? Now that's the fun I get in web development and design. So learn, experiment, and have fun. The sky's the limit...