Simonta
8th Aug 2010, 14:57
Hi folks
I'm starting off down the path of some Android app development.
My chosen OS is Windows 7 and I've downloaded the Java JDK, Eclipse and the Android SDK. All installed OK. My problem is that Eclipse appears, in early use, to be a steaming pile of poo compared to Visual Studio or XCode.
It took me a couple of hours to get the "Hello World" app running using the tutorial on the Android SDK and now I've moved past that onto some serious development, I find that I'm spending more time recovering from crashes and fighting bizarre errors in the environment than working on my app.
Is it worth persevering or should I switch to a different IDE? I would love to use Visual Studio but the lack of Intellisense, debugging and error checking on Java and the Android libraries seems to preclude that as an option.
I am not prepared to step back 10 years and start using Notepad++ and command lines and really don't want to have to resort to Linux.
Thanks for any suggestions.
Regards
Simon
I'm starting off down the path of some Android app development.
My chosen OS is Windows 7 and I've downloaded the Java JDK, Eclipse and the Android SDK. All installed OK. My problem is that Eclipse appears, in early use, to be a steaming pile of poo compared to Visual Studio or XCode.
It took me a couple of hours to get the "Hello World" app running using the tutorial on the Android SDK and now I've moved past that onto some serious development, I find that I'm spending more time recovering from crashes and fighting bizarre errors in the environment than working on my app.
Is it worth persevering or should I switch to a different IDE? I would love to use Visual Studio but the lack of Intellisense, debugging and error checking on Java and the Android libraries seems to preclude that as an option.
I am not prepared to step back 10 years and start using Notepad++ and command lines and really don't want to have to resort to Linux.
Thanks for any suggestions.
Regards
Simon