I want to write a very simple app for my android that just takes in 3 numbers and performs a calculation.
Is there an IDE for VB for android? It looks like I can’t us Visual Studio in any way, but I did hear of something called Basic4android.
Any recommendations?
Wow, wouldn’t THAT be nice.
There’s an app called Basic + SQL you should check out. It’s not a visual ODE, but you can use it to create standalone apps with their own GUIs
Thanks, I will. I’m also goind to check out basic4android. They have a free trial.
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I’ll also plug NS Basic/App Studio - which essentially works by translating the form designer and VB-style code into HTML5/Javascript, so the web apps it creates can be run by Android, iOS, and Blackberry version 6 and later, as well as any other browser that supports the HTML5/Webkit standard.
Can it wrap the HTML5/JS code inside a native Android app or does it have to be served up like a regular web page?
If you know vb.net you might be inclined to pick up c# if you haven’t already dabbled. It would allow you to use the same IDE, though, obviously syntax will differ.
There is Mono for android which allows you to develop for android using visual studio and c# with support for a lot of neat .net stuff like LINQ. they also have Mono Touch which allows you to target the iphone/iPad.
It’s $300 for the full dev kit though.
It connects to PhoneGap to wrap up native apps - I haven’t experimented with that yet. I just use the iPhone Safari ‘add this page to home screen’ shortcut.
Android is Linux with a customized java-based GUI on top of it.
If you want to get anywhere with Android, forget all that Windows cruft, download the Android development environment (which is free), and have at it.
Towlie: “Man, I have no idea what’s going on…”
Cool. Built my first app and installed it on my phone. I used Basic4Android.
Simple little thing. I enjoy flight simulator. The app helps with the calculations for your commit point for descending into an airport.