Android NetRexx IDE 2.0

[Kermit Kiser]

I don't think I ever formally announced this tool because I did not think any other NetRexx users were doing Android programming at the time.

It may soon be obsolete anyway as Bill has managed to get the Eclipse plugin to work for Android development with NetRexx, but a few people have downloaded it and may be more familiar with the jEdit environment, so here is the information on the latest version:

http://kermitkiser.com/AndRexx/Android%20NetRexx%20IDE%20prototype.html

Update summary:

• This new version (V2.0) works with Android SDK Tools R15 and platform tools R9. (The Android 4.0 "ice cream" versions.)
  
• The netrexx-build.xml file has been completely rewritten to support the latest Android build procedure and to be more stable.
• A new update_project macro has been added to update older projects to the new build format implemented in SDK rev 14.
• Also Included now are recent builds of the after3.01 NetRexxC.jar, NetRexxR.jar and ant-netrexx.jar files to simplify setup.
• A fix has been added to prevent nrx source files from being included in APKs due to a bug the Android SDK developers refuse to fix.

The updated zip of the Android NetRexx IDE tool can be downloaded from the NetRexx Plus project on Kenai:

http://kenai.com/projects/netrexx-plus/downloads/directory/Android%20IDE

-- Kermit


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[billfen]

Kermit,

Since there are many developers that prefer JEdit and NetBeans over Eclipse, I doubt that your work will be obsolete.  :)

I have not done any Android development, and I don't know if the .nrx source file / APK problem is present with the Eclipse plugin.  The .nrx files are not automatically deleted from the bin directory, so it may be.  If so, I obviously have some work to do. 

There was a similar problem of copying everything to an output directory with ProGuard (often used to optimize, shrink and obfuscate java).  I would assume that what is needed for Android is a painless and automatic build which includes obfuscation.

Bill

On 11/8/2011 7:03 PM, Kermit Kiser wrote:

I don't think I ever formally announced this tool because I did not think any other NetRexx users were doing Android programming at the time.

It may soon be obsolete anyway as Bill has managed to get the Eclipse plugin to work for Android development with NetRexx, but a few people have downloaded it and may be more familiar with the jEdit environment, so here is the information on the latest version:

http://kermitkiser.com/AndRexx/Android%20NetRexx%20IDE%20prototype.html

Update summary:

• This new version (V2.0) works with Android SDK Tools R15 and platform tools R9. (The Android 4.0 "ice cream" versions.)
  
• The netrexx-build.xml file has been completely rewritten to support the latest Android build procedure and to be more stable.
• A new update_project macro has been added to update older projects to the new build format implemented in SDK rev 14.
• Also Included now are recent builds of the after3.01 NetRexxC.jar, NetRexxR.jar and ant-netrexx.jar files to simplify setup.
• A fix has been added to prevent nrx source files from being included in APKs due to a bug the Android SDK developers refuse to fix.

The updated zip of the Android NetRexx IDE tool can be downloaded from the NetRexx Plus project on Kenai:

http://kenai.com/projects/netrexx-plus/downloads/directory/Android%20IDE

-- Kermit

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