OT: Eclipse -vs- Titanium

[Mark Phillips]

On Mon, Dec 15, 2014 at 2:20 PM, Michael Torres <matorres124 at gmail.com>
wrote:
>
> How is Google supporting Eclipse?  (unless its monetary)  Eclipse is Open
> Source....the open source community will and should continue to develop the
> IDE for compatability with the SDK jars that google creates.
>

I believe Google supports the ADT, and they will no longer provide updates
for Eclipse.

>
> 1.0 did come out, correct. But its still in Alpha or Beta testing.  There
> are quirks that the IDE does have that would drive some developers like me
> crazy. Example, if I want to put an image in the hdpi src folder, then I
> have to open my OS directory browser and paste it that way. In 1.0 you cant
> copy and paste an image into the IDE. (at least on mine...Fedora 20).
>
> Also, when adding a new Class to your application in AS, you have to
> manually configure the maifest file (XML code) to add the class.  In
> Eclipse, you still have to modify the manifest "file" but you can just
> simply type the class name ".NewClass" and click save in the editor....Mush
> faster.
>
> I am sure that there are a lot more quirks in AS, but Eclipse is still my
> best recommendation.
>
> Also, from the looks of it, It looks like AS will have pretty much the
> same "look and feel" of Eclipse, so when AS is ready for real use there
> shouldn't be that much more to learn if you are used to Eclipse.
>
> I personally think Android Studio will be a great tool for developing
> android apps, But I believe also that Eclipse will continue to work
>

A agree with all you have said. Just reporting what I have heard and read.
I would prefer to use Eclipse and not learn a new IDE, but Google is in
charge of Android.

Mark

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> On Mon, Dec 15, 2014 at 2:07 PM, Mark Phillips <mark at phillipsmarketing.biz
> > wrote:
>>
>> I read that Google has stopped supporting Eclipse for Android
>> development. You should probably switch to Android Studio, which just
>> released version 1.0.
>>
>> From http://developer.android.com/tools/sdk/eclipse-adt.html:
>>
>> *Note:* If you have been using Eclipse with ADT, be aware that Android
>> Studio <http://developer.android.com/tools/studio/index.html> is now the
>> official IDE for Android, so you should migrate to Android Studio to
>> receive all the latest IDE updates. For help moving projects, see Migrating
>> to Android Studio
>> <http://developer.android.com/sdk/installing/migrate.html>.
>>
>> Other articles said that Google would support Eclipse only until Android
>> Studio version 1.0 was released.
>>
>> Eclipse was great for a long time, and I still like it for all other Java
>> development.
>>
>> You might also look at AIDE. An IDE that runs on Android. It can read
>> both eclipse and Android Studio Android projects. Coupled with git or
>> Dropbox, you can have a portable development studio for Android that runs
>> without an emulator - projects run natively on the Android device running
>> AIDE.
>>
>> Mark
>>
>> On Mon, Dec 15, 2014 at 11:24 AM, Michael Torres <matorres124 at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> I use eclipse.  Works fine for me, but I am still in the learning
>>> phase...I have never heard of Titanium.  I also have Android Studio (that
>>> is still in testing phase).  I think once Android Studio has all the bugs
>>> worked out it will be a great IDE......but I use Eclipse for all my
>>> programming uses.  Nothing beats "free"!
>>>
>>> Mike
>>>
>>> On Mon, Dec 15, 2014 at 11:20 AM, <joe at actionline.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Do any of you PLUG friends have experience with both Eclipse and
>>>> Titanium?  If so, which do you consider to be the best tool to use to
>>>> develop Android apps?
>>>>
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