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Fcoder
Fcoder

Reputation: 9226

Android development with notepad-like editor and command line

I have a problem with Eclipse. It is very slow for me. My PC is an old PC and I'm not comfort with the performance. Is there any lightweight alternative to Eclipse (Available for Windows and Linux)? I want SPEED!

My ideal is to write my code in an editor like Notepad and supplement with the command line! How can I compile my code in this environment? How do I update my R.java file or build my project's configuration?

Upvotes: 7

Views: 4604

Answers (4)

Tom
Tom

Reputation: 4180

well, nothing holds you back to use notepad and manually compiling with javac:

http://docs.oracle.com/javase/1.4.2/docs/tooldocs/windows/javac.html

Like kgiannakakis pointed out; you'll also need the Android SDK:

http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html

Upvotes: 1

kgiannakakis
kgiannakakis

Reputation: 104188

The documentation provides very nice instructions about using the command line tool. The building is performed with the aid of Ant tool. You could also use a more advanced editor than notepad (Notepad++ for example).

However, if you have a slow machine, you would suffer during development anyway. You should also forget about using the emulator for debugging. The emulator would take ages to load.

Upvotes: 4

Rahul Iyer
Rahul Iyer

Reputation: 21025

If you want speed, you should buy a faster computer.

It seems that you are a beginner -> I would suggest purchasing almost any java book, or visiting websites with tutorials, if you are at the stage where you don't know how to compile your code.

Upvotes: 1

Chandra Sekhar
Chandra Sekhar

Reputation: 19500

see the link managing project through command line

It provides a brief description about how to develop android app without any IDE

Upvotes: 1

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