I want to be able to run my Android code/app on Windows/Mac/Linux/etc. but not use an emulator, as they are slow/cumbersome.
I want a real Java SE app, but to reuse my Android code.
My idea is to make an Android emulator using Swing, read the layout files and create the widgets in Swing and map between the 2 UI event models, life cycle, and library classes.
Question is, does such a thing exist already, I googled it, but could not find anything.
Otherwise I will start an open source project for it myself. Anyone interested in helping is more than welcome.
So I created an open source project "Swingdroid" that lets you run Android apps and Java swing desktop applications.
You don't need to use an emulator or change any code. It loads Android layout files and activities and renders them using Swing.
On GitHub here,
https://github.com/BotLibre/BotLibre/tree/master/swingdroid
I totally agree with #muratgu. But, if you just want to parse Android layouts (views) xml files and render them using Java Swing, this is possible and this has already been implemented, before deciding to make your own implementation, you'd better check the wysiwyg feature of UI editor in Android Studio.
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So I have a project for school, and they have not taught us android studio in the least and I have little experience with Javascript. I have looked at countless YouTube tutorials trying to figure my way out.
The project requires me to develop an android application that communicates with an ELM327 adapter. I am allowed to use open source software. I would like to take this: https://github.com/pires/android-obd-reader
and improve the layout as well as add some additional features such as live graph plotting and live gauges.
The first thing I'd like to do is change the layout to a tabbed layout rather than the layout the app currently has. Can anyone assist me in the best possible way to begin doing this? I am reading as much as I can but seem to be making no progress.
I'd like to develop a hybrid app using mgwt-phonegap.
I found this link :
What I don't get is: Why is he putting the gwt-code into the android project's folder? Isn't it unecessary to use Android at all when you use mgwt and phonegap? I thought, that was the whole idea behind it?
What do you get from creating an android project and then putting your gwt code inside it?
Can you use gwt to convert a standard android app into a hybrid app for different platforms?
I did not read the tutorial you mention, but with phonegap you can create a native shell, which is basically a WebView with some hooks to call native stuff, In this shell you place your HTML/Javascript which in your case is the compiled code of a mgwt project. The android project you create it with phonegap, their site has a tutorial, I think you should read more about phonegap.
I dont really know a lot about about android development and i was wondering if it's possible to use java.swing and/or javafx for it.
You can use JavaFXPorts to develop JavaFX applications (not Swing applications) that are deployable on Android. Refer to the JavaFXPorts documentation for more information.
You will need to make your own assessment of whether using JavaFXPorts is an appropriate approach for your application or if you are better off coding purely to the native Android SDK provided by Google or using another 3rd party development SDK such as Unity. I will make no such recommendation here.
No it's not possible. Androids java (Go) does not include the java.swing and the javafx packages.
Android does include it's own gui packages more specialised for it, so I don't see why you would even want swing or javafx.
No you can't use Swing or JavaFX because Android has another type of architecture to render the views. Visit this official website to learn more about views in Android
http://developer.android.com/intl/es/guide/topics/ui/overview.html
Hope it's helps.
I know that questions like this have been asked before, and I have been sifting through them. So here is my situation: I have a decent amount of experience using Java, specifically Eclipse, and I have a game ready that from my current standards, could be uploaded to the Google marketplace.
However, I have the project saved as a Java project. How do I make this project into an android app? I have attempted using the ADT plugin for Ecclipse, and changing the nature of the project file but I am beyond confused regarding how to proceed.
Right now I can click: Run < Run as < Java application.
The goal is to be able to click: Run < Run as < Android application.
I don't know of a streamlined way of doing it. Is your game using Swing as a UI? JavaFX? Is it text?
Regardless, I imagine your game would need to be wrapped in an android activity in some way. e.g. The activity can invoke the browser to run your applet (if your game is an applet).
I'd first create an android project, then copy your source from the java project into the android project. The manifest (R) will be updated with the new resources, etc.
Then you have to finish wiring everything up.
It's going to take more than that. Android has it's own UI system and lifecycle that differs from raw Java. Depending on how you've written the game you may be able to reuse a lot of the drawing and logic code but you going to need to make a lot of changes to the input and allowing multiple screen sizes.
Without seeing your code I can say exactly what you'll need to do but I can tell you it's not going to be as simple as Run As... Android Application.
Although android apps are written in Java code, this doesn't means that it is possible to "translate" a java program or a game in an android app simply clicking a button.
If the game are complex I suggest that you rewrite the game using a framework for develop android game!! You can reuse some logic but sure you have to create all the graphics and readapt the game to run in android devices.
GOOD WORK!!
Be patient and star from here:
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It is not possible. You can implement the application logic in Android in the same way that you used in Java, but you cannot simply convert the java project into Android project. Some packages used in your java project (like swing) can't be used in Android.
I want to make an application that allow the user to take a picture of text either from android device Gallery or from android Camera application in a Panorama mode .But i can not find any source or tutorial to do this.How can i do this in my application? how to make an application that take picture from android camera application in a panaroma mode?
Thanks in advance.
I don't know if it's still actual for you, but hope it will be helpful for someone.
Panorama feature is already implemented in standard android camera at least since Android 4.0 (perhaps it was available in even earlier versions but I'm not sure, you can check it), so since source code is open for everyone, it might be the easiest way just to copy required functionality.
Although you can download source of apps from https://android.googlesource.com/ (you want LegacyCamera or Camera), you can't just open project of any standard app in Eclipse or other IDE. For example, LegacyCamera depends on Gallery2 and other dependences that might be hard to be resolved.
I spent several days trying to move panorama feature to separate project. You can download it from here: https://github.com/yankeppey/PanoramaSample . Several remarks:
Functional core (creating one panorama image from several ones, progress notices, etc) is on native part.
I used java code from from LegacyCamera which was used in Android 4.0-4.1, not 4.2, because it was significantly easier for me. Native part is taken from 4.2, it has only minor changes inside and almost the same JNI interfaces.
This project is just to help you move panorama feature to your own app, it's not like kind of library, don't expect clean code without bugs, it's just pretty dirty and buggy project. If I have time I'll try to make it cleaner, but there is no warranty :)