Andy, No, it is VB without all the nasties (i.e goto and labels etc) but including oop, classes, libraries ( see the full list here: http://www.basic4ppc.com/android/wiki/index.php/Libraries ) and a direct link down to Eclipse. the IDE has sub...end sub for subroutines and follows the standard basic do while .....loop, for I= ..... next and if ... else... endif statements as well as the case statement (like VFP's do case) with pre "dim" of veriables to exact data types as well as objects/class instances.
The original stock program I wrote on the PDA took about a week in C# and the Android "clone" has taken just over 2 days BUT I have added nice things like sliding windows and listboxes as well as a feature to take a picture of the stock item if it is unrecognisable for processing back at the office and also automatic QR code recognition from the camera to speed the data entry of product codes..... all in 2 days! The last thing I want to do over this weekend is tart it up a little so it can me used on phones as well as tablets, but most of that is done in B4A already ... without any HTML crap (sorry, it's my pet hate!!). If you register onto the forums and look at the tutorials & examples from developers there are literally hundreds of B4A projects that just work, and do what you want in a real application. I've used these examples and free libraries more as a learning aid than the official B4A documentation which I must say is great for reference but useless as a learning tool. Still, it doesn't matter how you learn does it and I love to get my hands dirty cutting code rather than reading books. I just can't believe the price though.... and you can use all the Android add on bits... camera, gps etc. etc. so easily. Dave -----Original Message----- From: ProFox [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of AndyHC Sent: 14 December 2012 16:04 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [NF] Android Development Dave, that's interesting because I trawled round the same things - just from a hobby pov. I was initially attracted to Basic4Android but was put off by the fact that it just (!) produces Java as 'intercode'; so I decided to have another (hobbyist) look at Java. I was put off when I first looked at it some years ago cos' it was too slow, and was too purist OOP for me. I am taking another look now and so far it seems OK - I would have thought it was nearer to C# (sqiggly brkt) than Basic is? AndyD 8-)# _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
