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PerfectReign

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I've been wanting to get into Android development. Since all the demo tutorials use Eclipse, I downloaded it and gave it a try. I have version 1.2.2 (as far as I can tell) running on both Windows Vista and Ubuntu. (the help>about states Build id: 20100218-1602)

I'd been using Netbeans for a few years and Visual Studio currently as well as since version 6 back in the '90s. I tried Eclipse back in '04/05, but it didn't have an IDE with a GUI designer, so I went with Netbeans.

In typing the classes, I don't seem to get a type-ahead.

For example, I type: import android.widget.

I would expect to have my choices listed for me so I would know what is available.

Googling, I can't seem to find how to make this work. Also, I'm posting here, because I can't seem to find any active Eclipse communities.
 
Does type ahead work for other stuff besides import? For importing I just do ctrl-shift-o

(I have the same build as you)
 
type-ahead (auto complete) apparently does not work at all in Eclipse by design.

Bummer.

I'll look into using NetBeans for developing my apps. Here's what type-ahead looks like in Netbeans:

2010_nb_type-ahead.png


As you can see, I typed .get and the type-ahead gave me suggestions for all the methods with get in the list.​

I feel like telling the Eclipse folks that the 1990's are calling and they want their editor back. :mad:

I'll google more for how to integrate NetBeans with Android plugins...
 
I'm pretty sure it works for me. If I type class. it will list all the methods for that class.
 
For me, it seems that if you type it out straight: db.ex -- then it will pop up immediately.

But if you type db, click somewhere, then come back and add .ex then it won't do it. You have to delete it and start over, typing db.ex all at once for it to work.
 
you can use Ctrl+Space, it's general in most IDE's for type-aheads :)

for example type this:
"import andr" and press Ctrl+Space here
"TextView tv = " and press Ctrl+Space here

or in .xml file:
"<TextView android:" and press Ctrl+Space here

basically you can press it almost everywhere for type-aheads, that helps a lot :)
 
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