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DsyMnapTic

DsyMnapTic

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Mainly directed towards Julian and jetx2x, but also if you have experience working with AIDE, then feel free to offer further insight.:)

I have one primary question at the moment. I'm working on putting an app together (my first) and I'm doing it in fragments. Basically using the pre-built apps they've offered as a blueprint, along with other resourceful books that guide me through the process at the same time as explaining what different lines of code mean and do. Okay so my question is....Once I get everything into their respectable folders (ie: gen, res, layout, src...all that stuff) Will AIDE automatically recognize that I'm setting up my own project and allow me to compile it OR do I have to use their preset projects and build straight from those by just modifying it?
 
DsyMnapTic said:
Mainly directed towards Julian and jetx2x, but also if you have experience working with AIDE, then feel free to offer further insight.:)

I have one primary question at the moment. I'm working on putting an app together (my first) and I'm doing it in fragments. Basically using the pre-built apps they've offered as a blueprint, along with other resourceful books that guide me through the process at the same time as explaining what different lines of code mean and do. Okay so my question is....Once I get everything into their respectable folders (ie: gen, res, layout, src...all that stuff) Will AIDE automatically recognize that I'm setting up my own project and allow me to compile it OR do I have to use their preset projects and build straight from those by just modifying it?
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Its smarter than you think... you don't need to go from their template... but its recommended to prevent any issues in setting up the necessary project files
 
jetx2x said:
Its smarter than you think... you don't need to go from their template... but its recommended to prevent any issues in setting up the necessary project files
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Ahh, okay cool......and "template", errrg, that's the word I was searching for the whole time, lol.
Thanks man, actually I have noticed that the program seems extremely intuitive. I'm surprised at its capability on an android device.
 
DsyMnapTic said:
Ahh, okay cool......and "template", errrg, that's the word I was searching for the whole time, lol.
Thanks man, actually I have noticed that the program seems extremely intuitive. I'm surprised at its capability on an android device.
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Eclipse waaayyyy more powerful but aide is like its younger brother
 
Now I know what you meant by the project files, I was wondering what those were (.classpath, .project, proguard.cfg, project.properties, AndroidManifest.xml). However I intentionally set my project up outside the template so I could see by trial and error, what certain files are responsible for. Well, now I see that apparently those project files are what makes everything compile and work directly on android. So now I'm wondering how to build those files as I haven't run across anything yet explaining them. I did notice that some of them say that they're automatically generated, is this done by AIDE itself? I think I can figure out the AndroidManifest.xml, but the other ones right now are confusing me.
 
DsyMnapTic said:
Now I know what you meant by the project files, I was wondering what those were (.classpath, .project, proguard.cfg, project.properties, AndroidManifest.xml). However I intentionally set my project up outside the template so I could see by trial and error, what certain files are responsible for. Well, now I see that apparently those project files are what makes everything compile and work directly on android. So now I'm wondering how to build those files as I haven't run across anything yet explaining them. I did notice that some of them say that they're automatically generated, is this done by AIDE itself? I think I can figure out the AndroidManifest.xml, but the other ones right now are confusing me.
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These files are auto generated by the android sdk in eclipse... and with aide it automatically creates them itself... they declare how and what to build... just create a new app project and copy those particular files over... btw... the androidmanifest.XML is basically what gives the android system a snapshot of the app... what permissions the app has... what icon to use... what the apps name is... what activities are inside the app... and other miscellaneous configurations
 
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