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These additions all look great. I recently was working a bit on an Android app (not an Android developer, was filling in for someone on vacation) and it made me
by Touche 13y ago
These additions all look great. I recently was working a bit on an Android app (not an Android developer, was filling in for someone on vacation) and it made me realize how good web developers have it. Part of my normal development process is to edit HTML, make CSS changes, and some times even JS changes at run time and observe the results. With Android anyways the cycle was to edit some XML file, reinstall the application, navigate to where that activity is, observe the changes, scratch head why result wasn't as expected.
- ZoFreX 13y agoI agree completely, but while my process on the Android side isn't as fast as web development, it is improving as testing tools get better. More and more my process is to edit some XML file, hit the go button, and wait 16 seconds for test results.
- nevster 13y agoDoesn't the new Android Studio have all that sort of live editing built in?
- farnsworth 13y agoYeah, but I'd argue that Android XML layouts are a heck of a lot easier to work with than CSS. They have the benefit of being used for exactly the purpose they were originally designed for.
- minikomi 13y agoHave to agree. Takes some getting used to, but I find -for simple things - they have much more consistent behavior even across android versions.