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Re:The Android Toolbox Project by maxko87 on Thursday May 10, 2012 @08:45PM (#3956960)
This would be a great tool to have. One thing to watch out for is version incompatibilities, which are a much bigger problem in Android than other frameworks.
Re:The Android Toolbox Project by nembleton on Friday May 11, 2012 @12:34AM (#3957673)
Not only that but also devices fragmentation. Google is doing much to address this, but there's still an ocean of troubles in this field. If a guy would have enough patience and traction to get an "android compatibility framework", he would surely be a hot shot. I'll dig into that maybe :) Or does that exists already? AFAIK not yet. Any input?
Re:The Android Toolbox Project by sanxiyn on Friday May 11, 2012 @01:41AM (#3957887)
http://actionbarsherlock.com/ would be a good piece in Android compatibility framework. I am not aware of anything comprehensive though.
Re:The Android Toolbox Project by nembleton on Friday May 11, 2012 @11:00AM (#3959514)
Great. Correct, I almost forgot it. Thanks for the input. I'll dig into that.
Re:The Android Toolbox Project by nembleton on Friday May 11, 2012 @12:32AM (#3957663)
Seems to have been tried out before with not enough traction to get relevant. But I believe that now that Android tools and community are getting stronger, it could make sense. Ruby Toolbox is just great. So it's a very good model to base on. imo.
Re:The Android Toolbox Project by trimbo on Thursday May 10, 2012 @11:30PM (#3957474)
Wouldn't Maven suffice?
Re:The Android Toolbox Project by Amokrane on Friday May 11, 2012 @06:41PM (#3961826)
Saying that Maven does the trick is like saying that Bundler does what Ruby-Toolbox does which is not the case. The key point here is to be able to recognize quickly which dependency to add given some requirements.
Re:The Android Toolbox Project by oneilse14 on Thursday May 10, 2012 @11:23PM (#3957450)
I would love this. Here's to hoping it takes off.