Again; thanks. Sounds like a little up front studying can make the road to developing in androyd much easier.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Ken Perry" <whistler@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, July 30, 2010 7:05 PM Subject: RE: Is Android Programming Accessible?
I know people have already answered this in part. Note though it's not just Java. Some of the core functionality is in c++ and of course linux is in Cthey use the JNI to bridge between linux and Java. Before you dive in andstart coding make sure you read on intents and actions because you will keepyourself from coding things the way you might in a normal java application and end up making your life a lot easier . Watch a few of the google IO 2010 video's they are very well done. one I like is the one they did on restful clients. Ken -----Original Message----- From: programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jay Macarty Sent: Friday, July 30, 2010 6:32 PM To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: Is Android Programming Accessible? Being completely new to this topic until I started following this thread,let me ask a rather dumb question. What language is used for androyd and theapps?----- Original Message ----- From: "Alex Hall" <mehgcap@xxxxxxxxx>To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, July 30, 2010 10:19 AM Subject: Re: Is Android Programming Accessible?Yes it would, but I had no luck with Eclipse and Jaws. Maybe it was just me, but I found the entire setup very hard to use and much less productive than a text editor. I did miss the auto-importing of required packages, though. On 7/30/10, Ken Perry <whistler@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:Oh don't do it this way use eclipse and follow the instructions any android developer has out there. Coding without Eclipse and its code completion on Android would suck . Ken -----Original Message----- From: programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Alex Hall Sent: Thursday, July 29, 2010 9:30 PM To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: Is Android Programming Accessible? Yes, I did a semester of android programming and I am blind. I used Edsharp as my text editor (http://www.empowermentzone.com/edsetup.exe), Ant to compile, and the command line to test and run things. The only stumbling block, aside from what you run into trying to understand the Android programming concepts themselves, will be the initial setup of your emulator. You will have to have a sighted person enable Talkback, then you will need to use the keyboard to find out what does what. There is a list of emulator keystrokes, but I am not sure where it is, I found it through a forum somewhere. The other potential problem is with the SensorSimulator program; it is not accessible, so, if you plan to test things like the accelleromoter (I hate spelling that word) you will need a sighted person to set up the program and manipulate it. To create a new project, I recommend making a bat file that you edit with the new information just before creating your project. I also recommend putting a folder called "android" or "android apps" (or something like that) on the root of your hard drive, then creating each project you do in a subfolder of this folder. I say this because you will have to cd into the folder a lot, so the shorter the path to the project the better. If you have questions, let me know and I will try to answer them. On 7/29/10, Dave <davidct1209@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:I'm relatively new to Android land as well, but from what I've done so far, yes, it's accessible depending on your experience. Android comes with a variety of development tools; there's, as you mentioned, a plugin for Eclipse to help streamline the development experience (auto generated project files). However, all of this can be done by hand via the Android SDK using command line tools. One can also specify UI elements within an AndroidManifest xml file. The learning curve isn't too bad as long as you are fairly comfortable with exploring the technology stack (from the tools, to the SDK, to the application concepts such as intents, broadcasts, services, etc. and finally to managing a real device such as flashing, rooting, etc.). Hth. On 7/29/10, David Engebretson Jr. <d.engebretson@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:I asked the same question a week back or so and didn't get a response. Maybe we'll need to explore it together. try eyesfree.google.com cheers, david David Engebretson Jr., CTO Peace Weaver Hosting Need web hosting? Come visit us at PeaceWeaverHosting.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert Jaquiss" <rjaquiss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, July 29, 2010 5:13 PM Subject: Is Android Programming Accessible?Hello: I am looking at a possible project that requires programming for an Android based device. Has anyone done this? My research to dateindicatesthat Java is used with the Eclipse IDE and an Android SDK. 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