Android Programming Tutorial. Android-scripting - Scripting Layer for Android brings scripting languages to Android. SL4A's source has moved to github.
The issue tracker, wiki, and downloads will continue to be hosted here. Scripting Layer for Android (SL4A) brings scripting languages to Android by allowing you to edit and execute scripts and interactive interpreters directly on the Android device. These scripts have access to many of the APIs available to full-fledged Android applications, but with a greatly simplified interface that makes it easy to get things done. Supporting Different Platform Versions. While the latest versions of Android often provide great APIs for your app, you should continue to support older versions of Android until more devices get updated.
This lesson shows you how to take advantage of the latest APIs while continuing to support older versions as well. The dashboard for Platform Versions is updated regularly to show the distribution of active devices running each version of Android, based on the number of devices that visit the Google Play Store. Generally, it’s a good practice to support about 90% of the active devices, while targeting your app to the latest version. Tip: In order to provide the best features and functionality across several Android versions, you should use the Android Support Library in your app, which allows you to use several recent platform APIs on older versions.
15 Apps for Programming on Android. DroidEdit DroidEdit is an extremely useful source code editor.
It utilizes syntax highlighting for multiple languages, including C/C++, Java, C#, HTML, Javascript, Python and SQL. Additionally, it has several color themes, search and replace, auto and block indentation, and keyboard shortcuts among many other features.