Newbie questions

[ErickTreetops]

Hi, i came accross this site yesterday and was impressed. I'm thinking of trying it out but before i go down that track i was wondering if the developers and/or moderators could answer a few questions for me.

1. Is there anything the VB wrapper won't let you do that working directly with Java in Eclipse will. That is what are the limitation ? Can you drop down to the Java libraries if the VB framework doesn't have this functionality. In Paricular the animation which is very important in andriod design e.g Cover flow, Carousel, flip transition etc. are these possible through the VB wrapper ?

2. Is there any inbuilt support in the framework for disconnected databases and synchronisation ?

3. I've seen wrapper applications like this before. Like MonoTouch for Apple and the apps break when the O/S is changed the wrapper isn't updated for weeks. How quickly is Basic4Android changed once the Android O/S changes ?

Any comment appreciated.

Erick

 

[Erel]

1. Basic4android supports all the major features of Android. You can create Java libraries and add them to Basic4android. Most of the features are implemented with such libraries.

2. You will need to implement the synchronization yourself. Search the site for MySQL for one example.

3. Basic4android doesn't work in the same way that MonoTouch (or MonoDroid) work. Basic4android generates Java code that is then compiled with the regular Android tools. This means that the application created is no different than applications written with Eclipse / Java.