Ola
Me and my associates just procured a b4a project with source code from the forum. To cut a long story shot, we are faced with having to search for all the used libraries in the forum. This poses some challenges, a lot of challenges.
So I remembered a tool I created back in 2016, that somehow solved this issue, as referenced here, https://www.b4x.com/android/forum/t...ct-profiling-distribution-tool.69336/#content. What this does is to scan your project and then finds the libraries from your external folder and then produces a zip file of everything needed to make your project run first time.
What could be an advantage with something like this on the IDE?
1. When developers are creating b4x libraries, functionality to include the B4x download URL or other download URL SHOULD BE COMPULSORY. Yes, the b4x "search" functionality works, but
2. The B4X IDE, checks the download URL if there is any update to the library (hopefully the developed libraries could be backward compatible). Previously we saw the addition of comment links, discussed here, https://www.b4x.com/android/forum/threads/b4x-comment-links.119897/#content. This helps, but still a universal package manager could be an advantage.
3. Currently, the "zip" functionality of B4X does not include "Libraries".
Your thoughts?
Thanks.
Me and my associates just procured a b4a project with source code from the forum. To cut a long story shot, we are faced with having to search for all the used libraries in the forum. This poses some challenges, a lot of challenges.
So I remembered a tool I created back in 2016, that somehow solved this issue, as referenced here, https://www.b4x.com/android/forum/t...ct-profiling-distribution-tool.69336/#content. What this does is to scan your project and then finds the libraries from your external folder and then produces a zip file of everything needed to make your project run first time.
What could be an advantage with something like this on the IDE?
1. When developers are creating b4x libraries, functionality to include the B4x download URL or other download URL SHOULD BE COMPULSORY. Yes, the b4x "search" functionality works, but
2. The B4X IDE, checks the download URL if there is any update to the library (hopefully the developed libraries could be backward compatible). Previously we saw the addition of comment links, discussed here, https://www.b4x.com/android/forum/threads/b4x-comment-links.119897/#content. This helps, but still a universal package manager could be an advantage.
3. Currently, the "zip" functionality of B4X does not include "Libraries".
Your thoughts?
Thanks.