Update about Basic4android 1.8

COBRASoft said:

Yes, the IDE needs a lot more love (coming from Visual Studio 2010 with DX CodeRush), the designer needs some rework probably

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Could you be more specific?

I'm in desperate need of more controls

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He can only support controls that android has built in, otherwise it's up to us to make them

Great!! :sign0098:

Will the next version have a wider drop-down sub list? I know others have mentioned it before, and as it is now, its limited width sometimes makes it difficult to find what you are looking for.

Also, it lets you rearrange modules at the top of the code editor, but I don't think it remembers the order you left them in.

Another great idea (ran into this last night and caused me much more work) is that when selecting views to change to a different parent (say from activity to a panel), it places them all into a default position. It would be nice if it would put them at the same Left & Top positions after changing parents.

Just some things to consider.

Will the next version have a wider drop-down sub list?

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It will be slightly wider.
However I believe that you will find the new Find Sub tool much easier to use compared to the drop-down list. Especially for projects with multiple modules.

Kevin said:

Will the next version have a wider drop-down sub list?

Just some things to consider.

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ahh well

I guess its time to open a new wishlist for the next version erel,



Happy New Year to all

NeoTechni said:

Could you be more specific?

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I suggest you check out the website of DevExpress and look for CodeRush. This plugin is simply amazing and helps speed up development a lot.
E.g. if you type 'mb' and press the spacebar, it will make a new function with a boolean as return type. 'ms' will make a new function with a string as return type. Also the 'rename' function does an amazing job. Just place the cursor on a variable (or function), right-click with the mouse (or shortcut), a popup menu appears with a lot of functions and refactorings. One of them is the rename, simple but very effective.

Also simple things like when typing 'If', afterwards 'Then' and 'End If' should be placed by the editor. Same goes for 'Sub', 'Loop', 'For', ... Yes, I'm spoiled by Visual Studio, but that's the reason I can develop so much faster.

An 'error' list at the bottom of the editor would be handy, just like Visual Studio. This way you know immediately if you have made a mistake somewhere without the need to compile/run your app.

As for the designer... Copy/Paste. 'Tabhost' should become a real TabControl with designtime tabs (panels). It would be great if colors and gradients were respected in the abstract designer. Also the Text of Labels and other controls should be visible in the abstract designer and not their name. A toggle button to switch between them could be an option.

I understand Erel provides the basic controls from Android. This doesn't mean it has to stop there. I really understand he has no time to implement all of our wishes. But hey, that's what they are, wishes, not demands .

Once again, I just love B4A. It's amazing how easy things can be achieved in a very short time. But the editor could use more love.

If you already has declared a variable, and begin write first letters of it, are IDE able to autocomplete it? This is what Visual Studio does and it's very useful.

We can't wait for the update

Ctl-Space!

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Can wait for it.. very good job

agraham said:

Ctl-Space!

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I already know this. What I would like is something automatic similar that when you are using a method and are writing parameters...

Beta released?????????!! We want it!! :sign0098:

magarcan said:

I already know this. What I would like is something automatic similar that when you are using a method and are writing parameters...

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I think you mean somekind of intellisense like in VS?
IMHO it is a "nice-to-have" feature, but not mandatory.

Good news.

I hope you are going to fix the abstract designer. It currently doesn't resize the window correctly when selecting different layouts.

Looking forward to it! :sign0098:

I hope you are going to fix the abstract designer. It currently doesn't resize the window correctly when selecting different layouts.

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I'm not familiar with such an issue. Can you please provide more information?

latcc said:

Good news.

I hope you are going to fix the abstract designer. It currently doesn't resize the window correctly when selecting different layouts.

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Erel said:

I'm not familiar with such an issue. Can you please provide more information?

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I'm not at home right now to give specific steps on how to recreate it, but I noticed this too the other day. At the time, I didn't have time to figure out the "why". It may have been when switching to different variants among the drop-down list in the main designer window, or possibly when opening a whole different 'activity screen' (file), but I just can't remember. I do seem to recall that it didn't happen every time, but never got around to figuring out what I had done when the problem came up.

abstract designer

In a previous reply mention was made of the abstract designer I think it may be where if you are working on one layout variant which is bigger than another when you return to the smaller variant the abstract designer stays the larger size. The smaller variant is displayed correctly in the top left position it is just there is white space behind.

The smaller variant is displayed correctly in the top left position it is just there is white space behind.

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This is the intended behavior. It allows to move views that are out of the "visible" area.
This is very useful when creating a new variant. Otherwise you need to manually set the views position to make them visible.