Using source code templates in (B4X) programming.

[PaulMeuris]

In this tutorial you can learn about using templates in (B4X) programming.
By using templates you can reuse the code you have already written or you can translate an app into another natural language.
Simply put some placeholders in the template file, fill in the values for the placeholders and generate a .bas file.
You can find the tutorial text in the attached pmtemplates.pdf file.
The pmtemplates.zip file contains the B4J project. Unzip it to use.
The pmtemplates_examples.zip contains some examples to use with the tool. Unzip it to use.
The tool contains a layout file conversion and viewing module. 2 layers from a layout can be reviewed.
In the code you can remove the comments from the recursive code to add the remaining layers but many layers on top of each other is difficult to review.
Maybe a 3D modelling programmer can provide us with a better solution.
As always,
Happy coding!

 

[PaulMeuris]

The 3D modelling went quite well...

I started with this website: JavaFX 3D Graphics
And in the B4XPage i used a JavaObject to run the Java code...
Happy coding!

 

[kimstudio]

Any nice B4X addon tools are interesting! I tried the demo and figured out the idea inside. Any plan to make it a more mature tool and put it in share your creations board?

 

[PaulMeuris]

The 3D modelling project is a proof of concept and needs more tinkering to make it work with any JSON layout file.
@kimstudio thank you for your reply. Any suggestions to make the tool more "mature" are always welcome!
Happy coding!

 

[PaulMeuris]

Now the 3D modelling project is finished. The attached zip-file contains the source code (mostly java code in the layer class).
Each view from a layout is represented by a block and in its own layer. Complex layouts will have many layers and many blocks.
You can move the blocks by dragging the mouse along the x, y or z axis.
The position of the blocks is calculated from the upper left corner. The blocks move around the position x=50 and y=50.
Some examples:

Happy coding and a happy new year!