Windows 8 Support

[briant1972]

Am I going to have any problems with Basic4Android if I upgrade to Windows 8?

 

[barx]

Good question.

 

[Erel]

Basic4android should work fine with Windows 8 (tested with a virtual machine).

 

[COBRASoft]

Tested for real, works without a problem.

 

[Theera]

Tested for real, works without a problem.

Hi CobraSoft,
Excuse me,Your Test is Win8 RT or Win 8 pro?
Best Regards
Theea

 

[Erel]

Basic4android will not work with Windows 8 RT. This is a different OS that doesn't support standard desktop Windows applications.

 

[COBRASoft]

As Erel said, Win RT (using ARM cpu's) requires specific apps (mainly HTML5, javascript and CSS). B4A is a 'classic' winforms app and will only work on a full Windows 8 version.

 

[nicu31]

i was unable to install basic4android on windows 8 until i updated my perfect windows 8 with that ugly .net framework 3.5. so now i hear the cooler of my laptop making his ugly job

 

[TomA]

Win 8

I installed Basic4Android on my new Windows 8 Laptop and it ran with no problems - also installed the YouWave emulator that I use for a lot of my testing with no problems.

Just curious about what Windows 8 users think of it - personally I find it a real pain and ended up installing one of the Start Menu addons that are available. Maybe the interface is OK with a touch screen but it is a nuisance with a mouse or touchpad and the more applications installed, the worse it gets. One comment I ran into online called it an updated version of the Windows 3.1 Program Manager.

 

[JakeBullet70]

Works fine here on a ACER Core I5 Win-8 laptop with touch screen. I also loaded a '3rd party' start bar.

The touch screen is GREAT for testing your Android apps in the emulator but really stinks from a programming point of view and I never use it.

 

[Erel]

There are no compatibility issues with Windows 8.

Just curious about what Windows 8 users think of it - personally I find it a real pain and ended up installing one of the Start Menu addons that are available.

Same here...