Wish Wish: Basic4Android IDE Mac version.

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salmander

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Hello,

I have been developing in B4A for a while now...and I totally love it. However, I have Macbook so I have to run B4A in virtual machine, which obviously requires more unnecessary system resources.

Erel can you please make B4A for OSX as well?

Thanks
 
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salmander

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ohh I see.

Thanks Erel. I am sure I am not the only one who owns Mac.

Will wait for it...

Cheers
 
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goshlive

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I am no. 6, I just purchased the software and I am so excited! Will patiently wait for this.. But I hope it will be soon.. :sign0060:
 

yttrium

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Why not ditch the special UI for the Mac version, and do it through Mono? Or too many WIN32 API calls?
 

yttrium

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Erel said:
It will not be simple to port it over to Mono. Though I haven't deeply checked it.
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You would be surprised at how basic Mono actually is, and how compatible it is with most things. My entire project which also interfaces with adb and Android devices ended up porting perfectly. I only had a few issues regarding HTTPS and SSL certificates (turns out standard .NET gives a warning while Mono gives an error, big difference.)
 

Erel

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I actually did use their compatibility tool after posting in the forum. The result was not very good. The code editor uses many native methods for faster drawings.

There might be other possible solutions like building an IDE in Java so it will be supported by all popular systems. Time will tell...
 

francoisg

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Same thing here - running on MacBook, using VM to develop ... so I guess I'll be #6 ???
 

Vader

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I do have some code that could be used as the basis for a new IDE, written in .Net, which could then be ported to Mono...
 

nicholas.jj.taylor

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Can I request that its PPC (Thats Motorola PowerPC architecture, not Pocket PC ) compatible?

I don't see why it shouldn't be.

It might also be nice for the rewritten IDE to be written in a cross-platform language like Java or Hollywood so that it runs on many platforms with one set of source-code.
 

luke2012

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I'm installing Windows 10 on my iMac usino bootcamp in order to use the getterà hardware Of the Mac in order to run b4a ide.

My win 8 laptop:
Display: 17" (NO FULL HD)
Cpu i3
Ram 4gb
Hd 300gb

iMac
Display 21,5" FULL-HD
CPU I5
Ram 8gb
Hd 500gb

Isn't a good compromise ?
 

LWGShane

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Might as well be #8. I'll also suggest Java for the ability to run Java apps on any full desktop OS.

@Erel: I'd also suggest looking into the "NetBeans Platform" to use as the base of the IDE.
 
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Mrfuck

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I hope a OS X Version of B4A will be available in 2016, I'm gonna be a Mac user and I hope I can use the best development software for Android
 
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