SDK questions

**vigan8** · 03-17-2009, 04:10 PM

hey have u guys seen or heard of the iphone's sdk... well if not it allows you to create an app visually and then the sdk creates all the codes itself for example its a drag and drop format of creating an app... is the android sdk like that too or is there a way to make an sdk like that... thanks

**gbk1** · 03-17-2009, 04:21 PM

I think this will lend to lower quality apps on the fly (less focus on the code), if it is how you say it is.

Android in eclipse is similar to this. You can visual create a layout that will out the XML layout code (I think)

**vigan8** · 03-17-2009, 04:45 PM

so is eclipse a program that u open the sdk in? and is it free?

**gbk1** · 03-17-2009, 04:49 PM

Yea, eclipse is completely free and is completely professional.

You need to install the Android SDK plugin, download the sdk and include it's path in the development.

Google Android Dev redesigned their site nicely:
http://developer.android.com/sdk/1.1_r1/installing.html

**vigan8** · 03-17-2009, 04:51 PM

oh alright thanks alot ill give it a try

**ickyfehmleh** · 03-18-2009, 01:31 AM

Originally Posted by vigan8

hey have u guys seen or heard of the iphone's sdk... well if not it allows you to create an app visually and then the sdk creates all the codes itself for example its a drag and drop format of creating an app... is the android sdk like that too or is there a way to make an sdk like that... thanks

That's not entirely accurate.

Both on the iPhone/iTouch and on the Mac, OSX developers can use an application called 'InterfaceBuilder' to construct a UI, but that's really as far as it goes. There's no logic generated; IB can only make outlets (instance variables along with getters and setters) and actions (methods). There's still a lot of logic that the developer needs to fill in but IB lets developers concentrate on their application's logic instead of worrying about how to make a button appear in a window.

The Android SDK provides developers with a graphical way of constructing a UI in Eclipse but it's nowhere near as elegant or advanced as InterfaceBuilder.