Wednesday, December 29, 2010

3 beginner lessons I’ve learned about Android development in Eclipse


My specs:

  • OS: Ubuntu Maverick Meerkat 10.10 running in Desktop mode because Remix no worky for me.
  • IDE: Eclipse Java EE IDE for Web Developers (Galileo)
  • Hardware: Gateway LT31 Netbook w/ AMD Athlon 64
  • JDK 1.6.0_22
  1. If you’re using low resolution, keep in mind GNOME has a tendency to hide important things (like scrollbars) if it runs out of room. If you’re missing something obvious, increase your resolution. I ran into this when installing the Android plugin. Duh.
  2. If Eclipse is throwing lots of timeout errors when you try to run something in the Android emulator, increase your timeout variable under Window -> Preferences -> Android -> DDMS -> ADB Connection Timeout. Mine’s at 50000 ms.
  3. For some reason, I get a lot of “Error in an XML file” errors for no apparent reason. Here’s a good explanation. I found cleaning my project (Project -> Clean) seems to work. You have to be really careful about not keeping old XML files in your projects.

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