AIDE is an integrated development environment (IDE) for developing real Android Apps directly on Android devices. AIDE supports the full edit-compile-run cycle: write code with the feature rich editor offering advanced features like code completion, real-time error checking, refactoring and smart code navigation, and run your App with a single click. AIDE will turn your Android tablet with keyboard into a real development box. We use the Transformer Prime running Ice Cream Sandwich to code with AIDE. AIDE will turn your Android Phone into a small development computer to browse and touch your code on the go.
AIDE supports building Apps with Java/Xml and the Android SDK as well as Apps with C/C++ and the Android NDK.
AIDE is fully compatible with Eclipse projects. You can just copy the sourcecode to your device and open the Eclipse project in AIDE to start coding. Alternatively you can keep your sourcecode on your Dropbox - AIDE integrates with Dropbox and allows to easily download from your Dropbox and sync back your changes. AIDE can also open Android Studio projects, which follow the default folder structure.
AIDE supports GIT for professional development
AIDE Premium Key is required for the following features:
- Saving files in larger projects (5+ Java files)
- Git push/commit/branch
- APK publishing
- Offline SDK documentation
- Some customization options
A brief summary of features...
Edit-compile-run cycle:
- Create a sample App with a single click
- Build Java/Xml Apps
- Build C/C++ NDK Apps
- Run your App with a single click
- No root access required
- Incremental compilation for fast build times
- Uses Eclipse .classpath project format for compatibility
- Open default Android Studio projects
- Integrated LogCat viewer
Real-time error checking:
- Real time error analyis throughout the whole project as you type
- Automatic Quick-Fixes for many errors
UI design:
- Preview XML layouts
- Jump from view in the designer to the XML element
Refactoring:
- Rename
- Inline variable
- Introduce variable
- Extract method
Code:
- Code formatter
- Organize imports
- Out-comment code
- Create setters/getters/constructors from fields
Code navigation:
- Goto defintion
- Find usages
- Goto symbol
- Goto class
Editor:
- Very fast editor even with large files
- Code completion for Java and Android XML
- Android online help directly from the code
- Syntax highlighting for Java and XML
- Unlimited Undo/Redo
- Pinch zoom
- Smart expand selection
- Keyboard support with configurable keybindings
- UI optimized for small screens to show as much code/content as possible
Filebrowser:
- Built-in file manager with the most common features: Rename, delete, create file or folder
- Dropbox integration
- Git integration with Commit/Dicard/Push/Pull/Branch/Merge and SSH support.
Permissions explanation:
FULL INTERNET ACCESS - Required for Dropbox, Git integration and Help View
READ SENSITIVE LOG DATA - Required for the LogCat Viewer
MODIFY/DELETE USB STORAGE CONTENTS MODIFY/DELETE SD CARD CONTENTS - Required for saving files and building on the SD CARD