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Android Full Support

Android Full Support

Antony

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43,475 installs
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Provide building, linting, syntax highlighting,run,autocomplete,symbol hover,go to implementation and more for Android native development.
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Android Full Support

Provide building, linting, syntax highlighting,run,autocomplete,symbol hover,go to implementation and more for Android native development.

Getting Started

  1. Ctrl + Shift + P
  2. Android : New Project
  3. Choose app name.
  4. Choose package name.
  5. Done ! ✅

Installation (VS Code)

  1. Download and install the JDK.
  2. Download Android SDK Tools and install platform-tools, build tools and at least one version of android api.
  3. Download and install this extension.
  4. Ready to go.

Features

Run app

(You must be already connected with adb to a device. Launching emulator coming soon)

  1. Ctrl + Shift + P
  2. Android : Install on device.

Manage Android SDK

  1. Ctrl + Shift + P
  2. Android : Manage SDK.

Syntax coloration

Syntax and symbol error (Java & Kotlin) / Lint / Type checking

Signature help

Snippet

Right click on folder.

Autocomplete / Intellisense

Ctrl + Space to force trigger.

Symbol goto

Explore all functions and var of your app from a single place.

  1. Ctrl + P
  2. # + symbol name

Information on function/variable

Hover symbol.

Find functions references

  1. Right click on function
  2. Find All References
  3. Left pane

Usefull settings

Name Content Variables
Gradle Home Absolute path to gradle user folder. ${HOMEDIR} : home directory of the user.
Sdk Location Absolute path to the directory where android.jar is located. This setting traverse directory recursively. ${ANDROID_SDK_ROOT} : environment variable ANDROID_SDK_ROOT

Usefull commands

Ctrl + Space + P then ⬇️

  • Android: Build debug apk ➡️ Build a debug APK.
  • Android: Build release apk ➡️ Build a release APK.
  • Android: Clean project ➡️ Clean project.
  • Android: Install on device ➡️ Install app on device(via adb) or on a running emulator.
  • Android: Manage SDK ➡️ Open SDk Manager GUI.

F.A.Q

Why there is an error message during intialisation ?

One of component of android sdk may be missing.

Which minimum android tools is required ?

Old version are suported too. The only requirements is to have adb,zipalign,android.jar,apksigner in ANDROID_SDK_ROOT.

Where are the logs

In Android output.

Issues and request

You can report issues here : https://gitreports.com/issue/AntonyDalmiere/android-support-vscode.

TODO

  • Fix bug in kotlin language server.
  • Make starter project avaible for Kotlin.
  • Choose target API when creating a new project.
  • Launch emulator when executing running on device command.
  • Modify manifest when editing application component.
  • UI editor.
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