Android development with notepad and command line

Question

I have a problem with Eclipse. It is very slow for me. My PC is an old computer, and I'm not sure about the performance. Is there an easy alternative to Eclipse (available for Windows and Linux)? I want SPEED!

My ideal is to write my code in an editor such as Notepad and add to the command line! How can I compile my code in this environment? How to update R.java file or create my project configuration?

Answer 1

The documentation contains very good instructions on using the command line tool. Building is done using the Ant tool. You can also use a more advanced editor than notepad (e.g. Notepad ++).

However, if you have a slow machine, you would still suffer during development. You should also forget about using the emulator for debugging. The emulator will take a while to load.

Answer 2

see project management link via command line

It gives a brief description of how to develop an Android application without any IDE.

Answer 3

If you need speed, you should buy a faster computer.

It seems that you are a beginner → I would suggest buying almost any java book or visiting websites with tutorials if you are at a stage when you do not know how to compile your code.

Answer 4

well, nothing will return you the ability to use notepad and manual compilation with javac:

http://docs.oracle.com/javase/1.4.2/docs/tooldocs/windows/javac.html

As Kgannakakis pointed out; You will also need the Android SDK:

http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html