Basic4Android v8.80
Basic4Android v8.80
Basic4android is the simplest and most powerful Rapid Application Development (RAD) tool available for the Android platform
Basic4android includes all features needed to develop great, real-world Android applications
Compiled applications are native Android applications, there is no extra run-time or any dependencies
Our community with over 50k developers is waiting to help you get started
General Features
Simple and powerful RAD tool for developing native Android applications
Complete IDE and programming language 100% focused on Android development
Compiles to native bytecode. No runtime libraries are required. APK files are exactly the same as APK files created with Java / Eclipse
Performance is similar to applications written with Java
Object oriented programming language
Share the code with B4J - a development tool for desktop applications New!
No need for XML programming
Rapid debugger - supports quick deployments, hot code swapping and expressions watches New!. No other native Android tool supports these features!
Highly extensible with support for custom Java libraries
WYSIWYG visual editor for Android. The visual editor supports multiple screens and resolutions
Powerful designer scripts feature. Lets you easily create sophisticated layouts
Basic4android UI Cloud service. Test your layouts on a cloud of real phones and tablets
Supports all Android phones and tablets from Android 1.6 and up to Android 4.x
Modern IDE with autocomplete, built-in documentation, internal index and other advanced features
Powerful step-by-step debugger
Large set of documentation
Built-in code obfuscation
Supports all Android core features including:
SQL databases including encrypted databases
GPS
Home screen widgets and live wallpapers
Background services and broadcast listeners
Bluetooth (serial ports)
Phone features: phone calls, sms, contacts, call logs and others
USB host / accessory modes and MTP New!
Web services
Camera
XML, JSON, XLS (MS Excel), MDB (MS Access) New! and CSV formats
Views animations
Multitouch gestures
NFC
Http Server (based on Jetty)
Arduino ADK New!
Video and audio playback / recording
Networking (TCP, Wifi Direct, UDP, FTP, SFTP New!, FTPS New!, SMTP, POP3 and SMB/CIFS)
Push notifications (GCM New! and C2DM)
Text to speech and voice recognition
AdMob ads and other ads platforms
OpenGL, libGDX New!
Graphics and charts
Sensors
Files I/O
Integrate with services such as: Parse, Google services, Twitter, Facebook and others
Google Play In-App Billing service
Objects serialization
Sip / Voip
Device Administration apps
And many more
Some of less obvious new features:
- Press on Ctrl + Click to jump to an identifier (sub, variables, etc.).
- Themes - Ctrl + T
- Sophisticated conditional compilation: #If, #Else If, #Else and support for OR and AND. Also supported in the manifest editor and designer scripts.
- Dockable layout. Including support for multiple open editors.
- Find all references - F7.
- Quick search - Ctrl + F.
- Goto sub / module - Ctrl + E.
- Smarter autocomplete.
- Hover over variables and expressions in debug mode.
- Structure matching.
- Automatic warnings and errors highlighting.
- Support for multiple visual designer windows
- Better support for selection and editing of multiple controls.
- Views tree supports drag and drop to allow changing the z-order.
- Integrated abstract designer with support for zooming.
- Memory leak related to layout animations was fixed.
- StartServiceAtExact keyword.
- Press on Ctrl + Click to jump to an identifier (sub, variables, etc.).
- Themes - Ctrl + T
- Sophisticated conditional compilation: #If, #Else If, #Else and support for OR and AND. Also supported in the manifest editor and designer scripts.
- Dockable layout. Including support for multiple open editors.
- Find all references - F7.
- Quick search - Ctrl + F.
- Goto sub / module - Ctrl + E.
- Smarter autocomplete.
- Hover over variables and expressions in debug mode.
- Structure matching.
- Automatic warnings and errors highlighting.
- Support for multiple visual designer windows
- Better support for selection and editing of multiple controls.
- Views tree supports drag and drop to allow changing the z-order.
- Integrated abstract designer with support for zooming.
- Memory leak related to layout animations was fixed.
- StartServiceAtExact keyword.
v8.80
b4x libraries: [new feature] b4x library - a new type of library
XUI Views: [B4X] XUI Views - Cross platform views and dialogs
X2 games framework: [B4X] X2 / XUI2D (Box2D) - Game engine
Auto-backups: https://www.b4x.com/android/forum/threads/new-feature-auto-backups.100010
Go to the code line directly from the logs: https://www.b4x.com/android/forum/t...o-the-code-line-directly-from-the-logs.100090
Intent.SetPackage method.
Fix for wrong 'dip' scale issue that occurred in some edge cases.
Canvas.RemoveClip works with targetSdkVersion = 28.
Log correctly shows duplicate messages (relevant to Android 8+ devices).
Updated internal libraries: FirebaseAuth v1.06, Camera2 v1.11, XUI2D v1.02, Core v8.80 and debug libs.
Debugger improvements:
- Fix for issue where resumable sub could show the wrong value for a global variable.
- Fix for issue where the error message points to the wrong module.
XUI v1.90 with B4XView.EditTextHint, SetTextSizeAnimated, XUI.CreateFontAwesome and CreateMaterialIcons methods.
Other bug fixes and minor improvements.
b4x libraries: [new feature] b4x library - a new type of library
XUI Views: [B4X] XUI Views - Cross platform views and dialogs
X2 games framework: [B4X] X2 / XUI2D (Box2D) - Game engine
Auto-backups: https://www.b4x.com/android/forum/threads/new-feature-auto-backups.100010
Go to the code line directly from the logs: https://www.b4x.com/android/forum/t...o-the-code-line-directly-from-the-logs.100090
Intent.SetPackage method.
Fix for wrong 'dip' scale issue that occurred in some edge cases.
Canvas.RemoveClip works with targetSdkVersion = 28.
Log correctly shows duplicate messages (relevant to Android 8+ devices).
Updated internal libraries: FirebaseAuth v1.06, Camera2 v1.11, XUI2D v1.02, Core v8.80 and debug libs.
Debugger improvements:
- Fix for issue where resumable sub could show the wrong value for a global variable.
- Fix for issue where the error message points to the wrong module.
XUI v1.90 with B4XView.EditTextHint, SetTextSizeAnimated, XUI.CreateFontAwesome and CreateMaterialIcons methods.
Other bug fixes and minor improvements.
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