Basic4Android (B4A) 9.50 Retail
Basic4Android (B4A) 9.50 Retail
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
v9.50 - September 11, 2019
Support for copying and pasting controls between the platforms: https://www.b4x.com/android/forum/threads/b4x-sharing-layouts-between-platforms.109296/#content
Ctrl + Click in the designer script to select the control.
Anchors checker: https://www.b4x.com/android/forum/threads/new-feature-anchors-checker.108805/
Generate B4XViews from the designer. Also supports changing the type of already declared variables.
Improved tool tips, add views from the views tree and other small improvements and bug fixes in the designer.
Empty lines will not be copied to the clipboard.
Regions are listed in the subs list.
Automatic foreground mode: better handling of several edge cases.
B4A Sdk Manager: temp folder is explicitly set by the IDE and fixes related to temporary resources cleaning.
Visual designer: Color property now includes the alpha channel. Simpler to use and behaves the same as in B4i and B4J.
New designer version. You will be asked to install it when B4A-Bridge connects.
FirebaseAdMob v1.60 - There are new requirements. See this post: https://www.b4x.com/android/forum/threads/firebaseadmob-v1-6.108552/#content
FirebaseAnalytics v1.11 - Includes the manifest definitions for FirebaseDatabase.
Support for copying and pasting controls between the platforms: https://www.b4x.com/android/forum/threads/b4x-sharing-layouts-between-platforms.109296/#content
Ctrl + Click in the designer script to select the control.
Anchors checker: https://www.b4x.com/android/forum/threads/new-feature-anchors-checker.108805/
Generate B4XViews from the designer. Also supports changing the type of already declared variables.
Improved tool tips, add views from the views tree and other small improvements and bug fixes in the designer.
Empty lines will not be copied to the clipboard.
Regions are listed in the subs list.
Automatic foreground mode: better handling of several edge cases.
B4A Sdk Manager: temp folder is explicitly set by the IDE and fixes related to temporary resources cleaning.
Visual designer: Color property now includes the alpha channel. Simpler to use and behaves the same as in B4i and B4J.
New designer version. You will be asked to install it when B4A-Bridge connects.
FirebaseAdMob v1.60 - There are new requirements. See this post: https://www.b4x.com/android/forum/threads/firebaseadmob-v1-6.108552/#content
FirebaseAnalytics v1.11 - Includes the manifest definitions for FirebaseDatabase.
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