/androidAppWitsConf

this is the app that we will be doing at our next jetbrains student meet up

Primary LanguageJava

Android App

we will be coding this app at the wits meet up on the 26th from 13:00 to 14:00 UG Seminar Building Wits please come with your laptop because we will be coding together and helping each other at the same time.

what this app is that it has a spinner aka dropdown menu, where you can select your favorite language and then it can show you the best IDE for your favorite language. we will learn a lot from this app from this app you will also be able to create your own android application with buttons input text, toasts and lists, and load data from a data source and... u will be ,learning java as well app looks like this:

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Tools to pre download

Intellij

  • we will be using IntelliJ because it is faster than android studio and offers other great features as you will see at the meetup and android studio is built on IntelliJ
    • you can download it here get The ultimate one and the get your student licence key here
  • You will need the jdk
  • How to install click here

Downloading the application to your computer

after you have the IntelliJ and installed the JDK open intelliJ do these-> 1

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3 link to paste in Github repo URL is (https://github.com/divine13/androidAppWitsConf.git)

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#Problems If you get any error while trying to run this app please add an issue on our YouTrack issues Tracker or email me on my email dubedivine@gmail.com

If you get a JAVA_HOME not defined error checkout this link here

  • the default directory of your java installation is at C:\Program Files\Java\jdkXXX

#Stay in touch we also have a facebook group

you can can contact us on 0641091553 if you need directions or any urgant infomation