Thursday, May 19, 2011

Java Code Viewer + Dropbox = (Light) Developing on my Android Device!!

Two nights ago a heavy rain storm knocked out electricity to my home for about an hour. Unfortunately, this occurred just as I was putting the final touches on a programming project that I was anxious to finish. What to do? I checked my wife's laptop, only to find that it was seconds from death. It was at this point that I looked to my Android-powered smartphone.

Since I keep my Eclipse workspace stored in my Dropbox, it stood to reason that I could access the appropriate files via the Android Dropbox app and make the final adjustments that I wanted to... but there was one problem, no one wants to edit code in a plain text editor, it would be next to impossible to keep track of everything! In comes Java Code Viewer, an android app that opens .java files and displays them properly!

When used to open a file that was launched from the Dropbox app, this solution works quite well! Any time you save your code in Java Code Viewer, Dropbox automatically uploads the changes. 

Of course, Java Code Viewer doesn't possess any of the error detection, import assistance etc... that you have come to rely on in Eclipse, but it definitely provides a quick and dirty solution for making small modifications to your code right from the palm of your hand. 

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