Can you develop Android programs on an Android device of Android tablet

Question

I bought an Archos Android tablet and was wondering if it possible to develop Android applications on an Android device ( such as a table ) ?

At the moment I use Eclipse on a Windows PC.

Answer 1

I've been looking for something like this to Her's what I found:

AIDE

Droid Develop

I think there's also a touch keyboard, specifically for programming. Aide I deffenetly like its good, haven't done a lot with it thou'. Droid Develop I found today, but it has a couple of addons, some free, some not.

Answer 2

Standard Android development requires build tools (e.g., Java compilers) that do not run on Android, nor are likely to run on Android any time very soon.

SL4A allows you to write scripts in various languages, and has some ability for those scripts to have simple UIs and be distributed as APKs.

It is possible to modify a PhoneGap application to allow you to edit the HTML/CSS/Javascript content on a device and load up that content. However, it does not do this "out of the box", and you would still need the build tools (or access to build.phonegap.com) in order to create APK files.

There are probably other solutions in this general area as well. All are "non-traditional" ways of programming for Android, meaning they are on the fringes of mainstream Android development. Since you did not specify what your objectives are, it is unclear whether these sorts of solutions are meaningful to you or not.