How do I set up an Android development environment PURELY in Vim?

Question

I was planning to try to learn Android, and I have totally no knowledge on Android development.

But Vim is my favorite editor, so I prefer Vim rather than Eclipse.

How do I set up this environment, and how do I run it (from beginning to the end)?

Currently in,

~/.vim/bundle/

I already got

- conque-shell
- nerdtree
- supertab
- command-t
- taglist
...etc.

these plugin. Are there other plugins that I should add in?

Answer 1

I would strongly recommend you to use Vim plugin Eclim for Android development in Vim. I used it, and I found it extremely useful. Code autocomplete, refactoring and so on, is just awesome. Actually, when I started using Eclim, I got power of an IDE with my favorite editor Vim.

Also, you might want to read this publication about using Eclim for Android development.

Answer 2

You don't need any Vim plugins for Android development.

All you need is

• Apache Ant for building the resulting app
• A Java 5 compatible JDK
• The Android SDK

Then you can use Vim to edit the AndroidManifest.xml, the layout.xmls, the Java source, the build.properties, the build.xml, and so on.

Answer 3

You need to know how to build an Android project by Ant.

I also use Vim to develop android project, and I have just created a Vim script for Android development. It is called adt.vim, and I am using it. I hope you will like it. http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=4330

If any suggestion, please tell me. It is still being improved.