Problem importing to Eclipse?

tuku473

I downloaded Eclipse as required to deploy an application to android, I can export my project without a single problem from gideros, but as soon as I try to import it to Ecplise, i get the following 2 errors:

Description: The project was not built since its build path is incomplete. Cannot find the class file for android.content.Intent. Fix the build path then try building this project
Resource: Gaem2
Location: Unknown
Type: Java Problem

Description: The type android.content.Intent cannot be resolved. It is indirectly referenced from required .class files
Resource: Gaem2Activity.java
Path: /Gaem2/src/com/giderosmobile/android line
Location: 1
Type: Java Problem

Any idea what this means? I tried to export and import one of the samples that comes with gideros and im having no problems with eclipse, maybe im missing something important needed to export/import properly? Thanks in advance!

ar2rsawseen

Did you install Android SDK for eclipse?

http://developer.android.com/sdk/installing/installing-adt.html

john26

I think we need step by step instructions on how to set up Android on this page

http://docs.giderosmobile.com/deployment.html

The instructions given assume you already have Eclipse, Android SDK, Java etc installed but how to do this is not obvious. We should not require new users to search the internet for how to do this.

And we should also have instructions on how to setup Xcode (iOS) and Visual Studio (Windows Phone) but Android is by far the hardest to setup.

Actually there used to be step by step instructions on the Gideros website a few years ago...

Also this needs updating:
"For the second step, you need Intel-based Mac running Snow Leopard and Apple Developer License."

You need at least Yosemite these days I think?

yaxxar

Oh the eclipse deployment I remember I was stuck for 3 days with that, @tuku473 I suggest you need to follow the guide, @john is right, is harder, and first of all install all the andorid sdk.

Tom2012

Hi, have you tried Android Studio? I couldn't get to grips with Eclipse and it makes sense to use the official tool from Android. Android Studio is really good to work with. Let me know if you need help with using it to get your app published.

I did write a post about using Eclipse - there might be something there that helps.

http://giderosmobile.com/forum/discussion/5787/how-do-you-publish-to-the-play-store-solved-with-guide-on-creating-apk#Item_5

simwhi

@Tom2012 I use Android Studio now too. This IDE works well for me,

jdbc

I have also changed to Android Studio

tuku473

Hi, have you tried Android Studio? I couldn't get to grips with Eclipse and it makes sense to use the official tool from Android. Android Studio is really good to work with. Let me know if you need help with using it to get your app published.

I did write a post about using Eclipse - there might be something there that helps.

http://giderosmobile.com/forum/discussion/5787/how-do-you-publish-to-the-play-store-solved-with-guide-on-creating-apk#Item_5

Thanks for all the replies, sorry for the delay, I kind of gave up after being stuck with Eclipse for a whole day, was waiting for my friends to give it a go and see if they were able to make it work.
I already had Android sdk installed, those two errors managed to solve themselves after trying to import a few more times and didn't appear again, however now eclipse is asking me to chose the main class for the application, but there's no class with a main method in the ones created during the import, how do you proceed with this?
I will give Android Studio a go as suggested by you guys, I thought it was pretty similar to eclipse so didn't bother downloading it.