Android Question is there a tool or manual SDK that can match as much JAVA code to B4A code as possible?

[xiaoyao]

is there a tool or manual SDK that can match as much JAVA code to B4A code as possible? For example, run another APP and dynamically add buttons or other controls. It is mainly a few more examples, so that it can be faster and more convenient to convert JAVA code to B4A. Of course, the best approach is to simply insert the JAVA code into the B4A code file without the need for conversion.

like :
PackageManager= this.getPackageManager()
in.Action=intent.setAction
in.Flags =intent.setFlags
Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_CLEAR_TOP | Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_CLEAR_TOP | Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK =Bit.Or(0x04000000, 0x10000000)

Intent intent = this.getPackageManager().getLaunchIntentForPackage("com.tencent.mm");
intent.putExtra("LauncherUI.From.Scaner.Shortcut", true);
intent.setAction("android.intent.action.VIEW");
intent.setFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_CLEAR_TOP | Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK);
this.startActivity(intent);

Dim pm As PackageManager
Dim in As Intent = pm.GetApplicationIntent("com.tencent.mm")
in.PutExtra("LauncherUI.From.Scaner.Shortcut", True)
in.Action = "android.intent.action.VIEW"
in.Flags = Bit.Or(0x04000000, 0x10000000)
StartActivity(in)

 

[Jmu5667]

You can use copilot

 

[aeric]

You can use copilot

I tried with Copilot Chat but didn't get the results you showed here.

I tried with Qwen2.5 Coder online demo and get something closer.

 

[peacemaker]

is there a tool ... that can match as much JAVA code to B4A code as possible?

Yes. Just any text viewer app. Use it for viewing .java files in subfolders of the "Objects\src" folder of your any B4J, B4A project. B4X code is just commented by "//" prefix among Java code lines.

to simply insert the JAVA code into the B4A code file without the need for conversion

It's also easy - just use Inline Java syntax:

#if Java
#end if

 

[Jmu5667]

I tried with Copilot Chat but didn't get the results you showed here.

I tried with Qwen2.5 Coder online demo and get something closer.

I just used copilot in Edge

 

[epiCode]

useblackbox.io also gave perfect conversion except that bit values were not translated to actual values:

    Dim packageName As String = "com.tencent.mm"
    Dim intent As Intent
    intent.Initialize("android.intent.action.VIEW", "")
    
    ' Set the package name to launch the specific app
    intent.SetPackage(packageName)
    
    ' Add the extra
    intent.PutExtra("LauncherUI.From.Scaner.Shortcut", True)
    
    ' Set flags
    intent.SetFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_CLEAR_TOP Or Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK)
    
    ' Start the activity
    StartActivity(intent)

 

[Jmu5667]

Maybe in a future version of the B4A IDE there maybe a nice interface for doing this (@Erel )