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+1 to this.
I much prefer this way of doing things. VB did it, Delphi copied it, as did other groups.
When Microsoft had the opportunity to change it with the monumental move to .NET they just made it better. This tells me they must have a pretty good idea that it is the best way to do things.
Maybe you could release details on how the Activities are built and someone could help you out, much like you did with the B4A-Bridge? I'd happily sign a NDA.
I much prefer this way of doing things. VB did it, Delphi copied it, as did other groups.
When Microsoft had the opportunity to change it with the monumental move to .NET they just made it better. This tells me they must have a pretty good idea that it is the best way to do things.
Maybe you could release details on how the Activities are built and someone could help you out, much like you did with the B4A-Bridge? I'd happily sign a NDA.
Coming from VBA, for me it is difficult to use GUI objects like views, buttons, etc. Some things are the same, other's I don't understand so far.
Example (from my naive point of view as a beginner):
In VBA you can use and change all objects you've created in the designer GUI in a very intuitive way.
In B4A I often wonder why I can not change/retrieve an object's property like I do it in VBA or why it doesn't work or why it only works with THIS but not with THAT object.
Other things are sooooo easy, like "Just start b4a-bridge and connect. Click on Compile&Run..." ... WOW! .... THAT EASY?!
Example (from my naive point of view as a beginner):
In VBA you can use and change all objects you've created in the designer GUI in a very intuitive way.
In B4A I often wonder why I can not change/retrieve an object's property like I do it in VBA or why it doesn't work or why it only works with THIS but not with THAT object.
Other things are sooooo easy, like "Just start b4a-bridge and connect. Click on Compile&Run..." ... WOW! .... THAT EASY?!
I perfectly understand your points, still, this one is not something you would really want and here's why: In contrast with vb, layouts in b4a are not necessarily related to one specific module (activity). Since a layout can be used over and over again to different activities (though I have to admit this is not frequent), we cannot just click on a view and go to the corresponding event, since we don't really have a 1-1 relationship here. I know there can be some sort of chooser for this, but I find it will be more confusing than really simplifying things.
Anyway, having programmed with vb since its very start, took me some time to get really used to the new b4a environment, mainly due to how android really handles things and secondary due to how b4a handles things. Now, it looks pretty cool to me, but surely this is subjective
