Dummy Guide to NetBeans Android Development
- by Geertjan
Start by setting up the Android SDK (fantastic Ubuntu instructions here), then install NBAndroid.
Now you can create a new Android project:
Having set up the Android SDK, you're able to select your Android platform in the IDE:
The project structure created by the above templates is nice and easy to understand:
Build the project and you have your APK file and everything else generated in the Files window:
Nice features are included, such as code completion in Android XML files:
Several other features are included, as described here, such as "Export Signed Android Package", as well as deployment to the Android emulator. Now that I have everything set up (took literally about 10 minutes from start to finish), I'm going to be experimenting a bit with Android development via NetBeans IDE.