B4A (Android) Features

General

• Simple and powerful RAD tool for developing native Android applications without time-consuming Java / Eclipse programming
• Complete IDE and programming language 100% focused on Android development
• Compiles to native bytecode. No runtime libraries are required. APK files are exactly the same as APK files created with Java / Eclipse
• Performance is similar to applications written with Java
• Object oriented programming language (syntax similar to MS Visual Basic)
• No need for XML programming
• Highly extensible with support for custom Java libraries
• True WYSIWYG visual editor for Android. The visual editor supports multiple screens and resolutions
• Powerful designer scripts feature. Lets you easily create sophisticated layouts
• Basic4android UI Cloud service. Test your layouts on a cloud of real phones and tablets
• Supports all Android phones and tablets from Android 1.6 and up
• Modern IDE with autocomplete, built-in documentation, internal index and other advanced features
• Powerful step-by-step debugger
• Large set of documentation with a custom online search engine and offline search engine tools
• Built-in code obfuscation
• Supports all Android core features including:
  • SQL databases including encrypted databases
  • GPS
  • Home screen widgets and live wallpapers
  • Background services and broadcast listeners
  • Bluetooth (serial ports)
  • Phone features: phone calls, sms, contacts, call logs and others
  • USB host / accessory modes and MTP
  • Web services
  • Camera
  • XML, JSON, XLS (MS Excel), MDB (MS Access) and CSV formats
  • Views animations
  • Multitouch gestures
  • NFC
  • Http Server (based on Jetty)
  • Arduino ADK
  • Video and audio playback / recording
  • Networking (TCP, Wifi Direct, UDP, FTP, SFTP New!, SMTP, POP3 and SMB/CIFS)
  • Push notifications (GCM and C2DM)
  • Text to speech and voice recognition
  • AdMob ads and other ads platforms
  • OpenGL
  • Graphics and charts
  • Sensors
  • Files I/O
  • Integrate with services such as: Parse, Google services, Twitter, Facebook and others
  • Google Play In-App Billing service
  • Objects serialization
  • Sip / Voip
  • Device Administration apps
  • And many more…

Google Play / Amazon Market

• Reduces development time, accelerating your time-to-revenue
• Creates signed, ready to be uploaded, APK files
• Members only "Test my app" sub-forum to help you with beta testing
• Basic4android UI Cloud - Test your layouts on a cloud of real phones and tablets
• Includes libraries for AdMob (Google), AirPush and others
• Supports full range of available screen sizes and resolutions by using the visual designer, abstract designer and designer scripts
• Libraries and modules for real-time 2D games

Enterprise / In-house applications

• Basic4Android is a powerful RAD tool available for Android. Minimizes time from design to production
• A powerful framework built by Android experts improves your development process
• Enhanced support for databases and web-services. Step by step guides for connecting to remote MySQL and Microsoft SQL Server databases.
• SVN (source control) friendly
• Remote Database Connector - lightweight server that enables connection to any type of database
• B4AServer - implementation of a unique server to simplify development of in-house applications
• Reuse existing Java code by wrapping it as a library