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Scaloid is a library that simplifies your Android code. It makes your code easy to understand and maintain by leveraging Scala language.

For example, the code block shown below:

val button = new Button(context)
button.setText("Greet")
button.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {
  def onClick(v: View) {
    Toast.makeText(context, "Hello!", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show()
  }
})
layout.addView(button)

is reduced to:

SButton("Greet", toast("Hello!"))

Benefits

• Write elegant Android software
  Scaloid provides a concise and type-safe way of writing Android application.
• Simple to use
  Check our quick start guide
• Compatible with your legacy code
  You can use both Scaloid and plain-old Java Android API. You can gradually improve your legacy code.
• Maintained actively
  Scaloid is a dogfooding software. This is originally created to be used for my own Android apps.

Demos

If you want to see how Scaloid can be used in action, check a Scala port of apidemos app.

Need help using Scala language on your Android project?

There is an out-of-the-box solution. Just fork this project and start your Scala-Android app.

• FAQs about Scala on Android

Features

• UI Layout without XML
  • Layout context
  • Styles for programmers
• Implicit conversions
• Shorter representation without context object
• Shorter listeners
• Asynchronous processing
• Smarter logging
• Improved getters/setters
• Concise dialog builder

...and many other things! Check the official Scaloid blog for news and announcements.

Let's make it together!

This project is in its early stages, and I will grow it constantly. If you have any idea to improve Scaloid, feel free to open issues or post patches.

Check the official Scaloid blog for news and announcements.

License

This software is licensed under the Apache 2 license.

List of projects using Scaloid

• Soundcorset metronome & tuner

_{Share your experience of using Scaloid by blogging about it and let me know the URL of the post and the name of your Android application via [email protected]. Then I will add a link to your post here.}