Scripting Layer for Android

SL4A
Written in C and Java
Operating system Android
Type Library
License Apache License 2.0
Website http://code.google.com/p/android-scripting/

The Scripting Layer for Android (abridged as SL4A, and previously named Android Scripting Environment or ASE) is a library that allows the creation and running of scripts written in various scripting languages directly on Android devices. SL4A is designed for developers and is still alpha quality software[1][2][3][4][5].

These scripts have access to many of the APIs available to normal Java Android applications, but with a simplified interface. Scripts can be run interactively in a terminal, in the background, or via Locale.

Currently supported languages are:

References

  1. ^ "android-scripting". SL4A project. http://code.google.com/p/android-scripting/. Retrieved 2010-11-12. "SL4A is designed for developers and is still alpha quality software" 
  2. ^ "Scripting Comes to Android". O'Reilly Media. 2009-06-09. http://radar.oreilly.com/2009/06/scripting-comes-to-android.html. Retrieved 2010-11-12. 
  3. ^ "Scripting Comes to Android". Google. 2009-06-08. http://google-opensource.blogspot.com/2009/06/introducing-android-scripting.html. Retrieved 2010-11-12. 
  4. ^ "Android Gets Scripting Support with Python, Lua, Beanshell; Ruby planned". infoq.com. 2009-06-30. http://www.infoq.com/news/2009/06/android-scripting. Retrieved 2010-11-12. 
  5. ^ "Python, Lua and BeanShell: Google's New Android Scripting". Linux Magazine. 2009-06-12. http://www.linux-magazine.com/Online/News/Python-Lua-and-BeanShell-Google-s-New-Android-Scripting. Retrieved 2010-11-13. 

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