Basic4android (basic for Android) is a simple yet powerful development environment that targets Android devices.

Basic4android language is similar to Visual Basic language with additional support for objects. Basic4android compiled applications are native Android applications, there are no extra runtimes or dependencies.

Android 1.6 and above are supported, including Android tablets running 3.x.

Why Basic4android?

Simple and powerful

IDE and programming language 100% focused on Android development

Compiles to native bytecode. No runtime libraries are required. APK files created are exactly the same as APK files created with Java / Eclipse

Performance similar to applications written with Java

Event driven programming language similar to Visual Basic with support for objects and code modules

No need to write any XML file (in most cases)

Supports all of Android core features including:

SQL databases

GPS

Home screen widgets

Background services and broadcast listeners

Bluetooth (serial ports)

USB host

Web services

Camera

XML, JSON and CSV

Views animations

Multitouch gestures

Networking (TCP, UDP, FTP, SMTP and POP3)

Push notifications (C2DM)

Text to speech and voice recognition

AdMob ads

OpenGL

Graphics and charts

Sensors

Files I/O

Integrate with services such as: Dropbox, Google Analytics, Twitter and others

Objects serialization

And many more.

Highly extensible with support for custom Java libraries

A powerful framework built by Android experts makes your development process simpler and better

Strong and helpful online community

The only available true WYSIWYG visual editor for Android.

Modern IDE with autocomplete, built-in documentation and other features