Basic4android (B4A)
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Adoption by company size
| Segment | Share of reviews |
|---|---|
| Small Business | 60.0% |
| Mid-Market | 20.0% |
| Enterprise | 20.0% |
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What reviewers say
Basic4Android: Alternative Android IDE with Basic, yes Basic
“As a designer and developer interested in exploring alternative ways to develop and design experiences, it is refreshing to see older languages like Basic used for Android Application development. It uses a variant of Basic called B4X, and if you understand Basic or Visual Basic ”
Handling ANR issue with Basic4android is made easy thanks to its main thread code execution approach
“Basic4android is a simple & open-source platform for building my android applications and I can include many components without much complexity. It converts my Java bytecode into Android runtime code during compilation itself which is useful and time-saving for me. When I work wi”
B4A is a simple and open source platform for the development of Android and iOS apps
“I like B4A because it has support for external libraries, so it is possible to reuse Java code. It is open source software. It has a wide community of users, so there is a lot of interesting documentation for the development of different apps. In addition, Visual Basic and B4A”