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+3  Q: 

What's the best way to add scripting to an Android app?

I have an XML based file format that I'm using to store and load instances of objects. I'm interested in adding some scripting support to those objects so that they can respond to events.

That said, I also don't want to cripple performance. Are there any well known scripting options for Android - maybe even ones where while loading, I can pre-compile and cache the scripts?

+3  A: 

Take a look at http://code.google.com/p/android-scripting

Tuomas Pelkonen  2010-03-11 15:43:28
I noticed that this is a scripting host, but does it have a smaller footprint library-edition that can be integrated with applications?
Omega  2010-03-11 15:45:46
If you need a really small footprint and good performance, just embed Lua yourself.
Tuomas Pelkonen  2010-03-11 15:47:56
Is that relatively easy to do in an android app?
Omega  2010-03-11 15:54:06
I haven't tried it myself, but take a look at this : http://www.damonkohler.com/2008/12/lua-on-android.html, but the page actually points back to the android-scripting page on code.google.
Tuomas Pelkonen  2010-03-11 15:55:45
I'm not too sure if I'm up for that much wrestling, I was hoping for a library/package I could make use of.
Omega  2010-03-11 16:02:48
A: 

At present it looks as though there are limited options to have a scripting language pre-compile.

Another approach I might look into is seeing if I can use dynamically loaded classes.

Omega  2010-03-21 16:08:09

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