Creating Android apps without Java

I'd like to start creating Android apps but I don't like Java. I read that scala can be used to do it. Are there another option?(Clojure?)

I'm a Python/Django developer so it w开发者_StackOverflow中文版ould be great to learn a pretty different language.

At this point Scala is the one that is most mature..I wanted to try groovy myself but its not even out of alpha..

Plus Scala on android has docs..:)

It's not hard to do with Mirah (formerly Duby), a very young language based on Ruby that compiles to bytecode that's basically indistinguishable from Java's, but adds some great new features like closures, type inference, and obviously a Ruby-like syntax. It's particularly well-suited for Android because it has no runtime or standard library (it uses compiler plugins instead) outside the JDK, whereas basically all other JVM languages bring along a lot of baggage, especially languages that weren't designed to target the JVM (like Ruby and Python).

http://github.com/technomancy/Garrett

Much nicer than writing Java!

for clojure development a useful tutorial: http://riddell.us/ClojureAndAndroidWithEmacsOnUbuntu.html

Clojure gets a LOT of benefit from android-2.2's JIT compiler and has not really been widely adopted on previous versions.

Appcelerator Titanium is an awesome environment for using web-ish skills (like HTML, CSS, and JavaScript) to build native apps for Android (and iPhone, and desktops, etc.). For example, the gang at Intridea have made several popular Android & iPhone apps with Titanium Mobile, including the OilReporter app that has been used for gathering data on the extent of the Gulf oil spill.

If you use Python, maybe SL4A (Scripting Layer for Android) is a good choice.

You could write python script that runs on Android and use Android API, but it also has a drawback that you need install Python/SL4A runtime library on your Android device.

In addition to the other solutions listed here previously, you have:

• PhoneGap
• Rhodes
• AIR (pre-release)
• AppInventor
• Clojure

Another immature implementation is JRuby/Ruboto: http://blog.danieljackoway.com/first-ruboto-release.html