Appendix A
Scripting Layer for Android
Scripting Layer for Android (SL4A), which was previously known as Android Scripting Environment, is a platform for installing scripting language interpreters on Android devices and running scripts via these interpreters. Scripts can access many of the APIs that are available to Android apps, but with a greatly simplified interface that makes it easier to get things done.
NOTE: SL4A currently supports Python, Perl, JRuby, Lua, BeanShell, Rhino JavaScript, Tcl, and shell.
You can run scripts interactively in a terminal window (command window), in the background, or via Locale (http://www.twofortyfouram.com/). Locale is an Android app that lets you run scripts at predetermined times or when other criteria ...
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