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Interfaces to address Firemonkeys' Android development needs. Of their existing Visual Studio IDE together with AGDE's debugging AGDE enabled Firemonkeys to take advantage Using AGDE allows Firemonkeys to unify development environments, and automate build Simple, and the extension comes with documentation and sample apps forįigure 2: AGDE debugging in progress Results Project was easily achieved within a few days. Profiling, the ability to quickly launch Android Studio Profilers from theĮxtension itself made the profiling process easier and faster when lookingįiremonkeys' engineering team was already intimately familiar with Visual Studio,Īnd integrating AGDE into their existing workflow for a new or existing We use the disassembly view for those times when moreĬomplex issues arise, and AGDE has great tools for that." When it comes to Technical Director at EA, said, "We are happy with the debugging interfaceĪnd performance. Forĭebugging, Firemonkeys frequently uses AGDE to debug C/C++ code. Improve compile times - both of which are well supported by AGDE. Includes a combination of precompiled headers and Their build and debugging workflows, to ultimately save development effortįigure 1: Screenshot from The Sims: Freeplay How they use itįiremonkeys uses AGDE to produce all of their Android builds for testing, as well as The studio was looking for a way to streamline EA's development studio, Firemonkeys, is best known as theįiremonkeys uses a custom game engine to develop games, and now usesĪndroid Game Development Extension (AGDE) in its development workflow forĪll of their Android games. Variety of games across different genres, such as: sports, action, racing,Īnd simulation. (EA) is a game company headquartered in California, USA.