web3j Android port now available for Ethereum

After announcing the 1.0 milestone of web3j, it was clear that there was demand for an Android port of web3j.

As of the latest release - 1.0.5 of web3j, I am publishing Java 1.6 (i.e. Android) compatible releases. The first Android release is available here, and the artefacts are available on JFrog's Bintray and Maven's Nexus repositories:

<dependency>
  <groupId>org.web3j</groupId>
  <artifactId>core-android</artifactId>
  <version>1.0.5</version>
</dependency>

compile ('org.web3j:core-android:1.0.5')

The API is nearly identical to the existing API, with one small difference - you need to use a Web3jFactory to create your client instance:

Web3j web3 = Web3jFactory.build(new HttpService());  // defaults to http://localhost:8545/

You can use the web3j command line tools for generating your smart contract wrappers (the generated code is also Android compatible).

For further release notes, please head to the 1.0.5-android release page.

@misc{svensson2016-web3j-android-port-now-available,
  author = {Conor Svensson},
  title = {{web3j Android port now available for Ethereum}},
  year = {2016},
  month = nov,
  url = {https://conorsvensson.com/archive/conorsvensson/web3j-android-port-now-available/}
}