# \[ANN\] Ruboto 0.7.0 released!

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The Ruboto team is proud to announce the release of Ruboto M.m.p.

Ruboto is a framework for writing full Android apps in Ruby. It includes  
support libraries and generators for creating projects, classes, tests,  
and more.

New in version 0.7.0:

Features:

- Issue #147 Class oriented definition of activities, services,  
broadcast receivers and callback objects
- Issue #194 Update AndroidManifest.xml when project.properties files is  
changed
- Issue #197 Support signing APKs with Java 7
- Issue #198 Support for running Ruboto tests on Android 4.1 api level  
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Bugfixes:

- Issue #144 Printing stack traces fails
- Issue #173 Default icon name has changed for Android 4

Internal:

- Issue #103 Redefine Script.java public interface
- Issue #200 Split Script responsibilities into JRubyAdapter and Script.
- Issue #202 Tightened the public API of JRubyAdapter and Script

Support:

- Issue #151 Stop releasing the ruboto-core compatibility gem
- Issue #180 Stop support for upgrading from Ruboto 0.1.0 and older
- Issue #181 Stop support for developing Ruboto with Android SDK 13 and  
older
- Issue #184 Drop support for JRuby 1.5.6 and JRuby 1.6.2

Documentation:

- Issue #179 Ensure SpyCam example picture is rotated correctly when the  
device is rotated (portrait/landscape)

You can find a complete list of issues here:

> **[Issues · ruboto/ruboto](https://github.com/ruboto/ruboto/issues?milestone=13&q=is%3Aclosed)**
>
> A platform for developing apps using JRuby on Android. - Issues · ruboto/ruboto

Installation:

To use Ruboto, you need to install a Java JDK, the Android SDK, Apache  
ANT, and a Ruby implementation. Then do (possibly as root)

gem install ruboto

To create a project do

ruboto gen app --package \<your.package.name\>

You can find an introductory tutorial at

> **[Getting started with Ruboto](https://github.com/ruboto/ruboto/wiki/Getting-started-with-Ruboto)**
>
> A platform for developing apps using JRuby on Android. - ruboto/ruboto

If you have any problems or questions, come see us at [http://ruboto.org/](http://ruboto.org/)

Enjoy!

–  
Uwe K.  
[http://ruboto.org/](http://ruboto.org/)