Is a Chinese tablet suitable for development?

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ChernovDmitry2012-10-27 16:12:24

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ChernovDmitry, 2012-10-27 16:12:24

Will adb work on windows? Or is it better to fork out for a branded device?

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Sild, 2012-10-27
@Sild

When choosing a mobile development tool, I still bought a netbook. The tablet is still more for surfing than a working machine.

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LeoCcoder, 2012-10-27
@LeoCcoder

adb works in Windows, as well as in Mac OS and Linux to
debug software on Chinese tablets in the same way as on non-Chinese ones.
PS: according to the stories of friends, there are some rare, completely Chinese models that cannot be reached via adb due to the fact that the Chinese allegedly broke something there ... but I personally have not seen such)

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tepexob, 2012-10-27
@tepexob

Recently, tablets fell into the hands: MSI WindPad Enjoy 7 and several more Chinese noname.
Noname devices were put aside, and for MSI, the first task was to run all current projects.
The adb driver could not be found immediately. And on the MSI website there was no driver for this model (Enjoy 7' and Enjoy 10' series). Well, okay ...
Then one of the applications on the MSI did not take off, and the issue of debugging "rose on edge".
After some time, "ADB driver enjoy_usb" was found in the depths of the expanses of the network, it was installed; the tablet connected to the computer began to be detected as an ADB device and ...
... and nothing! ADB still did not notice the tablet. Not like this, not like that.
As a result, the reason for the application not taking off had to be caught in very impractical ways. However, the bug has been fixed.
So what am I to? In addition, against the backdrop of the situation with the MSI tablet, Chinese crafts have generally gone into the back burner.
There are debugging options, for example, via Wifi, but this requires a Root device. I personally am not yet experienced either in these firewood or in firmware. Perhaps there are some normal ways to solve such a problem, but they are not yet known to me, and therefore Chinese noname tablets go far in the forest ...
By the way, maybe one of you knows how to connect such devices with ADB (both on Windows and Linux)?

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nochkin, 2012-10-28
@nochkin

It depends on which tablet. There are Chinese tablets where adb does not work, or it works clumsily. This must be borne in mind when buying.

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dimakovalenko, 2012-10-28
@dimakovalenko

The first (that still, old) Aurora is quite suitable. I use it myself, it works.