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For .NET programming I use visual studio, for iPhone I use XCode, and for rails I use Textmate. I have not done any java programming so I was hoping to get some advice from people who have, particularly in the context of Android programming.

You can probably use TextMate and ADB in the command line.

http://www.onebitwonder.com/projects/android

For a text mate android plugin

I'd recommend maven and the maven-android-plugin (http://code.google.com/p/maven-android-plugin/) to be IDE-independent.

I would recommend an IDE (Eclipse, Netbeans, IntelliJ IDEA) because you then have the advantages a statically typed language like Java gives you. Code completion and instant feedback in the editor that your code still compiles.

Could you maybe suggest a decent alternative? I picked up android a while ago and I definitely have not been happy with Eclipse, but haven't really found anything better either. Especially with all the instrumentation that google provides.

The instrumentation is still all there. I honestly am an old unix hacker at heart and use a command line and gVIM most of the time. Notepad++ and the terminal might be enough.

Really check out how to use ADB (android debugger) from the command line, it's surprisingly easy.

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