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Add to SafariWhen comparing Codea vs AndEngine, the Slant community recommends AndEngine for most people. In the question“What are the best 2D game engines?” AndEngine is ranked 102nd while Codea is ranked 107th. The most important reason people chose AndEngine is:
AndEngine has extensions that can add additional functionality to the engine.
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Pros
Pro Helpful code editor
Errors show up live, as you type. Smarter autocompletion picks up your local and global variables, including nested types. Everything else is just plain smarter, from indentation to highlighting.
Pro Ships with music and sound packs
Codea ships with three great music and sound packs, composed just for Codea and free for you to use in whatever you create.
Pro You can code on an iPad and easily distribute the game
Pro Location library
Location library lets you make use of the GPS inside your iPad. Get your latitude, longitude, altitude and more with a dead-simple API designed specifically for Codea.
Pro Functionality can be extended
AndEngine has extensions that can add additional functionality to the engine.
Cons
Con Abandoned
No work on the engine has been done since 2013.
Con Doesn't support current SDK
Only works on older SDK that isn't even supported anymore by google or Android Studio.
Con Poorly documented
Documentation is severely lacking.
