I am using Shippable for CI purposes but now I want to integrate continuous deployment as well. Shippable allows to build custom java based docker images but I have yet to see an android build image. Does anyone know if this is even possible in Shippable as of now?
while we do not have an official Docker image to build Android projects, some users have successfully built Android projects by installing the necessary packages using shippable.yml. Here is a great example- https://github.com/AnySoftKeyboard/AnySoftKeyboard
If you create an Android image for Docker and want to contribute it, you can open a PR to https://github.com/shippableImages repo. Thanks!
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I am currently building custom images using the Android Open Source Project. I would like to send these custom images (system.img, ramdisk.img, cache.img, etc.) to a friend so that he/she can run them without having to compile the entire AOSP branch. Note that they "do" have the latest official Android SDK (not AOSP).
Is there a way to do this? Ideally, I was hoping for some make target that already exists where I can simply run it (make avd-package) and an "avd" (or something close to it) would pop out so that I can just send it to my friend and have them type:
emulator -avd
Also, from my research, the fact that I want these images to be runnable by the normal Android SDK (not AOSP) might present a problem since the tools in the Android SDK are different than the ones in AOSP (e.g. qemu versions, etc.). Would I also need to send my friend the emulator binaries as well?
Thanks!
Yes, it is doable. You need to create some metadata and upload it to a public server so that your users can get the URL. This is the URL they can then enter in Android Studio for using it with the SDK Manager tool.
For full instructions follow the official docs here: https://source.android.com/setup/create/avd
I have a go library that i want to run on android and use its methods in my android app. I could write the whole android app in go to make it easier to use this dependency. Is this possible? If so, how?
Download Termux (Linux Emulator) from google play store and open it.
Next, wait for it to perform an automatic download of its resources. After that operation, the run the following command:
pkg install golang
pkg install git
The got package is required when downloading golang packages.
Eventually, you can test it by running (go) command.
Golang support for mobile development has been steadily improving. Today it is even possible to build some simple all Go apps (depending on which features you need) as well as Go libraries. Please see https://github.com/golang/go/wiki/Mobile for more info.
UPDATE: In further improvement, libraries are being created to support even UI on mobile platforms. https://fyne.io provides rather robust set of features for mobile.
You can use a Go library from Java when developing for Android with gobind (see this example in the gomobile repository). The biggest issue with this is integration into the build system.
For Go 1.5 things are getting better, but you'll have to wait for that.
I'm trying to develop part of an application that would enable it to render PDF file's pages into Bitmap, or to display it on a viewer. I'm looking for a free open-source one. I've already tried a bunch of them, for example, droidreader, and android-pdf. The problem is that I think it needs NDK to be able to run, I keep getting errors when trying to build it on Eclipse, even though I'm importing it directly with SVN. Can anybody refer me to a good step by step tutorial that would help me at least run those projects?
Just download Android NDK
And then run in project folder following command:
[path to ndk]/ndk-build
More information on Android NDK page
I need to edit the original Android Apps from packages
in terms make my own distro/mod..
I want to make changes to the In Call screen, lock screen, contacts, calendar etc..
I understand that for doing this I will have to build everything from
source,
however I need to edit the source and to do so I need to open the OS provided apps as
eclipse projects,
When I did I saw that there are
missing imports which are hidden in the SDK (or missing)
hidden parameters within the classes..
I don't want to use reflection since the whole code is here and
available, but how do you build a platform development kit..
or PDK ?:)
Can any one help?
You start by reading the documentation.
EDIT:
If you are trying to download some single project from AOSP and compile it using the SDK, odds are very strong that it will not work, and that you will encounter problems like the ones you cite. You do not build Android by building individual apps; you build Android ("my own distro/mod") by building the entire firmware. Most AOSP applications are not designed to be compiled by the SDK, but need the whole firmware.
Please check Using eclipse to browse and edit AOSP. You can atleast edit your code using eclipse, but you will have to use AOSP build system to build your distro.
You might also check Debugging Android Java Framework services as that would help debug your changes.
Just open Eclipse,
then go to "window" +"preferences" +"android"
there you will get sdk location,then give the appropriate path of the android sdk for proper run...
I'd like to develop for Android but I don't really like using an IDE for programming as I find them to be pretty cumbersome compared to a text editor and command console. Is there any way I can develop for Android without doing so in Eclipse, and instead using Gedit? The system requirements specified on the Android developers site list Eclipse as a requirement, but I Ewas wondering if anyone had found a way to manually tap into the SDK libraries outside of Eclipse. I'm using a Linux setup as my development box.
You do not have to use Eclipse, it's just highly recommended because the tools are nicely integrated :
The recommended way to develop an
Android application is to use Eclipse
with the ADT plugin. The ADT plugin
provides editing, building, debugging,
and .apk packaging and signing
functionality integrated right into
the IDE.
However, if you'd rather develop your
application in another IDE, such as
IntelliJ, or in a basic editor, such
as Emacs, you can do that instead. The
SDK includes all the tools you need to
set up an Android project, build it,
debug it and then package it for
distribution. This document is your
guide to using these tools.
See this page on the Dev Guide for more info: Developing In Other IDEs
Yes you can do it with just the SDK and Ant (and the JDK of course). I'm doing it right now as an exercise in relearning Ant, and to make an 'idiot push button' procedure for a release build.
I've got to say that it's slow going just trying to configure the build process on sources that I know will compile. I'm glad that I've got Eclipse for the rapid development in the debug phase.