Friends I have 3 android projects in eclipse say App1, App2, App3 and i want to combine all these into another android project say AppStarter which only has buttons to start the main activity of each of those 3 projects. So how can combine all the files of App1,2,3 under AppStarter and what changes do i have to make in android manifest of each project?
Don't refrain from going into details, I am really confused. Although pointing me to right way is also helpful.
Simplest way to do what you want is to use App1,2 and 3 as Android Library project and link them to your main project. All what you have to do this is HERE.And there you can find something helpful about library project.
It's just few mouse clicks.
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I have already created an phonegap android project and it is working fine, now i would like to create same kind of project againg. Might it would be more than 5 apps, so i thought making it as library.
I have make the project as library and created a new project with different package name. Change the launcher activities name to the libraries launcher activity name. But now the issue is application error is happening, cannot load the index.html file.
So i think the way worked on is not the proper one, can anyone please help me to solve this problem.
you have to assign your initial android project as a library. right click the project, pick properties, then go to android, tick the "is library" box and apply
For your new projects, you need to "add" the project before as your library as the image above
I am working on an android group project in college and this is the first big project many of us have worked on.
We worked on implementing several pieces of the project as completely separate projects and now are having trouble putting all of them in one application with a main page.
On the main page of the application we would have a bunch of buttons that would then go to the implemented project that we've completed (example, I click on BMI calculator on the app homepage and it goes the the bmi calculator screen).
Any efficient way of going about this that can be explained in an easy to follow manner? I'm still a newbie programmer :)
Just to clarify, I don't want it so that it just launches a BMI calculator app from the main app, the entire code base is supposed to exist under one app.
Thanks
You can have a main project and several other projects declared as library projects.
In build time, library projects are pulled into the main project and only one apk will exist as the output.
The library projects are almost the same as an usual android project. You can have java packages, res folder, lib folder, etc.
Check here for the official description.
Check here for a tutorial.
Look into making the other applications as Android Library-projects, and listing all necessary components on your AndroidManifest.xml on your parent project.
Another way would just give the option for the user to install these applications as separate and have a logice (PackageManager) check if specific application exists or is installed and then enabling navigation buttons or disabling components and invoke them via Intents.
I have two independently developed Android projects (with own activities etc.), tested and working independently.
One project is now supposed to be launching (via Intent) the second project.
I could have kept it that way, but when distributing it via the Android Market, it will necessitate 2 APKs, 2 icons, etc. which could be very confusing to the end user.
So I would like to integrate the second project into the first one, while keeping it as a separate package.
A straightforward approach for doing this is to manually create an empty package, then copy over all files, one by one, from the second project. Tedious.
Is there a built-in shortcut in Eclipse (or ADT) to do this, similar to the File > Import > Existing Projects into Workspace ?
I think you can make your second project as a Library Project by right clicking on it and in the Android tab check isLibrary. And then in your first project, you link the one that you made a library by right clicking again and under the Android tab, Libraries, click Add and point to your Library Project. You could also have a look at Managing Projects from Eclipse.
If this does not work (but I really should), you can simply just right click on your packages, then select Copy and go to your first project, and just right click -> Paste. This also worked for me.
Experts,
I am having the source code of 2 android apps which have been separately developed. I need to combine both of them as a single application so the output would be a single apk file. Let me more specific.
App 1: Shop list app -
App 2 Calculator app.
using a button click in the App 1 I would want to call the second app Calculator. I have researched on Internet and I am seeing some suggestions like library project etc.
Anyone who has some idea on the feasiblity, please throw some ideas on the same.
Thanks,
Harry
output would be a single apk file.
Then use as a library project.
Check this may help you
Setting up a Library Project
Referencing a library project
Open Eclipse-> right click on your project-> Build Path -> Configure Build Path
Go to "Projects" tabs on Top and add new project which will install two apks of the curernt project and the depends project that you just added.
It will do the trick for you.
Thanks
I am just starting off with android and have been googling high and low to find any tutorials/resources that could answer my beginners questions.
How can import a third party resource into my project and start using it?
For example, i wanted to use scrollableTabActivity, a widget that's available at https://github.com/honcheng/ScrollableTabHost-for-Android. I have downloaded and it looks like it is a project by itself. How can import into into my project and start using it?
This is the case of even projects like droid fu, for the life of me i could not figure out how to add them and start using in my project.
I did successfully added asynchttp into my project cause there was .jar download available. But for projects like droid-fu or scrollableTabActivity, how can i use the source files to add the functionality into my project?
Any help is highly appreciated
Thanks
Add the projectyou downloaded to you workspace.
Right click on it, properties, Android and be sure the Is Library checkbox is checked.
Then in your project, right click, properties, Android and click on add on the bottom right to add the previous project.
The project you refer to actually contains a lot of demonstration code which shows you how to use the ScrollTabHost control in your app. Rather than trying to include this stuff which will just bloat your app, simply copy the ScrollTabHost.java file in to your project, along with any resources upon which it depends.
I agree with Mark Allison's answer. But generally speaking to import a whole project in Eclipse, check the box next to that third party project name on the Project References tab in your project Properties.