Changes between Version 1 and Version 2 of GSoC2012/Android/compiling

Timestamp:

May 22, 2012, 10:31:53 AM (12 years ago)

Author:

michaelz

Comment:

Added instructions on how to install ant contrib

GSoC2012/Android/compiling

@@ -11 +11 @@
 Make sure you have the following things installed (the list may or may not be complete ;-)): a current JDK, patch, autoconf, pkg-config, gtk-doc-tools, GNU make and xzip
 
-=== get the workspace ===
+=== get the source ===
 
-Check out the Android branch into a new working directory.
+Check out the Android branch im.pidgin.soc.2012.android into a new working directory.
 
 === Eclipse ===
@@ -19 +19 @@
 You need Eclipse IDE with C and Java Support. For this, I recommend you download Eclipse Classic or Eclipse IDE for Java developers. Files can be found at http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/. Eclipse does not need an installation, just extract the archive somewhere.
 
-Start it:
+Start it: [[BR]]
 The executeable is in the Eclipse directory you just downloaded.
-It will prompt you for a workspace. Select the android/workspace subdirectory in the Android branch.
-There are errors in the projects, because you first need to install the Android plugin.
+It will prompt you for a workspace. You can android/workspace subdirectory in the Android branch, or any other directory you like. The worksapce appears to be empty because eclipse does not know that there are already projects in it.
+There may be errors in the projects, because you first need to install the Android plugin.
 
-Install C: 
+Install C: [[BR]]
 Go to Help → Install new Software. Select the update site for your Eclipse version. Then install "Programming languages" → "C/C++ Development tools"
 
+Install Ant contrib [[BR]]
+[http://sourceforge.net/projects/ant-contrib/ Download ant-contrib], extract the archive somewhere.
+Go to Window → preferences → Ant → Runtime. In the Classpath tab, select Global Entries from the list and click on "Add external JARs". Select the ant-contrib-*.jar you just downloaded.
+
+Now go to the properties tab. Add a property named "ndk.root" which has the value "${ndk.root}", and one named "ndk.host" with the value "${ndk.host}"
+
+Add the projects: [[BR]]
+To tell eclipse that the projects exist, add them to eclipse: File → Import... → Existing projects into Workspace. Selest the android/workspace directory and all projects eclipse automatically finds.
 
 
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-Enter the install directory in eclipse in Preferences → String Substitution as ndk.root TODO: How exactly
+Enter the install directory in eclipse in Preferences → String Substitution as ndk.root and add a new substitution "ndk.host" with the value arm-linux-androideabi
+
+Currently, only arm is supported.
 
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