Android Ant(Application)
Do you want to build Android Application by ant?
Create build.xml
I explained the situation when we use Eclipse.
We have 2 choices
- Export builfile
Export buildfile
We can use Eclipse export feature.
“Project right click” -> “Export” -> “Android buildfile”
Warning : “The build class path order of the source directories of project library is not correct. Exported Ant buildfile will not compile your sources correctly until you swap the order of these directories:
gen<->src”
I could not figure out what’s wrong.
Convert ant project
Move to project root in console
android update project -p .
Use android command tool
The changes are added local.properties and build.xml.
Nothing about source codes.
Automatically
What does it do?
build.xml which is generated from android tool is very simple.
Just call android SDK ant tool.
The location is under ANDROID_HOME/tools/ant/build.xml ( ANDROID_HOME is your Android SDK root)
The task list
| Command | Description |
|---|---|
| help | Help |
| clean | Remote output files |
| debug | Debug build(signed a debug key) create apk |
| release | Release build(no signed) |
| instrument | Build an instrument package and signs debug key |
| test | Run tests |
| emma | |
| install | |
| installd | |
| installr | |
| installi | |
| installt | |
| uninstall |
Example
ant debug
Create debug build in bin/