How can I check out Android source code in Windows OS?

Question

I try to search for it but I just cant. I am running Windows 7 on Lenovo G460 laptop. I tried to install Ubuntu on it but I cannot use Wireless to connect to the internet fo

Answer 1

Steps:

1. Download Cygwin from http://cygwin.com/install.html.
2. Install cygwin with almost all defaults. During cygwin setup, select modules curl and python (search for them) and mark them to be installed.

3. Start cygwin.exe and go to your preferred directory (mine is D:/Android/sources/4.0/try2). Example: $: cd /cygdrive/d/Android/sources/4.0/try2

4. Run the below instructions one by one:

   i) mkdir bin

   ii) PATH=/cygdrive/d/Android/sources/4.0/try2/bin:$PATH

   iii) curl https://storage.googleapis.com/git-repo-downloads/repo > /cygdrive/d/Android/sources/4.0/try2/bin/repo

   iv) mkdir source

   v) cd source

   vi)
   Master branch:
   repo init -u https://android.googlesource.com/platform/manifest

   4.0.1 branch for example:
   repo init -u https://android.googlesource.com/platform/manifest -b android-4.0.1_r1

   vii) Give credentials if needed

   viii) repo sync

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