android-build

I wanted to add a resource file/ xml file to etc folder in AOSP. I would like to have my resource file available just like platform.xml file. So I basically added my xml file in AOSP/frameworks/base/data/etc folder and correspondingly added the following lines in the make file Android.mk ######################## include $(CLEAR_VARS) LOCAL_MODULE := custom.xml LOCAL_MODULE_TAGS := optional LOCAL_MODULE_CLASS := ETC # This will install the file in /system/etc/permissions # LOCAL_MODULE_PATH := $(TARGET_OUT_ETC)/permissions LOCAL_SRC_FILES := $(LOCAL_MODULE) include $(BUILD_PREBUILT) EDIT With

Start of with, I tried all the suggestions in SO and none helped me. Suggestion1 , Suggestion2 , Suggestion3 . I'm doing some debugging (Just running the app on my device through Android Studio ) and I noticed that time after time, changes that I made in the app does not applied to the .apk AS is running. The only solution I know is to delete the app from my device and then running again and it compiles with the changes I made in the code. Alternatively, I restart Android Studio and it fixes that too. I try all suggestions on the site including: file -> invalidate Chaches / Restart ->

After Android 6.0 releases, Support for the Apache HTTP client is removed. If our app is using this client and targets Android 2.3 (API level 9) or higher , HttpURLConnection class is recommended. It's said that this API is more efficient because it reduces network use through transparent compression and response caching, and minimizes power consumption. If we want to continue using the Apache HTTP API s, you must first declare the following compile-time dependency in our build.gradl e file: android { useLibrary 'org.apache.http.legacy' } The legacy jar is in Android SDK , whose path is sdk

I am able to build a android shared library using ndk-build only when all my src are in the jni foler, but, I would like to build a shared library using ndk-build without need jni folder, because my project doesn't have java code, so how could I do that? my simple Android.mk: LOCAL_PATH := $(call my-dir) include $(CLEAR_VARS) LOCAL_MODULE := ctest LOCAL_SRC_FILES := main.cpp # for logging LOCAL_LDLIBS += -llog # for native asset manager LOCAL_LDLIBS += -landroid include $(BUILD_SHARED_LIBRARY) worked as follows: ndk-build APP_BUILD_SCRIPT=path/to/path/to/project/Android.mk NDK_PROJECT_PATH

To support Instant Run in my version of Android Studio, I needed to upgrade my Gradle plugin from version 2.2.3 to 2.3.3 I'm aware I'm supposed to migrate to annoationProcessor and I believe I've followed that guide correctly after doing so, the Android DataBinding code generation fails The migration guide linked earlier states that all I need is to Make sure you are on the Android Gradle 2.2 plugin or newer Remove the android-apt plugin from your build scripts Change all apt, androidTestApt and testApt dependencies to their new format This should be all that's needed to successfully build the