May 2, 2022

Android Development on Linux

I have one application (thus far) that I wrote back in 2012. Actually it was originally written in C to run on linux and was ported to Java to run on Android

Android Development in 2023

Android Development in 2022

I still have ADT, but it no longer runs, throwing some kind of Java exception. I hate Java. I have a new Pixel 6 running Android 12. My old phone was running Anroid 5 (and my map application). Many things about android development have changed.

Android Development in 2017

It is June 6, 2017. It has been 5 years, and I can still type "adt" at the command line to launch the Android Developer Tools and work on my Android Map application. This is pretty amazing given that I have done many linux installs over those years.

Package exporting

I have my android key in /u1/tom/androidkey. Supposedly good for 99 years. I use the A8 password. The application is in /u1/joe/Android/atopo, and the adt knows how to find it automatically (along with the key). So to export atopo.apk you type "File" -- "Export" and this brings up a menu. Then you type "Android" -- "Export Application", browse and select atopo and then answer various questions, providing the password twice. It seems to put the final atopo.apk into /u1/joe.

Someday I should download a new version of the ADT perhaps, but that would involve a bunch of work installing the wonderful vim gadget and tweaking all the settings to get things just how I like them, so I will keep putting that off as long as possible.

Notes from back in 2012

My interest in android began when I became interested in some kind of tablet that would run my gtopo program.

This led to the purchase of a Motorola Xoom in December of 2011. Now that I have it, want to write an Android application for it. I intend to do the development on my Fedora Linux system, currently running Fedora 16 (x86_64).


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