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diff --git a/android/README b/android/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..e41bfa6c0c --- /dev/null +++ b/android/README @@ -0,0 +1,34 @@ +This folder contains the java parts needed to build an Rockbox as an +application for android. + +* Build instructions + +Until there's a script which does all the work the procedure is documented here. + +First, make sure you have the ANDROID_NDK_PATH environment variable set up, +otherwise configure will fail to find the compiler. + +Use this as your build folder, using '../tools/configure' etc. + $ ../tools/configure + $ make + +After the build finished, you need to copy librockbox.so to libs/armeabi/. + $ cp librockbox.so libs/armeabi + +For the other files (codecs, themes), you execute 'make zip'. Then you copy the +zip to libs/armeabi, using the name libmisc.so. This is needed, since there's no +way to bundle stuff into apk's and have access to them from native code other +than pretending it was a library. + $ make zip + $ cp rockbox.zip lib/armeabi/libmisc.so + +rockbox.zip..err, libmisc.so will be unpacked at runtime. + +To finish, you can follow this guide [1], or use eclipse. Simply install eclipse +and the android plugins, then import this folder as a new Android project and run it. +See [2] for a guide on how to set up eclipse for android development. + + + +[1]: http://asantoso.wordpress.com/2009/09/15/how-to-build-android-application-package-apk-from-the-command-line-using-the-sdk-tools-continuously-integrated-using-cruisecontrol/ +[2]: http://developer.android.com/sdk/installing.html |