I will try to collect here useful tips for making Android development work for command-line loving person like me.

ADB

Part of http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html

Remote adb access

dpavlin@t61p:~/Downloads/android$ adb shell
# setprop service.adb.tcp.port 5555

dpavlin@t61p:~$ ssh -R 5555:192.168.1.40:5555 klin

dpavlin@klin:~$ adb connect 127.0.0.1:5555

dpavlin@klin:~$ adb devices
List of devices attached 
127.0.0.1:5555  device

provision device

• http://balloonboard.org/balloonwiki/AndroidBalloon

adb shell
su
cd /data/data/com.android.providers.settings/databases
sqlite3 settings.db
INSERT INTO system (name, value) VALUES ('device_provisioned', 1);
.exit

CyanogenMod

• http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.php?title=Compile_CyanogenMod_for_Dream_%26_Sapphire
• enable swap with /system/etc/init.d/{file: 99swapon}

SL4A

• http://code.google.com/p/android-scripting/wiki/RemoteControl

x86

• http://www.android-x86.org/getsourcecode

Application build process

• http://www.alittlemadness.com/2010/06/07/understanding-the-android-build-process/

repo

• http://source.android.com/source/git-repo.html
• enviroment vars: REPO_PROJECT REPO_PATH REPO_REMOTE
• see git command output: export REPO_TRACE=1
• export md5 hashes of verything (create tag): repo manifest -r -o tag.xml