Dobrica Pavlinušić's random unstructured stuff
Android development: Revision 18
I will try to collect here useful tips for making Android development work for command-line loving person like me. See [Android G1] if you are interested in hardware.

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^ ADB

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

^^ Remote adb access

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dpavlin@t61p:~/Downloads/android$ adb shell
# setprop service.adb.tcp.port 5555
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dpavlin@t61p:~$ ssh -R 5555:192.168.1.40:5555 klin
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dpavlin@klin:~$ adb connect 127.0.0.1:5555

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

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

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

^^ froyo 2.2

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dpavlin@android:/srv/android-x86$ repo init -u git://git.android-x86.org/manifest.git -b froyo-x86
dpavlin@android:/srv/android-x86$ repo sync

# configure build
dpavlin@android:/srv/android-x86$ . build/envsetup.sh
dpavlin@android:/srv/android-x86$ lunch

# build
dpavlin@android:/srv/android-x86$ make -j8
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audio doesn't work

^^ eclair 2.1

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dpavlin@android:/srv/android-x86$ repo init -u git://git.android-x86.org/manifest.git -b eclair-x86
dpavlin@android:/srv/android-x86$ repo sync
dpavlin@android:/srv/android-x86$ make -j8 iso_img TARGET_PRODUCT=generic_x86
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^ 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`

^ repack applications

* http://code.google.com/p/android-apktool/