Dobrica Pavlinušić's random unstructured stuff
Android development: Revision 27
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 {file: 99swapon} in /system/etc/init.d/

^^ Google apps

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dpavlin@android:/srv/cyanogen$ wget \
--referer=http://developer.htc.com/google-io-device.html \
-O dream_sapphire_update.zip \
http://member.america.htc.com/download/RomCode/ADP/signed-google_ion-ota-14721.zip?
--2010-10-01 17:42:10-- http://member.america.htc.com/download/RomCode/ADP/signed-google_ion-ota-14721.zip?
Resolving member.america.htc.com... 216.139.227.226
Connecting to member.america.htc.com|216.139.227.226|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 53965203 (51M) [application/x-zip-compressed]
Saving to: `dream_sapphire_update.zip'

100%[=========================================================================>] 53,965,203 376K/s in 2m 29s

2010-10-01 17:44:39 (354 KB/s) - `dream_sapphire_update.zip' saved [53965203/53965203]

dpavlin@android:/srv/cyanogen$ cd device/htc/dream_sapphire
dpavlin@android:/srv/cyanogen/device/htc/dream_sapphire$ ./unzip-files.sh
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^^ Build

A *lot* of host dependencies to install and build.

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dpavlin@android:/srv/cyanogen$ . build/envsetup.sh
dpavlin@android:/srv/cyanogen$ lunch
dpavlin@android:/srv/cyanogen$ make -j8
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^^ flashing

Transfer files you just built:

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dpavlin@x200:/virtual/android/cyanogen$ rsync -v android:/srv/cyanogen/out/target/product/dream_sapphire/{boot.img,recovery.img,system.img,android-info.txt} 2010-09-25/
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Download fastboot from http://developer.htc.com/adp.html

Start G1 by pressing camera+power button

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dpavlin@x200:/virtual/android/cyanogen$ sudo ./fastboot devices
HT840GZ00000 fastboot

dpavlin@x200:/virtual/android/cyanogen$ sudo sh -c "ANDROID_PRODUCT_OUT=2010-09-25/ ./fastboot flashall"
--------------------------------------------
Bootloader Version...: 1.33.2005
Baseband Version.....: 2.22.19.26I
Serial Number........: HT840GZ33728
--------------------------------------------
checking product... OKAY
checking version-bootloader... OKAY
sending 'boot' (2234 KB)... OKAY
writing 'boot'... OKAY
sending 'recovery' (3308 KB)... OKAY
writing 'recovery'... OKAY
sending 'system' (92239 KB)... OKAY
writing 'system'... OKAY
rebooting...
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* review changes: http://github.com/CyanogenMod/android_vendor_cyanogen/blob/froyo/CHANGELOG.mkdn

^ 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

alternativly, you can build `generix_x86`

We need `/sbin` in `PATH` to access `e2fsprogs` utilities needed to build image

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dpavlin@android:/srv/android-x86$ export PATH=/sbin:$PATH
dpavlin@android:/srv/android-x86$ make -j8 iso_img TARGET_PRODUCT=generic_x86
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^^ 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
# doesn't work

dpavlin@android:/srv/android-x86$ make -j8 iso_img TARGET_PRODUCT=eeepc
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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/

^ repository with scripts

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