1.
Android
Essen+al
Tools
Version
2012-­‐08-­‐19
(Android
4.1)
Jussi
Pohjolainen
Tampere
University
of
Applied
Sciences

2. Essen+al
Tools
• android
– To
create/update
Android
projects
and
modify
Android
Virtual
Devices
• Android
Emulator
– To
run
your
app
• adb
(Android
Debug
Bridge)
– Interface
between
emulator
or
device.
Install
apps,
shell
the
device,
issue
commands
• Ant
– To
compile
and
build
your
apps
• Keytool
and
Jarsigner
– To
sign
your
.apk
package

3. Crea+ng
Project:
Targets

4. Crea+ng
Project

5. Result

6. Building
• For
debug:
– ant debug
• For
release
– ant release
• Release
version
must
signed
using
keytool
and
jarsigner

7. Building

8. Android
Virtual
Devices
• To
run
the
emulator,
you
must
configure
android
virtual
device
• To
open
AVD,
use
command
android avd
• Click
new
to
create
new
AVD

10. Star+ng
the
Emulator
• In
avd,
click
start
Or
• use
emulator –avd
youravd
command
in
command
line

11. Installing
App
• The
compiled
and
packaged
applica+on
can
be
found
in
the
bin/
directory
• In
debug
–
mode,
the
app
cannot
be
distributed
in
Google
Play,
but
it
can
be
installed
on
device
or
emulator
• To
see
list
of
devices
a9ached
to
your
computer
(devices,
emulators),
use
command
adb devices
• adb? =
Android
Debug
Bridge,
command
line
tol
for
communica+ng
between
devices
and
emulators

13. Installing
• You
need
to
use
the
adb
app
to
install
the
app
• If
you
have
only
one
device
aZached,
the
following
command
is
enough:
– adb install HelloWorld-debug.apk
• If
you
have
several
devices
aZached,
then
you
must
specify
the
target
– adb –s emulator-5554 install HelloWorld-
debug.apk

14. Installing