Bug#459219: Android SDK toolchain in Debian GSOC project
Hi Agarwal and others,
Surprised that this ITP was fired 7 years ago!
Yes, Komal and I are working on Android SDK this summer, and we are
not only interested in the android tools, but also the SDK. Currently
Komal is working on the "SDK Tools" part which is the existing
"androidsdk-tools" package, and I am working on "SDK Built-tools" and
"SDK Platform-tool". These tools are composed of various small
components like aapt, aidl, hprof-conv and of course adb and fastboot.
First we will get these tools into Debian, then we will make several
meta packages. In my opinion, someday I may retitle this bug to "ITP:
androidsdk -- xxx" which serves as the meta package.
Our current plan of meta package is to make 4 of them:
androidsdk-tools, androidsdk-build-tools, androidsdk-platform-tools
and androidsdk. Installing the last one will pull the rest. We
separate three parts of the SDK because they have different version
schemes. Every packages installed by the meta packages installs
symlinks of the tools to the right location in /usr/share/android-sdk,
thus we can have a fake SDK home in the system.
More information see:
* Debian Wiki: <https://wiki.debian.org/AndroidTools>
* Week 10 Report:
<http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/soc-coordination/2015-August/002640.html>
* Week 9 Report:
<http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/soc-coordination/2015-July/002620.html>
However due to time restriction, the Android emulator is not in our
summer plan. After GSoC 2015 period, I will continue on the unfinished
part of the entire SDK.
Also, thank you for trying the tools! We'd like to get any feedback!
Regards,
Kai-Chung Yan
2015-08-05 8:49 GMT+08:00 shirish शिरीष <shirishag75@gmail.com>:
> Dear Ang Cr and others who are interested in the project,
>
> There is/was a GSOC project to get the whole of android toolchain in
> Debian and it seems on the right-track.
>
> See https://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/project/details/google/gsoc2015/seamlik/5707702298738688
>
> https://guardianproject.info/2015/04/30/getting-android-tools-into-debian/
>
> https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2015/06/msg00002.html
>
> and lastly
>
> https://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/soc-coordination/2015-May/002462.html
>
> I have been using whatever incremental improvements they have been
> doing, although this is more about bringing android tools then the
> sdk, still good though.
>
> Maybe Kai-Chung and Komal Sukhani can fill us in how android tools
> helps us to have the whole SDK and have an android emulator running in
> Debian.
>
> Also if they have any plans to make metapackages for the tools they
> are packaging.
> --
> Regards,
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