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| author |  Joey Hess <joey@kitenet.net> | 2013-02-21 16:57:28 -0400 |
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| committer | Joey Hess <joey@kitenet.net> | 2013-02-21 16:57:28 -0400 |
| commit | b58bcb0216357145a95177f31598d9246e43d6ec (patch) | |
| tree | 668a58ef883b908aee589f62f1a12a768e0fc03b /doc/install/Android.mdwn | |
| parent | a46b5bf2ab687a8022de87e425c18818ee9c22cb (diff) | |
link to new app
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1 files changed, 13 insertions, 23 deletions
diff --git a/doc/install/Android.mdwn b/doc/install/Android.mdwn index 120e2453b..5936bfa7d 100644 --- a/doc/install/Android.mdwn +++ b/doc/install/Android.mdwn @@ -1,31 +1,17 @@ git-annex can be used on Android, however you need to know your way around -the command line to install and use it. (An Android app may be developed -eventually.) +the command line to install and use it. (Hope to get the webapp working eventually.) -## prebuilt tarball +## android app -Download the [prebuilt tarball](http://downloads.kitenet.net/git-annex/android/). -Instructions below assume it was downloaded to `/sdcard/Download`, which -is the default if you use the web browser for the download. +First, ensure your Android device is configured to allow installation of +non-Market apps. Go to Setup -> Security -> and enable "Unknown Sources". -To use this tarball, you need to install either -[KBOX](http://kevinboone.net/kbox.html) or -[Terminal IDE](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.spartacusrex.spartacuside) -(available in Google Play). -This is both to get a shell console, as well as a location under -`/data` where git-annex can be installed. +Download the [git-annex.apk](http://downloads.kitenet.net/git-annex/android/current/) +onto your Android device, and open it to install. -Open the console app you installed, and enter this command: - - cd $(which sh)/..; tar xf /sdcard/Download/git-annex-android.tar.gz - -Now git-annex is installed, but to use it you need to enter a special -shell environment: - - runshell - -Now you have git-annex, git, and some other utilities available, and can -do everything in the [[walkthrough]] and more. +When you start the Git Annex app, it will dump you into terminal. +From here, you can run git-annex, as well as many standard git and unix commands +provided with the app. You can do everything in the [[walkthrough]] and more. ## building it yourself @@ -35,3 +21,7 @@ and also have to `cabal install` all necessary dependencies. This is not yet an easy process. You also need to install git and all the utilities listed on [[fromscratch]]. + +Then to build the full Android app bundle, use `make androidapp`. You will +need to have the Android SDK and NDK installed; edit +`standalone/android/Makefile` to configure the paths to them. |