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| author |  Joey Hess <joey@kitenet.net> | 2013-09-22 13:03:34 -0400 |
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| committer | Joey Hess <joey@kitenet.net> | 2013-09-22 13:03:34 -0400 |
| commit | 272a08e3773f56a07ef9163e191a6a76cd983d69 (patch) | |
| tree | 46a4915d6a49f4a78afead903625ced2e8b49162 /doc/install/Android.mdwn | |
| parent | f159e8bccd823a9125f3134fba5a5dc3c7dd7df7 (diff) | |
new buildchroot script to automate android chroot setup
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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/install/Android.mdwn | 20 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/doc/install/Android.mdwn b/doc/install/Android.mdwn index da5f6a645..0b7fa25c7 100644 --- a/doc/install/Android.mdwn +++ b/doc/install/Android.mdwn @@ -19,14 +19,18 @@ of Bath CS department. ## building it yourself -git-annex can be built for Android, with `make android`. It's not an easy -process: - -* First, install <https://github.com/joeyh/ghc-android>. - The easiest way is to follow the instructions at the end of its README.md - to install in a Debian stable chroot. -* In git-annex's `standalone/android/` directory, run - `./install-haskell-packages native && ./install-haskell-packages cross` +git-annex can be built from source for Android. + +1. Run `standalone/android/buildchroot` as root (requires debootstrap). + This builds a chroot with an `androidbuilder` user. + The rest of the build will run in this chroot as that user. +2. Then run `standalone/android/install-haskell-packages` + Note that this will break from time to time as new versions of packages + are released, and the patches it applies have to be updated when + this happens. +3. Finally, once the chroot is set up, you can build an Android binary + with `make android`, and `make androidapp` will build the complete APK. + * You will need to have the Android SDK and NDK installed; see `standalone/android/Makefile` to configure the paths to them. You'll also need ant, and the JDK. |