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authorGravatar djsollen <djsollen@google.com>2016-04-26 12:38:52 -0700
committerGravatar Commit bot <commit-bot@chromium.org>2016-04-26 12:38:52 -0700
commite6e2e5403692c3f2e5411f1e2dbcd9b309869fc3 (patch)
tree442036d7c4e1ad5448aeffdd434d281cd24947c5 /site
parent298ab76f1a47932ff86d1f615b564b0155846ec6 (diff)
Update android docs for how to sync source code
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@@ -54,6 +54,15 @@ The Android build needs to set up some specific variables needed by both GYP
and Make. We make this setup easy for developers by encapsulating all the
details into a custom script that acts as a replacement for make.
+Syncing the Source
+-----------------------------
+We provide a utility to sync both our git repository as well as any third-party
+dependencies. Simply run the command below:
+
+<!--?prettify lang=sh?-->
+ # Sync the source
+ ./bin/sync
+
Custom Android Build Script
---------------------------
@@ -75,15 +84,6 @@ architecture such as MIPS (generic), x86 (generic) and ARM (generic and device
specific flavors for Nexus devices). This in turn allows Skia to take
advantage of specific device optimizations (e.g. NEON instructions).
-Generate build file from GYP
-----------------------------
-
-We use the open-source gyp tool to generate build files from our
-multi-platform "gyp" files. While most other platforms enable you to
-regenerate these files using `./gyp_skia` or `bin/sync-and-gyp` it is
-recommended that you do NOT do this for Android. Instead you can rely
-on it being run automatically by android_ninja.
-
Faster rebuilds
---------------