README_WINDOWS.txt
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3 1- To build the Eclipse plugin:
4 Under Linux:
5 $ cd your-device-directory
6 $ tools/eclipse/scripts/build_server.sh destination-directory
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8 This will create an "android-eclipse.zip" in the selected destination directory.
9 Then in Eclipse, you can use Help > Software Updates > Find and Install > Search for new Features > Next > New Archived Site > select the new android-eclipse.zip. Then with the new archive checked, click Finish/Next.
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12 2- To build a Windows SDK, you need two steps:
13 a- First you need to create a Linux SDK:
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15 Under Linux:
16 $ cd your-device-directory
17 $ make sdk
18 Note: if you get an error when building the javadoc, make sure you use a Java SDK 1.5
19 Note: if you get an error when building layoutlib, make sure you use a Java SDK 1.5.0-b13.
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21 b- Once you have a Linux SDK, you can create a Windows SDK:
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23 You need a Windows machine with XP or Vista and Cygwin.
24 - Installer at http://sources.redhat.com/cygwin/
25 - Set Default Text File Type to DOS/text, not Unix/binary.
26 - Select packages autoconf, gcc, g++, bison, python, zip, unzip, mingw-zlib
27 - Suggested extra packages: emacs, wget, openssh, rsync
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29 Then under Cygwin:
30 $ cd your-device-directory
31 $ tools/buildbot/_make_windows_sdk.sh path-to-the-linux-sdk.zip destination-directory
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