1 URL: http://code.google.com/p/protobuf/downloads/list 2 Version: v3.0.0-beta3 3 License: Google BSD like 4 Description: "Protobuf: The Google protobuf compiler and runtimes for various languages" 5 6 Local changes: 7 8 Local Modifications: 9 - Initial changes include support for the micro protobuf compiler and the 10 assoicated runtime. 11 - https://github.com/google/protobuf/pull/2732: const FieldDescriptorCompare 12 13 Protocol Buffers are a way of encoding structured data in an efficient 14 yet extensible format. Google uses Protocol Buffers for almost all 15 of its internal RPC protocols and file formats. 16 17 Initially the protoc compiler is not integrated into the Android build system 18 and the Android.mk will simply build the javamicro runtime static library. 19 20 To build the compiler follow the instructions in README.txt for 21 compiling and installing. 22 23 The Android.mk file creates the a static library which can be added 24 to any Android application by Adding to LOCAL_STATIC_JAVA_LIBRARIES 25 com.google.protobuf.micro: 26 27 LOCAL_STATIC_JAVA_LIBRARIES += com.google.protobuf.micro 28 29 Follow the instructions in Micro section of java/README.txt for 30 details on compiling .proto files for the micro runtine. 31