Hi Xavier, Here <http://source.android.com/source/initializing.html> is mentioned that android sdk requires java 7, but then when trying to build the tools there is a check to use java 6. What did I miss? :)
On Friday, May 16, 2014 8:24:00 PM UTC+2, Xavier Ducrohet wrote: > > Hello all, > > Starting last week, we have started a migration of the way tools > development work in AOSP. Originally, the development was done in the main > "master" branch, alongside the Android platform, and everything was built > with Make. > > Last year we introduced Gradle as the way to build the Java libraries used > by the host. > > We have now unbundled the tools from the rest of the platform. What does > this mean: > > - Using 'make' in the main master branch will not build the dev tools > anymore. Right now the projects for the dev tools are still there but there > will disappear. > - There is a new branch to checkout only the dev tools projects, and they > build exclusively with Gradle (at least as an entry point, we still call > out to make/ant/maven/gant to build various tools) > > The new branches are called 'ub-tools-idea133' (current dev branch), and > 'ub-tools-master' for future work. There is no need to use -g anymore to > restrict the projects that are checked out. > > The instructions to start building are: > > repo init -u https://android.googlesource.com/platform/manifest -b > ub-tools-idea133 > repo sync > cd tools > ./gradlew assemble > > There is also a "makeSdk" task that will build the SDK Tools component of > the SDK. > > I'll update tools.android.com later today. > > -- > Xavier Ducrohet > Android SDK Tech Lead > Google Inc. > http://developer.android.com | http://tools.android.com > > Please do not send me questions directly. Thanks! > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "adt-dev" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
