I figured this out on my own. "android update project" does the right thing if and only if AndroidManifest.xml exists in the target directory (it does for the samples).
Example (first start emulator for install) cd platfrom/android-1.5/ApiDemos android update project -t 2 -p . ant debug adb install bin/ApiDemos-debug.apk A readme file in the samples directory with the steps for building the samples would be helpful for newbies. It seems I encountered a bug in "android create project" as it destructively over wrote files like strings.xml in an existing project - maybe the tool should not allow you to shoot yourself in the foot so easily :-). On Sep 1, 12:46 pm, jotobjects <jotobje...@gmail.com> wrote: > What is the cookbook way to build the sample apps in the android-1.5/ > samples SDK directory. There are not any ant build.xml scripts. I > tried "android create project" using the samples directory but that > gave me an error saying the directory already existed and then > proceeded to overwrite things strings.xml. So that was clearly NOT > the right thing to do. > > I thought it would be nice to build the samples and play with them. > How do I do that? I'm looking for the non-Eclipse way using ant - but > I don't see how to do it with Eclipse either. > > Thanks - Paul Copeland --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Beginners" group. To post to this group, send email to android-beginners@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-beginners-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-beginners?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
