'android create project' should really not touch any existing files. I've filed a bug internally so that we can fix this asap.
thanks, Xav On Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 1:09 PM, jotobjects<jotobje...@gmail.com> wrote: > > 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 > > > -- Xavier Ducrohet Android Developer Tools Engineer Google Inc. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
