Add your module's LOCAL_MODULE value to the product make file's PRODUCT_PACKAGES variable. Look at the product (for eg: generic.mk) and LatinIME's Android.mk file, for details..
On Aug 5, 10:46 am, Harsha <harsha.ravni...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > I have written my input method on lines of LatinIME. My IME "MyIME" > has a service and an activity similar to LatinIME. > > Installing it to emulator via eclipse does not seem to work and hence > I have tried the following approaches. > > MY GOAL: > ~~~~~~~~ > All I need as the first step to know that I am heading in the correct > direction is that I should be able to see "My IME" as one of the > available input methods. For example, on any EditText, when I "long > click & release", the Input Method menu that pops up must also show > "My IME" as one of the available input methods. > > However so far the pop-up only shows "Android keyboard" (LatinIME). > Hence I tried the following approaches. > > Approach-1: > =========== > I checked out the andorid source code and built & ran it successfully > to make sure I got the build process right. > I created my project in ~/mydroid/packages/inputmethods/MyIME. It has > the package structure 'com.android.inputmethod.myime' (to be in line > with Android's package structure, I am not sure if this is required). > > I ran a build using "make". Make succeed in compiling MyIME, just like > LatinIME and all the android tools were also created. However looking > at the build output, LatinIME was installed into /system/app/ > LatinIME.apk while MyIME was not installed at all. > > Question with respect to approach-1: > ------------------------------------ > 1. How to get the build process to install MyIME into /system/app as > MyIME.apk? > > Since install did not happen via the build process, I started the > newly built emulator (and newly built ddms to watch logs) and used > follownig install approaches: > > Approach-2: > =========== > I ran 'ant debug' to get MyIMESettings-debug.apk. Then I ran 'adb > install MyIMESettings-debug.apk'. The attempt failed with the message > "Failure [INSTALL_FAILED_UPDATE_INCOMPATIBLE]". Hence I tried the > approach-3. > > Question with respect to approach-2: > ------------------------------------ > 2. Why did the install fail when the project was built using 'ant > debug'? Is it some thing to do with debug signature? > > Approach-3: > =========== > The build process had created an APK file but hadn't installed it (/ > mydroid/out/target/product/generic/obj/APPS/MyIME_intermediates/ > package.apk) I renamed that package.apk to MyIME.apk and installed it > using "adb install MyIME.apk". The install succeed. However, the adb > install put my APK under /data/app with the name > "com.android.inputmethod.myime.apk" instead with name MyIME.apk > > Question with respect to approach-3: > ------------------------------------ > 3. Is there any way to get "adb install MyIME.apk" to install into / > system/app folder? > > Again, what I am trying to achieve is mentioned under "MY GOAL". Your > answers my questions and any help to steer me in the direction of my > goal is very much appreciated > > Thanks & regards, > Harsha --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
