Hi Samkit, On Mon, Mar 9, 2015 at 9:03 AM, Samkit Jain <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi Nick, > > I looked at geckobrowser but wanted to compile GeckoView from source code. > > Following your suggestion I am able to build GeckoView as part of fennec. > Woot! That's what I like to hear. GeckoView is a strange project; it's something we would like to push but have never had much incentive to do so. There are numerous problems with it [1] but it has potential [2]. Best, Nick [1] Start with the bug tree at https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/showdependencytree.cgi?id=geckoview&hide_resolved=1 [2] http://infil00p.org/cordova/phonegap/2014/12/12/cordova-mozilla/ > Thanks a lot! > On 09-Mar-2015 8:49 pm, "Nicholas Alexander" <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Hi Samkit, > > On Mon, Mar 9, 2015 at 5:56 AM, Samkit Jain <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I am trying to search for information about building GeckoView for >> android. But till now, haven't found instructions. It will be great if >> someone can point me to the build instructions! >> > > GeckoView is currently built as a ride-along with a regular Fennec build. > You can see the uploaded archives (two zip files for now -- geckoview*zip) > at, for example, [1]. If you build Fennec locally, following the > instructions at [2], you'll have what you need. > > There's also an integration builder that produces GeckoView AAR files; I > believe it's still working. I blogged about it at [3]. Finally, I am > actively working with a superb new contributor, Ahmed Kahlil, on Bug 927388 > [4], which will produce and upload GeckoView AAR to TBPL and let me > decomission that integration builder. I intend to blog about Ahmed's work > when it lands and I will want testers. > > In the interim, I suggest you start with Mark's example repository at [5]. > > Yours, > Nick > > [1] > http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/mobile/nightly/latest-mozilla-central-android-api-11/ > [2] https://wiki.mozilla.org/Mobile/Fennec/Android#Building_Fennec > [3] > http://www.ncalexander.net/blog/2014/07/10/build-your-own-browser-a-maven-repository-for-geckoview/ > [4] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=927388 > [5] https://github.com/mfinkle/geckobrowser > >
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