Re: [android-developers] Re: source for SDK

[doles]

Hi Xav,

I agree that developers should not be depending on implementation. However, 
sometimes, looking into source code provides an immediate insight to 
developers about how their code works (or does not work) with the platform 
itself. For example, at the simplest, lets say, I added a view to my app 
that does not show up as expected, then, if i am able to step through the 
platform code, I might be able to tell why the platform code did not pick up 
my view and then correct myself. This might be a bad example, but it could 
apply to other more likely situations. Moreover, this ability is standard 
with other open source tools in the java world and it would be great to have 
it.

So, again: how do I download source for a specific version of the platform 
that I am developing against? Currently, my interest is version 3.0 or 
version 3.1 (the tablet oriented OS).

Thank you,

Best,
Sachin Dole

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[android-developers] Re: source for SDK

[poohtbear]

Hi.
In my blog i have an atricle in which i'm trying to maintain a zip
file like you describe.
I have a VirtualBox with ubuntu 8.4 that i frequently update and a
python file to gather up the java source code (the native i leave for
the web)
you can download the zips from the link in the end:http://
www.devfrustrated.com/devBlog/browsing-android-source-code-in-eclipse/

Enjoy.

On Dec 7, 6:23 am, doles  wrote:
> Hello All,
>
> I am new to android dev but not new to java or UI development. Where
> do I download source code for the android SDK from so that I can click
> through to sources in my IDE just as it can commonly be done in java
> apps?
>
> Thank you,
> Sachin

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Re: [android-developers] Re: source for SDK

[Xavier Ducrohet]

You're right of course, that this is less than optimal for some
people. Most people actually even though windows users are a majority
(I'm well aware of you all :)), downloading 2-3 GB of source is not
easy.

There are reasons though for not doing it.
- You should be able to rely on the API descriptions and not focus on
a particular implementation
- the implementation could to change version to version
- the implementation could change on some devices (while keeping the
API contract valid)

Note also that Eclipse is unable to deal with compiling for android
1.5 but running on android 2.3 where the source code is really
different. Eclipse can only handle one source location of a jar file,
but android.jar is a runtime jar not an included jar, and if you ran
your 1.5 application on 2.3 you would want to see the source of 2.3

Xav

On Mon, Dec 6, 2010 at 11:42 PM, Bob Kerns  wrote:
> You know, those of us who normally develop with Windows would
> certainly appreciate a nice .zip file of at least the .java sources.
>
> It doesn't have to be buildable, or even complete to every last
> obscure file. Just something similar to how Sun/Oracle provide
> src.zip.
>
> Yes, I can fire up a virtual machine or Amazon EC2 instance, and make
> my own. In fact, I'm loading the sources into an Amazon EC2 instance
> right now, but it's a lot more time consuming than it needs to be --
> and there are a lot of us Windows-using developers out here, believe
> it or not!
>
> On Dec 6, 8:48 pm, Xavier Ducrohet  wrote:
>> http://source.android.com
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Re: [android-developers] Re: source for SDK

[Sachin Dole]

Yep, I have the SDK. I would like to step into source code every now and
then to understand what it does when I write code. So, when I write an
activity, I would like to read the source code the the Activity.java class.
Your idea does make sense though.

On Tue, Dec 7, 2010 at 5:31 AM, guillaume benats  wrote:

> Hi,
>
> you do not actually need the sources of Android to develop applications,
> Just the sdk...:http://developer.android.com/sdk/installing.html
>
> follow those steps to run it under eclipse!
>
>
> On Tue, Dec 7, 2010 at 11:24 AM, Sachin Dole wrote:
>
>> so, it looks like i have to get Git and use git to download sources... and
>> it looks like i might have to download all the 2.1 gigs and leave it to my
>> IDE to figure out which exact file i need cuz i dont know which project i
>> need amongst the many projects listed on http://android.git.kernel.org/.
>> Do you know which projects I really need if i needed the API source code for
>> developing applications for the android platform?
>>
>> Thank you
>>
>> On Tue, Dec 7, 2010 at 1:42 AM, Bob Kerns  wrote:
>>
>>> You know, those of us who normally develop with Windows would
>>> certainly appreciate a nice .zip file of at least the .java sources.
>>>
>>> It doesn't have to be buildable, or even complete to every last
>>> obscure file. Just something similar to how Sun/Oracle provide
>>> src.zip.
>>>
>>> Yes, I can fire up a virtual machine or Amazon EC2 instance, and make
>>> my own. In fact, I'm loading the sources into an Amazon EC2 instance
>>> right now, but it's a lot more time consuming than it needs to be --
>>> and there are a lot of us Windows-using developers out here, believe
>>> it or not!
>>>
>>> On Dec 6, 8:48 pm, Xavier Ducrohet  wrote:
>>> > http://source.android.com
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Re: [android-developers] Re: source for SDK

[Kostya Vasilyev]

Sachin,

You can browse the Android Git repository without downloading:

http://android.git.kernel.org/

You can also use Google Code Search:

http://www.google.com/codesearch

Try entering "android ListView" to see how it works.

-- Kostya

07.12.2010 14:24, Sachin Dole ?:
so, it looks like i have to get Git and use git to download sources... 
and it looks like i might have to download all the 2.1 gigs and leave 
it to my IDE to figure out which exact file i need cuz i dont know 
which project i need amongst the many projects listed on 
http://android.git.kernel.org/. Do you know which projects I really 
need if i needed the API source code for developing applications for 
the android platform?


Thank you

On Tue, Dec 7, 2010 at 1:42 AM, Bob Kerns > wrote:


You know, those of us who normally develop with Windows would
certainly appreciate a nice .zip file of at least the .java sources.

It doesn't have to be buildable, or even complete to every last
obscure file. Just something similar to how Sun/Oracle provide
src.zip.

Yes, I can fire up a virtual machine or Amazon EC2 instance, and make
my own. In fact, I'm loading the sources into an Amazon EC2 instance
right now, but it's a lot more time consuming than it needs to be --
and there are a lot of us Windows-using developers out here, believe
it or not!

On Dec 6, 8:48 pm, Xavier Ducrohet mailto:x...@android.com>> wrote:
> http://source.android.com

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Re: [android-developers] Re: source for SDK

[guillaume benats]

Hi,

you do not actually need the sources of Android to develop applications,
Just the sdk...:http://developer.android.com/sdk/installing.html

follow those steps to run it under eclipse!


On Tue, Dec 7, 2010 at 11:24 AM, Sachin Dole  wrote:

> so, it looks like i have to get Git and use git to download sources... and
> it looks like i might have to download all the 2.1 gigs and leave it to my
> IDE to figure out which exact file i need cuz i dont know which project i
> need amongst the many projects listed on http://android.git.kernel.org/.
> Do you know which projects I really need if i needed the API source code for
> developing applications for the android platform?
>
> Thank you
>
> On Tue, Dec 7, 2010 at 1:42 AM, Bob Kerns  wrote:
>
>> You know, those of us who normally develop with Windows would
>> certainly appreciate a nice .zip file of at least the .java sources.
>>
>> It doesn't have to be buildable, or even complete to every last
>> obscure file. Just something similar to how Sun/Oracle provide
>> src.zip.
>>
>> Yes, I can fire up a virtual machine or Amazon EC2 instance, and make
>> my own. In fact, I'm loading the sources into an Amazon EC2 instance
>> right now, but it's a lot more time consuming than it needs to be --
>> and there are a lot of us Windows-using developers out here, believe
>> it or not!
>>
>> On Dec 6, 8:48 pm, Xavier Ducrohet  wrote:
>> > http://source.android.com
>>
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Re: [android-developers] Re: source for SDK

[Sachin Dole]

so, it looks like i have to get Git and use git to download sources... and
it looks like i might have to download all the 2.1 gigs and leave it to my
IDE to figure out which exact file i need cuz i dont know which project i
need amongst the many projects listed on http://android.git.kernel.org/. Do
you know which projects I really need if i needed the API source code for
developing applications for the android platform?

Thank you

On Tue, Dec 7, 2010 at 1:42 AM, Bob Kerns  wrote:

> You know, those of us who normally develop with Windows would
> certainly appreciate a nice .zip file of at least the .java sources.
>
> It doesn't have to be buildable, or even complete to every last
> obscure file. Just something similar to how Sun/Oracle provide
> src.zip.
>
> Yes, I can fire up a virtual machine or Amazon EC2 instance, and make
> my own. In fact, I'm loading the sources into an Amazon EC2 instance
> right now, but it's a lot more time consuming than it needs to be --
> and there are a lot of us Windows-using developers out here, believe
> it or not!
>
> On Dec 6, 8:48 pm, Xavier Ducrohet  wrote:
> > http://source.android.com
>
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[android-developers] Re: source for SDK

[Bob Kerns]

You know, those of us who normally develop with Windows would
certainly appreciate a nice .zip file of at least the .java sources.

It doesn't have to be buildable, or even complete to every last
obscure file. Just something similar to how Sun/Oracle provide
src.zip.

Yes, I can fire up a virtual machine or Amazon EC2 instance, and make
my own. In fact, I'm loading the sources into an Amazon EC2 instance
right now, but it's a lot more time consuming than it needs to be --
and there are a lot of us Windows-using developers out here, believe
it or not!

On Dec 6, 8:48 pm, Xavier Ducrohet  wrote:
> http://source.android.com

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