BuildStendhalForAndroid: Difference between revisions

The [https://gradle.org/ Gradle Build Tool] is used for building. The necessary tools are already included with the source code. Two scripts are provided for executing the build: <span style="color:green;">app/android/gradlew</span> for Unix/Linux systems, &and <span style="color:green;">app/android/gradlew.bat</span> for Windows.

In order for the build to complete, the scripts must know where the SDK libraries are located. The script will check the '''<span style="color:green;">ANDROID_SDK_ROOT</span>''' environment variable, or it will parse the value of '''<span style="color:green;">sdk.dir</span>''' in the <span style="color:green;">app/android/local.properties</span> file ''('''NOTE:''' Windows users must use double backslashes for directories (\\))''.

There are threetwo build types available: <span style="color:darkgreen;">assembleRelease</span>, <span style="color:darkgreen;">assemblePrerelease</span>, &and <span style="color:darkgreen;">assembleDebug</span>. From a command line or terminal, move into the <span style="color:green;">app/android</span> sub-directory &and execute the following.

After build completes, the resulting .apk packages will be located in the <span style="color:green;"><source root>/build/build_android_client/outputs/apk</span> directory.

On most Android systems packages will [https://developer.android.com/studio/publish/app-signing need to be signed] in order to work. By default Gradle will sign packages using a debugging keystore which must bybe installed in your home directory. You can specify a different keystore by creating a file <span style="color:darkblue;">app/android/keystore.properties</span> with contents as follows: